FERS and sick leave Know these retirement dates Employees working under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) who are planning to retire this year are advised to review how unused sick leave will be credited as service when calculating retiree benefits. FERS employees who retire between now and Dec. 31, 2013 will have 50 percent […]
Convenient Untruths by Greg Bell APWU Executive Vice President When the postal service announced in November that it had incurred a $15.9 billion loss in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2012, newspaper editorial boards and anti-government politicians cited the figure as proof that the Postal Service is doomed. They bemoaned the USPS financial […]
The Postal Service reported in December that approximately 25,500 APWU-represented employees have accepted the retirement incentive offer. The majority are eligible for optional (regular) retirement, with roughly 19 percent eligible for voluntary early retirement (VER), and less than 1 percent voluntarily resigning. Because employees who are taking regular retirement or are resigning may revoke their […]
What GAO Found The Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (PSRHBF) covered about 49 percent of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) $94 billion retiree health benefit liability at fiscal year-end 2012. USPS’s deteriorating financial outlook, however, will make it difficult to continue the current prefunding schedule in the short term, and possibly to fully fund […]
The LEAGUE National Office received the non-bargaining unit salary schedules (PDF) for 2013. These schedules will go into effect January 12, 2013. Although there were no pay increases for 2012, the new schedules will raise the caps on most all EAS positions. PFP salary determinations for FY/2013 will be subject to the Postal Service’s review […]
Non-Bargaining Salary Schedules Released for FY 2013 NAPUS and League leaders met with USPS Officials to update the Administrative Rules and the Mitigating Factors process for the Pay for Performance (PFP) program. Updates to the Administrative Rules will include eliminating references to the former core requirements indicators, which were eliminated under the Postmaster Pay Package […]
Tremendous job PMG thanks employees for 2012 efforts, describes goals for New Year In his latest State of the Business video, PMG Pat Donahoe praises the “fantastic work” employees performed in 2012 — particularly following Hurricane Sandy — then describes the important tasks ahead in the coming year. The PMG thanks employees everywhere for pitching […]
The union has distributed $59,750 from the APWU Disaster Fund to 14 union members who suffered devastating losses as a result of Hurricane Sandy and to the family of Lenny Montalto, Human Relations Director Sue Carney has announced. Montalto, who served as an officer of the State Island Local, lost his life in the storm. […]
Members of the Central Kentucky Area Local APWU set out to brighten the hopes of a nine-year old boy this holiday season by delivering the world’s largest Christmas card. Dalton Dingus, who suffers from stage four cystic fibrosis, made a Christmas wish to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the most Christmas cards […]
President Obama has ordered the U.S. flag be lowered to half-staff as a mark of respect for the victims of the acts of violence committed Dec. 14 in Newtown, CT. The flag must be flown at half-staff now until sunset, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. When flown at half-staff, hoist the flag to the peak for […]