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Layoffs - Worst Case Scenario?
May 15, 2025
“You and your coworkers are the Union! No matter your political party, now is the time to protect America’s Postal Service!” – Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez explains steps we can take to defend the public Postal Service and preserve our...
Due Process, Your Union Right
May 15, 2025
Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash explains due process, “one of our most important union rights. In the simplest of terms, it means you have the right to your ‘day in court’ to tell your side of the story and defend yourself if management...
A Take on TSP Accounts
Retired postal workers who voluntarily contributed to a TSP while employed did so to accumulate tax-deferred savings: During retirement, there is no federal income tax on these savings as long as account-holders comply with TSP Withdrawal Rules.
Arbitrator Orders USPS to Revise Certain FMLA Form Letters
In a recent national-level arbitration award, arbitrator Dennis Nolan ruled that certain form letters that the Postal Service planned to use when employees seek family and medical leave violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The arbitrator...
APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the Craig Melvin Show
President of the American Postal Workers Union, Mark Dimondstein, discusses Stop Staples and his opposition in the Postal Service pilot program to reform and downsize.
For CSRS Retirees:
The 2015 CSRS retiree COLA is based on the third quarter (July, August, September) average CPI-W index in 2014 over the 2013 third quarter average. After the fourth quarter of 2013, the first quarter of the 2015 COLA adjustment period, the quarterly...
e-Team Report, Feb. 24, 2012
Service Standards Crucial to Saving USPS Jobs
H.R. 3813 Update
Romney Blasts “Labor Stooges”