Postal Retirement Q&A – January 2016 (via PostalMag.com)

Roseanne is a retired USPS employee with an extensive background in USPS retirement, disability retirement, OWCP, EEO, Labor Relations and HR. She conducts individual and group counseling and is able to comprehensively discuss the pros and cons of employees who are on OWCP, disability retirement and regular retirement. Roseanne will be happy to answer your…

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NALC/USPS Management Discord in Dallas

October 28, 2015 Sid Simmons, president of NALC Branch 132 in Dallas, is demanding an apology from a station manager over alleged mistreatment received after visiting a Farmers Branch post office to investigate possible mistreatment of CCAs. If the treatment Sid received is any indication, it wouldn’t be surprising to learn the CCAs may have…

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A happy worker is a productive worker: Postal Pulse surveys employee engagement

April 1, 2015 Last week I wrote a post about the Postal Service’s new employee survey, Postal Pulse.  The Pulse replaces the Voice of the Employee (VOE), which the Postal Service has been using for the past 17 years.  The Pulse is now being administered to over 600,000 postal workers, and the Postmaster General is…

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Postal Retirement Q&A November 2014 by Roseanne Jefferson

Good Day Postal Employees!! This is the actual un-sanitized email….(which I am able to do since this employee did not identify any postal facility, zip code, etc. that would single them out). How many times do I say that OPM does a GREAT job considering they handle EVERY SINGLE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE’S (meaning not just Postal)…

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Postal Retirement Q&A October 2014 by Roseanne Jefferson – PostalMag

Good Day Postal Employees!! This month is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I would like to thank all who have prayed, shown concern and support during these past couple of years for my daughter, whose real name is actually Hope. This month is a major check up and we pray, I can come back and…

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Postal Retirement Q&A August 2014 – Medicare Part B is a choice, not a requirement

Let’s begin this month with the Medicare saga….well we did everything that I TELL YOU ALL TO DO… when turning 65 regarding Medicare Part B, and so NOT surprising …. they still are “Encouraging” hubby to take Medicare Part B….in fact, it is SO personal….. to your insurance, that guess what…..they even make a PERSONAL…

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Dallas NALC President Puts Abusive Supervisors on Notice

Fed up with an endless stream of calls from letter carriers pleading for help from abusive supervisors and managers, NALC Branch 132 President Sid Simmons is putting aggressive supervisors and managers on notice (again). Sid writes: Effective immediately and without exception, we expect you to treat us with dignity and respect at all times. We…

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Postal Retirement Q&A July 2014

Please take the time to recognize our VETERANS on this 4th of July…to them we OWE SO MUCH!! June was a REALLY CRAZY month….busy, did a Rural Carrier State Convention on retirement…..So many questions….so little time, but one great group of employees. So I get a phone call this week and a postmaster is just…

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