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Upcoming Proposed Flexible Spending Account Changes

October 30, 2024
The APWU was recently notified of the proposed change to the FSA (Flexible Spending Account) administrator. FSA is an important negotiated benefit as it allows employees to put aside “pre-tax” dollars for certain medical and dependent care expenses.

Starkest Threat to Veterans' Benefits Is Project 2025, Another Trump Administration

October 23, 2024
More than 30,000 APWU members are Veterans, and many more have Veterans in their families or among their close friends. With Election Day drawing near, it’s important for APWU members to understand that Veterans’ issues are on the ballot once again...

Newspaper Union Survives 150 Years of Changes, Then All But Disappears

June 30, 2003
In the middle of the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg combined his knowledge of molten metal with a colleague’s wine press to create the first publication to rely on reusable type. The German goldsmith’s invention of “movable” type launched both a...

Labor Organizing Changed the Hawaiian Islands Forever

April 30, 2003
The birth of the Hawaiian labor movement was a painful experience, marked by a number of failed job actions on the islands’ sugar-cane plantations over the course of 50 years. The largely Asian workforce learned bitter lessons from several failed...

Dolores Huerta

February 28, 2003
While almost everyone is familiar with Cesar Chavez, relatively few know the name of Dolores Huerta, the cofounder of the United Farm Workers Union.

The Alliance That Began With the Brotherhood

December 31, 2002
As the civil war divided the nation figuratively, transcontinental rail travel brought it together literally. The nation’s railroad system also brought together for the first time Black workers and the labor movement. From that alliance, several...

Titanic Postal Clerks

October 31, 2002
In the 90 years since it departed England on its only journey, the R.M.S. Titanic has remained of unwavering great interest, with the focus tending towards its design or the actions of its many famous passengers.

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