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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...
Bill to Improve Thrift Savings Plan Introduced
September 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard
The 2017 Congress introduced legislation to improve the Thrift Savings Program (TSP). It addresses...
Fake News
September 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
During and after the 2016 Election, the term “fake news” became widely used in American political conversations. Politifact.com, a fact-checking...
'Ongoing, Willful, Contractual Violations'
September 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Clerk Craft Directors
The APWU won another important victory in a national arbitration case regarding violations of POStPlan agreements.
Labor News Briefs
September 1, 2017
Workers march in Los Angeles during a 2015 Fight for $15 protest.
SEIU Local 99/Flickr Creative Commons
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Minimum Wage Raised
Voters in several states...
Thinking Outside the Box: Bargaining for the Common Good
September 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
US Mail is NOT for Sale!
All over the country, public sector unions and their community allies are beginning to think outside the box when it comes to...