The sudden termination of OPM Director Jeff Tien Han Pon on Friday does not bode well for postal workers’ benefits. After the midterm elections, watch out! Trump abruptly replaces federal personnel director after just 7 months | Washington Post First Name: Don Last Name: Cheney Email: doncheney@live.com Union/Local: APWU – Auburn WA Local Office held if any: Retired…
Just wondering why we are holding a day of action on a day the post office is closed or does the USPS not celebrate Columbus day? First Name: Desmond Last Name: Neurohr Email: dneurohr@pgh-metro.net Union/Local: Florida State Retirees Chapter Office held if any: Vice President
The USPS stopped paying for postal retirees’ health benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis in 2017. The USPS is draining the Retiree Health Benefits Fund to buy vehicles instead. What happens when the RHB Fund runs out of money? USPS Set to Run Out of Postal Retiree Health Care Funding in 12 Years Related: GAO’s Report…
The most shocking revelation in the GAO’s August 2018 report on Postal Retiree Health Benefits is that the USPS has stopped making payments for retirees’ health care on a pay-as-you-go basis. This explains where the USPS is getting the money for thousands of new postal vehicles. Instead, it is drawing down the Postal Service Retiree…
The Postal Service raised the pay of holiday mailhandlers significantly this year. Some will get an amazing $18.00/hour – see the list posted as of September 20, 2018. Mailhandler Christmas Exception Period (CEP) pay varies from city to city. There is minimal qualification (no test) for these postal jobs. Holiday clerks, which include annuitants, will…
I sit here in disbelief I’m even having to write this, but it is the postal service after all. What are everyone’s thoughts on the fact that it seems the conventional 7-tons are not equipped with spot mirrors located under the side mirrors? In my 29 years of operating commercial vehicles I’ve never encounter this,…
First Name: Vern Last Name: Davidson Email: walking.dead.bean@charter.net Union/Local: Cape Girardeau Area Local 4088 Office held if any: Member
I read the RI-399 MOU and reread it. I see that it withdraws all RI-399 disputes, both national and local if they were filed before 9-1-2017. That pretty much wipes out everything and most were APWU disputes because USPS has been giving them our work for 30 years. We wiped out the backlog because we…
