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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...

We Need Your Help! (Does Your Postal Facility Look Like This?)

March 14, 2022
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 that helped manufacture a financial crisis at USPS was passed by Congress with only a voice vote...

Team APWU - Bringing home the Gold!

March 14, 2022
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Wow! Just months into 2022 and great news on two fronts: FIRST: Our Collective Bargaining Agreement covering the wages, benefits, and working...

COVID-19 Impact on Mental Health

March 11, 2022
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of the American Postal Workers Magazine.) The mental health of Americans has always been a cause for concern. The APWU Health Plan is working hard to raise awareness of the resources...

The Postal Service Reform Act Passes the Senate & Will Become Law

March 8, 2022
In a historic moment, the Senate passed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on March 8th. The House passed the bill last month with a vote of 342-92. The legislation will now go to President Biden’s desk, where he will sign it into law. The...

PTF Clerks’ One-Time Voluntary Reassignment Opportunity Available in March 2022

March 3, 2022
Now that the APWU membership has voted to ratify the 2021-24 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), one of the first orders of business for the Clerk Craft is to activate the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that allows Part-Time Flexible (PTF)...

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