Fraud Against Seniors The FBI’s Common Fraud Schemes webpage provides tips on how you can protect yourself and your family from fraud. Senior citizens especially should be aware of fraud schemes for the following reasons: Senior citizens are most likely to have a “nest egg,” to own their home, and/or to have excellent credit—all of…
In the wake of the very recent somewhat divisive APWU National elections-which hardly anybody seemed to care about-our Union held its biennial All Crafts/Retiree Conference in Lost Wages (oops, sorry. make that Las Vegas) Nevada during the last week of October. Its a teaching, come together affair which this year was followed by the newly…
The large loss posted by the U.S. Postal Service in Fiscal Year 2019 ($8.8 billion) is largely the result of external factors, not the normal operations of the agency. More than half the loss stems from the 2006 congressional mandate that requires the Postal Service, alone among all public agencies and private companies, to pre-fund…
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU Excerpt: We expect that when the word of the power grab gets out to the Union at large there will be a howl that the retirees are trying to take control of the Union. That was the reaction at the last Convention…
Approximately 200 Retirees, the National Retiree Director, and five (5) Regional Delegates attended the All Craft Conference – Retiree Meeting. We came from all parts of the country. I would like to thank the National APWU for accommodating retirees and making the conference comfortable for retirees. We are some of the oldest members of the…
Just received by retired postal workers; USPS RETIREE – Quarterly Newsletter – Fall 2019! Timed for FEHBP Open Season! Loaded with Medicare Integration propaganda. Beware Buying In! This is WHY – Quote from USPS Chief Human Resources Officer, Isaac Cronkite: “Integration with Medicare would ensure that the Postal Service would be able to pay its…
If you have questions about the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), locating answers just became a little easier. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the agency that administers the program, recently introduced “The Real TSP,” a podcast available on YouTube. The podcast is hosted by TSP educators who provide an in-depth look at retirement investing and…
Press Release – October 10, 2019 Social Security Announces 1.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2020 Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6 percent in 2020, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 63…
