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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...

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...

New Beginning, New Goals for Human Relations

May 6, 2022
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2022 issue of the American Postal Workers magazine) I would like to begin by thanking President Dimondstein and the National Executive Board for appointing me to the position of Director of Human...

Asthma and Seasonal Triggers

May 4, 2022
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  When you have asthma, it’s important to know what is happening in your airways, as well as common asthma symptoms. Understanding asthma symptoms can...

Implementation of CBA Moves Ahead

April 28, 2022
The implementation of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement is moving forward. With ratification of the agreement on February 28, the provisions of the agreement went into effect. The membership of the union has already seen the effect of...

Honoring Workers Memorial Day

April 28, 2022
Today, we are marking Workers Memorial Day by taking action together to protect our health and safety at work. Workers Memorial Day marks the anniversary of the passage of the Oc­cupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), which went into effect 50...

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