USPS News Release – October 18, 2016 TAMPA FL ā The U.S. Postal Service is accepting applications for Casual Mail Handlers, a temporary seasonal job for the fall mailing season and holiday period. The Postal Service plans to hire a total of 400 Casual Mail Handlers to work in St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Orlando, Lake Mary,…
Press Release – Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 65 million Americans will increase 0.3 percent in 2017, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 0.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 60 million Social Security beneficiaries in January…
By Mike Causey – October 18, 2016 Whether you think your 2017 health premiums are going up an average of 4.4 percent, or 6.2 percent ā and both numbers are accurate ā the good news is that it could have been so much higher. Many private sector group health plans are going up 10 to…
August 21, 2017, may turn out to be the most popular vacation-day request in history Michael Bakich writes in Astronomy magazine ā so you may want to get that time-off request in early. The Washington Post has a guide to where you’ll be able to easily see the event. For the first time in 99…
By Elaine ThompsonĀ – October 15, 2016 SHREWSBURY ā Shrewsbury Post Office employees have taken a vote of no confidence in their postmaster whom they say has created “a hostile work environment filled with harassment and bullying,” a repeat of what postal workers in other towns where he has worked have said in the past. The…
Background The U.S. Postal Service uses overtime to provide flexibility and meet operational requirements. Overtime is a premium that nonmanagement employees receive for work performed in excess of 8 paid hours in a day or 40 paid hours in a week. Penalty overtime is paid at two times the hourly rate when an employee works…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Postal Service is reminding customers that a special stamp purchase can help fund breast cancer research. The 60-cent Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp is available year-round and sold in sheets of 20. Semipostal stamps are sold at a surcharge to raise money for specific causes. More than…
Mike Nodineās – How Atlanta Voted in the 2016 National APWU Election: Nationally 194,172 ballots were mailed on September 13, 2016. 41,221 ballots were received and counted and of those, at least 11,351 Retirees voted. Around 640 AMAL 32 Members voted and around 175 of those were Retirees. Around 21% of APWU Members voted nationally,…
