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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...
Postal Workers and Allies: Stop the Slowdown!
January 17, 2025
Stop the Slowdown! The Postal Service proposed plans to decrease service standards to the detriment of our communities. Here’s why hundreds of thousands members of the public are standing up and fighting back against efforts to degrade the country’s...
Telework MOU Extended Until June 17, 2022
May 6, 2022
On May 6, 2022, APWU Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks agreed to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding Telework for Clerk Craft Employees at Customer Care Centers, Customer Retention Teams, and the Mailing Shipping Solution Center...
Senate Hearing Investigates Union-Busting Federal Contractors
May 6, 2022
On Thursday May 5, 2022 the Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), held a hearing titled, “Should Taxpayer Dollars Go to Companies that Violate Labor Laws?” The hearing was held in response to the Federal Government’s...
The Importance of Critical Thinking and Common Sense
May 6, 2022
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The Importance of Critical Thinking and Common Sense
I felt the need for the above title in order to raise the awareness and consciences of our union...
We Need Better Service Standards to Secure 2022 Mail Ballot Protections
May 6, 2022
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Mid-term elections are November 8, 2022. All 435 seats are up for election in the House of Representatives, with 48 members having announced their...
It Pays to have a Union Presence in the Workplace!
May 6, 2022
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
This can be interpreted literally or figuratively when our local and state officers organize our non-members. While the overall benefit of belonging to...