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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...
Vincent R. Sombrotto, Hero of The ‘Great Postal Strike,’ Dies at 89
January 11, 2013
The APWU joins postal employees across the nation in mourning the death of Vincent R. Sombrotto, former president of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Get Ready – The Fight Goes On
January 3, 2013
Congress’ failure to enact postal reform in 2012 means the legislative fight to Save America’s Postal Service goes on, APWU President Cliff Guffey is telling union members.
Addie L. Wyatt: Labor, Civil Rights Leader
December 31, 2012
Last year we bid farewell to an important advocate for justice for working families everywhere: The Rev. Addie L. Wyatt.
Though not widely known outside Chicago, the diminutive, African-American woman made important contributions that “helped open...
House GOP Votes to Protect Millionaires, Increase Costs for Postal, Federal Workers
December 21, 2012
House Republicans won’t allow taxes on millionaires to go up, but they do agree on one thing: Postal and federal employees should pay more.
Free Uniforms for Victims of Hurricane Sandy
December 21, 2012
Postal workers who suffered property losses as a result of Hurricane Sandy may be eligible to receive free uniforms, thanks to a business group.