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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...

Changed My Mind

March 28, 2018
Past APWU President Moe Biller and Steve Lord The following is a reprint of a column by APWU of Wisconsin President Steve Lord that ran in the November-December 2017 issue of  The Badger Bulletin. So, I haven’t changed my mind about retiring. I only...

Q&A with Our Revolution President Nina Turner

March 28, 2018
Nina Turner speaking at the 23rd Biennial National Convention on Aug. 22, 2016 in Orlando, FL Our Revolution formed in the wake of Senator Bernie Sanders’ ground-breaking presidential campaign. The American Postal Worker spoke with its President,...

National Reassessment Program Discriminated Against Injured Workers

March 28, 2018
The time is now for all current and former permanent-rehabilitation and limited-duty postal employees who were subjected to the USPS National Reassessment Process (NRP) between May 5, 2006 and July 1, 2011 to file a timely claim with the Postal...

APWU Member April Burger is 2017 Passport Acceptance Agent of the Year

March 27, 2018
April Burger (left) with Brenda Sprague, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, after the award ceremony. April Burger, a 31-year member of the Jefferson City Local (MO) and the local’s secretary-treasurer, was unanimously chosen as 2017...

‘Let Them Eat Cake’

March 27, 2018
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By President Mark Dimondstein    When the hungry people were demanding bread, French Queen Marie Antoinette was said to utter the words, “Let Them Eat...

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