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Upcoming Proposed Flexible Spending Account Changes
October 30, 2024
The APWU was recently notified of the proposed change to the FSA (Flexible Spending Account) administrator. FSA is an important negotiated benefit as it allows employees to put aside “pre-tax” dollars for certain medical and dependent care expenses.
Starkest Threat to Veterans' Benefits Is Project 2025, Another Trump Administration
October 23, 2024
More than 30,000 APWU members are Veterans, and many more have Veterans in their families or among their close friends. With Election Day drawing near, it’s important for APWU members to understand that Veterans’ issues are on the ballot once again...
1,400 Warehouse Workers and Drivers in New York Win Raise After Strike
January 29, 2021
On January 17, around 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 202 who work at Hunts Point Produce Market in The Bronx, NY went on strike after management refused to meet workers’ demands for desperately-needed pay raises and additional health care support...
COVID-19 and OWCP Claims Workshop
January 29, 2021
At the direction of President Mark Dimondstein and in conjunction with the Industrial Relations Department, the APWU will be holding an information session for state and local presidents, their approved designees, and national officers on COVID-19...
Building on Our Success
January 26, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
2020 was a tough year – on our health, our families and the economy. While the rich have ridden the pandemic to get even richer, unemployment,...
APWU Advocates for Prioritization of Postal Workers in National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
January 22, 2021
On January 20, following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, the APWU got to work pushing for the new administration to prioritize postal workers in its national COVID-19 vaccination policy. In a letter to the...
COVID-19 Vaccine Information
January 21, 2021
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on all members of the APWU. Our families, our work, and essentially all aspects of our lives have...