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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...
Our Most Important Member: YOU!
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Organizing is not just about signing up new members – it’s joining with current members to ensure common success. Our camaraderie and solidarity will...
Fight Back Against Closures, Consolidations
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
APWU members across the country are fighting efforts by USPS management to close or consolidate 82 mail processing facilities this year.
Locals have...
When Complement Managers Make Contact, Union Calls Foul
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
As this issue goes to press, there is no sign that management is stopping or postponing the Network Rationalization Plan and the quest to systemically...
Senate Opposes USPS Service Cuts
May 1, 2015
The Senate approved a motion on S. Con. Res. 11 introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that instructs budget conferees to insist on a deficit-neutral fund to halt mail processing center closures, restore overnight mail delivery, and protect...
'Stop Staples' Campaign Gains Momentum
May 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) may be small in numbers, but its impact on the Don’t Buy Staples campaign could be huge. The 20...