OPM Wants to Boost Death Benefits for Feds Killed on-the-job by $90K

The Office of Personnel Management wants to significantly increase death benefits for federal civilian employees killed on the job from $10,000 to $100,000. OPM on Friday sent a legislative proposal to the House and Senate requesting Congress to increase the current death gratuity rate $90,000 for civilian workers killed in the line of duty, raise…

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SWFAL / USPS email exchange on Employee Engagement Program (Postal Pulse, VOE, etc)

The following is an mail exchange on the Employee Engagement Program via Sam Wood, President – Southwest Florida Area Local / APWU: From: SWoodFla@aol.com To: Dennis.V.Humphrey@usps.gov CC: DmGray1963@aol.com Sent: 9/15/2016 11:37:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Re: Employee Engagement Program Dennis, I read your e-mail that you sent to Dan Gray (below) concerning the “Employee…

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APWU to answer labor charges of $1 million being withheld from AOI Settlement

I am posting this for informational purposes. All members have the right to know when a charge is placed against our Union. With the promise of transparency as part of its plank from the previous national officer elections, one would think the current administration would have informed us of this information – guilty or not. …

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