Postal Retirement Q&A November 2014 by Roseanne Jefferson

Good Day Postal Employees!! This is the actual un-sanitized email
.(which I am able to do since this employee did not identify any postal facility, zip code, etc. that would single them out). How many times do I say that OPM does a GREAT job considering they handle EVERY SINGLE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE’S (meaning not just Postal)…

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If You’re Looking for an Example of Why People Aren’t Voting Today, Look at the Postal Service

Business at the Postal Service should be booming. It is dying instead. Why? Intentionally short-sighted planning, bills quietly passed in the House without any record, and a shady, long-term forfeit to private industry. Parties aside, Congress is quietly helping to kill a working institution, solely for ideological reasons. And remember: The USPS doesn’t cost taxpayers…

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What the Election Results Mean for Federal Employees

Republicans won control of the Senate Tuesday, with several lawmakers historically friendly toward federal employees defeated. In Arkansas, Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor was defeated by Republican Rep. Tom Cotton. Pryor sits on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which has oversight over the federal workforce. He is one of the most conservative…

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APWU: In Memory – Greg See, Assistant Director of Maintenance Division

11/05/2014 – We regret to inform you that Greg See, Assistant Director of the Maintenance Division, passed away on Nov. 4. He was a member of the Mansfield (OH) Area Local, where he previously served as president. “We are terribly saddened by Greg’s death,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “Our hearts go out to his…

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Police, U.S. Postal Service Intercept 12 Pounds Marijuana; Man Charged

(November 4, 2014) WALLINGFORD — A Hartford man was charged Tuesday after authorities intercepted two packages containing a total of 12 pounds of marijuana being sent through the United States Postal Service to a mailbox at a local UPS Store, police said. United States Postal Inspection Services discovered the two packages on Tuesday and called…

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