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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...
Contract Mediation Ends, Interest Arbitration Next
July 25, 2019
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
“We invoked mediation to make sure we pursued every avenue to reach a good contract for the membership,” said President Mark Dimondstein. “Despite...
The Role of Industrial Relations
July 25, 2019
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
You spend much of your time at work. You interact with co-workers, managers and the public. During the course of your employment, you build...
Attacks on the Universal Service Obligation - A Backdoor to Privatization?
July 25, 2019
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The mission statement of A Grand Alliance points to two fundamental characteristics of the United States Postal Service that make it our national...
Message to the PMG - Not So Fast!!
July 25, 2019
APWU National Executive Board Counters Postal Management’s Cut and Slash ‘Business’ Plan with the Union’s ‘Service’ Plan
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
Important Financial, DOL Reports
July 24, 2019
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The primary financial officers of local and state unions – the President and Treasurer – have important legal and fiduciary responsibilities, but...