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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...

Student Financial Aid Programs

November 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/Decmber 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Research & Education Department Director Joyce B. Robinson As the cost of a college education continues to escalate, many parents do not...

Is the Postal Service Sick?

November 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez 33,400+ employees are absent daily claims management, triggering their Attendance Control Employee...

Numerous Negotiations Continue

November 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Support Services Division Director Steve Brooks  I hope everyone had a good time at the 24th Annual National Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. I...

Call to Serve

November 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun Dear Brothers and Sisters, My name is Idowu Balogun, your New National Maintenance Division...

Most Regressive Demands Ever

November 2, 2018
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By MVS Division Director Michael O. Foster  As the parties reached the Sept. 20th contract deadline, the USPS proposals submitted at the Motor ...

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