On March 31, 2024, the Postal Service will revise the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), part 520, by adding new section 521.8 to reflect the Postal Service establishing the Postal Service Health Benefits Education Program (PSHBEP), as required under the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. Although the Postal Service will not publish these revisions…
Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control. The kind of breast cancer depends on which cells in the breast turn into cancer. While breast cancer is most often found in women, men can get breast cancer too About 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in…
I’m a current APWU member & USPS retiree. As such, I feel that the APWU & other unions have let us retirees down in the worst way. I worked my entire careers being told I’ll have the very best health care -the same FEHP used by all federal employees at all levels. Yet, now that…
Natural catastrophes and man-made emergencies affect everyone involved in some way, though these situations are often amplified for communities with older adults. These individuals often rely on accessible features, such as electrical power, elevators, accessible transportation, and accessible communication, all of which may become unavailable during an emergency event. Anyone can find preparing for and…
The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA) was signed into law in April 2022. Since then, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in conjunction with the Postal Service, has been working to implement the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, as required under the new law. PSHB is a new, separate program within…
FYI: This is a USPS mailing I received on August 5, 2023 (notice it is dated June 2023). – RZ Related: Postal Service Health Benefits Program begins in 2025 Related: OPM watchdog flags cybersecurity concerns for USPS health care marketplace
July 21, 2023 APWU members are continuing to advocate for the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82 and S. 597. These bills were introduced by Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA-06) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), with a number of bi-partisan original co-sponsors in both chambers. The Act would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision…
These trifold brochures will be mailed to all USPS employees and retirees on July 1, 2023. These provide information on Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) for employees and annuitants. This information is also posted on the Members Benefits page here. PSHB Annuitants Trifold – July 2023 PHSB Employees Trifold – July 2023 See the previous newsbreak…
