EEOC Issues Updated Federal Sector Guidance

Revised Management Directive 110 Provides Needed Clarity to Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Process PRESS RELEASE 8-6-15 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued an update of its Management Directive 110 (MD-110). The revised MD-110 is available on the EEOC’s website at www.eeoc.gov/federal/directives/md110.cfm. The new MD-110 provides federal agencies with updated Commission…

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APWU Launches Petition Drive Against Staples-Office Depot Merger

Web News Article #: 156-2015 08/07/2015 – The American Postal Workers has launched a petition drive calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the merger of Staples and Office Depot. The merger would give Staples a monopoly in a key sector of the economy. “This monopoly is no game,” said APWU President Mark…

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The USPS’s plan for profitability: Get Retirees off FEHBP, on Medicare

By Eric Pfahler – August 6, 2015 Email, e-commerce and even drones are modifying the way people conduct business and interact with out-of-towners. And few industries feel the effects of the increasingly digital world more than the mail system. The overall economy took a big downward turn right as the U.S. Postal Service committed billions…

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