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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...

Americans Still Rate the Postal Service Best, Why the Calls for Privatization?

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)    Once again, the U.S. Postal Service has been rated most well-liked federal agency by the American public. A recent Gallup poll asked Americans to...

Here We Go Again!

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors  To quote the famous New York Yankee legend Yogi Berra, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” As we prepare for the...

Our Week in Norman, Oklahoma

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Maintenance Craft Directors  During the week of Nov. 27 - Dec. 4, 2017 your Maintenance Craft headquarters officers traveled to Norman, OK for...

Labor News

March 1, 2018
L. A.Times newsroom workers celebrate their organizing victory.Photo courtesy of the NewsGuild-CWA (This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  L.A. Times’ Newsroom Unionizes in Landslide Vote ...

Renew the Fight for Safe Jobs

March 1, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman We all know and enjoy our holiday – Labor Day. But did you know that there is another day that honors...

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