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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...

Open Season is Here

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Health Plan Director John Marcotte  Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season is upon us and I am proud to report that the APWU...

The Postal Service, Serving 2.7 Billion

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Contrary to the Postal Service’s claims that post offices have less foot traffic than other national retailers, the United States Postal Service...

The Long Road Home

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Human Relations Director Sue Carney For many survivors of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria the road home will not be easy. Torrential rains...

Thank You for Your Service

November 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor   APWU member Betsy Huff at the Retiree Conference in Las Vegas. As we enter the season of gratitude, I want...

'A Woman's Place is in Her Union!'

November 1, 2017
Front row: new POWER Coordinators Bernadette Baker, Tanya Jackson,  Michelle Boulware, Erica Cole, and Darcy Wood.  Back row: Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell,  Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson,  President Mark Dimondstein,  and...

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