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Part-Time Regular (PTR) Payout Update (February 2025)

February 3, 2025
Maintenance Director Idowu Balogun provides an update on the Maintenance PTR Settlement Payout as of February 2025.

How to Navigate to VER Plans, Optional Retirement Pages through USPS’s LiteBlue

February 3, 2025
Working in conjunction with Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor, the Industrial Relations Department has produced a presentation which provides step-by-step instructions on how active postal service employees with access to LiteBlue can navigate to the...

OSHA: DBCS Machines Pose Risk to Workers’ Health

January 14, 2011
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has hit the Postal Service with another unwelcome finding: Delivery Bar Code Sorter machines pose a direct risk to workers’ health, and there is a “general lack of understanding about the hazards and...

APWU, Postal Unions Urge Obama To Fix USPS Pension Overfunding

January 13, 2011
The APWU and other postal unions and management associations have asked President Barack Obama to take “immediate action to save almost 100,000 good, middle-class jobs and stabilize the financial condition” of the Postal Service.

USPS Fails to Keep Proper Record of Injury and Illness, OSHA Finds

January 11, 2011
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) slammed the USPS again for safety violations — this time for under-recording workplace injuries and illnesses.

Despite Mounting Frustration, Contract Talks Continue

January 10, 2011
Although the union is “increasingly frustrated” at the slow pace of contract negotiations, bargaining is continuing, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced.

Safety Talk on Recognizing And Handling Suspicious Mail

January 7, 2011
Following the explosion of several mail pieces in Maryland and Washington, DC, the USPS has issued a Safety Talk that instructs employees how to react to suspicious packages.

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