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USPS Announces Termination of FSAFEDS Accounts for 2025 Plan Year, Provides New Enrollment Option for Affected Employees
January 17, 2025
On Dec. 30, 2024, the Postal Service notified the APWU that it is informing employees who enrolled in the FSAFEDS Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for plan year 2025 that their accounts will be terminated. FSAFEDS is no longer the FSA administrator...
Postal Workers and Allies: Stop the Slowdown!
January 17, 2025
Stop the Slowdown! The Postal Service proposed plans to decrease service standards to the detriment of our communities. Here’s why hundreds of thousands members of the public are standing up and fighting back against efforts to degrade the country’s...
COVID-19 and EAP Services
May 20, 2020
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
During this crisis, stress and fear are becoming all too normal because none of us are sure whether we were exposed, if we are a carrier, or if we...
The Urgent Need for Congressional Funding to Save the Postal Service
May 20, 2020
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis places an unprecedented financial strain on the United States Postal Service, with plummeting mail volumes and billions in...
President Dimondstein Broadcasts Our Message Far and Wide
May 20, 2020
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
In response to the urgent crisis facing the Postal Service, President Dimondstein appeared on MSNBC, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Democracy Now! and in...
Your Union in Action Fighting for COVID Health and Safety Measures
May 20, 2020
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The American Postal Workers Union has been advocating for postal worker safety since the novel coronavirus and the illness it causes – COVID-19 – began...
Pandemic Crisis Brings Double Trouble
May 20, 2020
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
This terrible COVID pandemic again reminds us that it is the working people who make the world go round. Essential front-line workers – postal workers,...