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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...
Annual Leave Payment Limitations for Retirees
December 24, 2020
For APWU members planning on retiring at the end of the year, you may be affected by limitations to the annual leave carryover.
ZOOM Trainings sponsored by APWU, AFL-CIO Research & Education Department
December 11, 2020
The Research and Education Department is sponsoring a series of Zoom Training for local and state officers and shop stewards in the months of January and February of 2021.
250 Million People Join Massive Two-Day Strike in India
December 8, 2020
On November 26 and 27, an astonishing 250 million people took to the streets in India for a two-day general strike. The strike, by some estimates the largest in world history, was an extreme show of worker solidarity across all job types, as 10...
Arbitrator Sustains APWU’s Position on Clerk Craft Jurisdiction over Parcel Sorting Work
December 2, 2020
On December 1, 2020, Arbitrator Joseph M. Sharnoff issued a decision confirming Clerk Craft jurisdiction over operation of the Small Parcel Sorting System (SPSS) machine. The Award soundly rejects arguments made by the Mail Handlers Union which...
The Struggle to Save the Post Office Continues… Joe Biden/Kamala Harris Elected
December 2, 2020
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpted version of President Dimondstein’s statement to the members on the U.S. Presidential election...