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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...
Postal Workers and Allies: Stop the Slowdown!
January 17, 2025
Stop the Slowdown! The Postal Service proposed plans to decrease service standards to the detriment of our communities. Here’s why hundreds of thousands members of the public are standing up and fighting back against efforts to degrade the country’s...
Fighting Forward
November 21, 2019
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The following are excerpts from President Dimondstein’s installation speech given on Oct. 31, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV:
I am deeply honored to be...
How to Support Someone You Know Who Is Misusing Opioids
November 20, 2019
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint of an article produced by Beacon Health Options, Inc. written by Beth Landau. It has been cut for...
APWU Retirees Still Fighting for Justice
November 20, 2019
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
COLA 2020
Is 1.6 percent a fair Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Seniors?
It is projected that the average increase in benefits will be $...
OWCP Online Claim Filing
November 20, 2019
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
All postal employees who are injured on duty will soon have the option of filing Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWCP) claims online through...
VA Policy Violates Veterans’ Privacy
November 20, 2019
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The dictionary defines ‘private’ as “belonging to, restricted to or intended for an individual person.” With that it has long been understood...