May 10, 2022 The Postal Service wants employees to know about special flag requirements for this month’s holidays: • Peace Officers Memorial Day, which honors police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty, is Sunday, May 15. Postal Service facilities that are open this day are required to fly the U.S. flag…
WTF? Related: USPS honoring employees who are veterans
November 8, 2021 The Postal Service has released a video of this year’s virtual Veterans Day ceremony. The video honors the organization’s military veterans and features remarks from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and others, including: • Angela H. Curtis, Delivery Operations vice president and an Air Force veteran; • Myriam B. Irizarry, a Human Resources…
I was recently (Feb 2021) accepted by the V.A. for health care coverage. With Medicare also do I need to keep my APWU plan? It would save me $224/month. Thanks for your quick response. Nick First Name: Nick Last Name: Vance Email: nvance@jetbroadband.com Union/Local: APWU Lynchburg Area Local 1602 Office held if any: Secretary/Treasurer
By Tim Hudak – August 17, 2021 There may not be a stoplight in your hometown, but there’s a United States Postal Service® (USPS) post office. Post offices become the hub of many communities because they are reliable. It’s comforting that “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” will prevent letter carriers…
June 10, 2021 On June 7, the APWU posted three new resources compiled for APWU members who are Veterans of the Armed Services. The first is the APWU Guide to Veterans Rights and Benefits, produced by the Industrial Relations Department. The others are the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Guidebook…
The Postal Inspection Service is marking Military Appreciation Month in May by promoting Operation Protect Veterans, a joint campaign with the AARP Fraud Watch Network aimed at stopping scams against current and former service members. The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in swindles involving stimulus checks, unemployment insurance, fake COVID-19 cures and more. These scams are…
May is Military Appreciation Month, as was established by Congress in 1999. For the United States Postal Service®, it stands as a time to recognize the service and sacrifices of the U.S. military veterans in our workforce. Today, there are approximately 100,000 former active duty service members and current members of the Reserve and National…
