After more than half a century, a tireless postal worker is finally ready to take a break and retire. Moses Jamison has worked with the US Postal Service in Columbus for 58 years. Jamison says in that time, he’s seen just about anything you can imagine being shipped. His coworkers at the Columbus Processing and […]
PBS – 10.28.2014 – An internal audit of the U.S. Postal Service found that it approved nearly 50,000 requests from law enforcement to monitor personal mail. Gwen Ifill sits down with Ron Nixon of The New York Times, who has been investigating this story for more than a year. Read more
10/27/2014 – The APWU and Postal Service have reached an agreement that prohibits management from subcontracting cleaning services based on an employee’s voluntarily transfer from an office where USPS custodians are employed. The Oct. 27 agreement settles a Step 4 dispute. The union and management agreed that voluntary transfers are not considered “voluntary attrition,” which must occur before the Postal […]
10.28.2014 – “When I first heard about it, it hit me right in my gut,” Ann Romney said in a Monday phone interview with CNN. “My nerve endings went haywire. It’s so upsetting when you know someone can say something like that about a woman, and not have any kind of reaction. It’s so unacceptable. […]
Four postal unions plan Nov. 14 ‘Day of Action’ on new round of service cuts On Friday, Nov. 14, members of the NALC will join with the three other postal unions for a national day of action to tell Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors: “Stop delaying America’s mail!” “The […]
More than 700 APWU members and retirees attended the 32nd congressional breakfast sponsored by the SOAR Coalition of Michigan on Oct. 19. The coalition was formed in 1982 to unite active and retired federal and postal employees and their spouses to protect benefits and achieve a secure retirement. Former U.S. Rep. David Bonior, who served as […]
NALC election results announced The National Election Committee, appointed at the 2014 NALC Biennial Convention in Philadelphia to conduct the election of national officers of the NALC for four-year terms, has announced the results of the election. NALC President Fredric Rolando and Executive Vice President Timothy C. O’Malley were re-elected following the nationwide vote. Here […]
The 2015 COLAs for CSRS and FERS benefits are based on the increase in the average CPI-W between the 3rd quarter of 2013 (230.327) and the 3rd quarter of 2014. The 3rd quarter of 2014 average CPI-W was calculated today at 234.242, so the 2015 retiree COLAs will be 1.7%. CSRS annuities receive full COLAs; […]
Video: PMG State of the Business Message for October 2014 Article below October 2014 – The Postal Service will be ready for the surge in election-related mail during the next two weeks, PMG Pat Donahoe says in his latest video message to employees. “We can expect to see heavy volume right up until Election Day. So we’ve […]
10/24/2014 – An NYPD rookie is in critical condition and another police officer is in stable condition after being attacked by a man wielding a hatchet on a Queens street Thursday, police said. Video will load below. Read more