Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU Mid-Summer Blast Party Reminder Alert: Health Plan Administration Changing APWU Pittsburgh Retiree Record – May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023 The Postal Service is reminding employees that they can participate in politics — but only while they are off duty and not wearing a uniform. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty, while wearing a federal uniform or identification badge, while on federal property…
May 15, 2023 NALC and USPS have agreed to memorandum of agreement (M-01988) pursuant to the May 24, 2022, Memorandum of Understanding Re: City Delivery Staffing Adjustment – Hiring Part-Time Flexible City Letter Carriers (M-01986), providing an additional seven installations in which the Postal Service will convert all city carrier assistants to part-time flexible (PTF)…
Background The Postal Service provides customers the ability to track the status of their packages online at USPS.com using the USPS Tracking® website. Examples of messages displayed for customers are “Arrived at USPS Facility”, “In Transit to Next Facility”, “Departed USPS Facility”, or “Out for Delivery”. The Postal Service also provides certain tracking definitions on…
A little-known benefit for postal workers is unemployment compensation. Not one word is on LiteBlue. HRSSC is supposed to issue a Standard Form 8 (SF-8) to an employee each time he/she is separated from the Postal Service for any reason OR is placed in a nonpay status for 7 or more consecutive calendar days (voluntarily…
