The Postal Service is mailing employees an important tax document they may need when completing their 2015 federal income tax returns. Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage, is a new IRS form created to fulfill the reporting requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Beginning with tax year 2015, the ACA requires the…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement on the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report released today on union membership in 2015: “With today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report, we are reminded again that the labor movement continues to be one of the most powerful forces for strengthening the…
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 2, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — What: Telephone/Web conference on U.S. Postal Service Fiscal Year 2016 First Quarter Results Who: Postmaster General and CEO Megan J. Brennan; CFO and Executive Vice President Joseph Corbett When: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. ET Background: Postmaster General & CEO Megan Brennan and Chief Financial…
Web News Article #: 014-22016 02/02/2016 – Union members are bringing home a lot more bacon—on average $204 more per week than their non-union counterparts. According to new statistics from the Department of Labor, workers who belong to a union earned an average of $980 per week in 2015, compared to just $776 for non-union…
Web News Article #: 014-2016 02/01/2016 – Information provided by the Postal Service reveals numerous management errors in the initial payment of a $56 million settlement to employees in small offices, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced. Following discussions between the union and management, the Postal Service wrote in a Jan. 29 email, “We…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 29, 2016 Daniel Girard will represent all victims of OPM cyber theft in class action lawsuit WASHINGTON – The attorney handling the American Federation of Government Employees’ lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management in response to last year’s massive data breach has been named lead counsel for the consolidated case….
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU: “The significance of this victory cannot be overstated. It was a magnificent morale boost for the demonstrators who held their ground, sending a clear message that the workers will not be deterred or subject to whatever intimidation Staples may try to throw…
February 1, 2016 Would you pay more for a postage stamp if the extra money went to support a cause you consider important? Many people would, and do. It’s the idea behind semipostal stamps. You may be familiar with the Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp, but might not know about its history or the semipostal…
