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This is a 'Code Red Alert' to APWU Veterans

January 21, 2025
In the last Home Front article, we warned veterans about “Project 2025” and how a second Trump term would destroy the VA, and VA healthcare benefits. Unfortunately for our APWU veteran family, his Project 2025 plan to destroy VA healthcare could...

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...

Attacks on Federal Workers

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman Recently our sisters and brothers who work for other federal agencies had their collective...

Open Season

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Health Plan Director John Marcotte This year’s Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season is Nov. 12–Dec. 10. Now is the time to...

After the Mid-Term Elections Continue to Use Your Voice for What's Next

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Retirees Department Director Nancy Olumekor There is still work we must do to protect our federal pension, benefits and the Postal Service...

Court Rules Pain is a Disability

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans recently ruled that pain alone, without an underlying disability, may entitle veterans to compensation...

Have a Conversation

November 5, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Organization Director Anna Smith Having a conversation with a non-member coworker can be downright intimidating. It is because of this...

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