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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...

Pregnancy Discrimination

October 4, 2018
 (This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Research & Education Department Director Joyce B. Robinson  Pregnancy discrimination exists in many agencies nationwide, including the...

Labor Rights are Human Rights

October 4, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Organization Director Anna Smith Breaker Boys in Pittston, PA 1911 We all have heard of human rights and we all have those rights. But, did...

Does Your Representative Support Our People’s Postal Service?

October 4, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Legislative & Political Department Director Judy Beard  The 2018 Midterm elections are quickly approaching! On Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018,...

Time's Up

October 3, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Central Region Coordinator Sharyn M. Stone  This is a tough article to write because by the time you read it, we could either have a...

Back-Pay Processing

October 3, 2018
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Support Services Division Director Steve Brooks  You may be, or have been, an employee whose postal employment was in jeopardy due to a...

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