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E.g., 08/16/2024

Sixth COLA Increase Announced

August 14, 2024
In accordance with the 2021-2024 Collective Bar­gaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $0.47 per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective September 7, 2024.

Applications for the APWU Leadership Institute Class Two Open Until September 13, 2024

August 13, 2024
Applications for the APWU Leadership Institute Class Two Open Until September 13, 2024

Dispute Over Unilateral Elimination of Local Individual Retirement Counseling

This dispute concerns revisions to Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) Sections 569.1 and 589.1, Retirement Counseling. 

When OWCP Denies Compensation Based On a Previous Lost Wage Earning Capacity (LWEC) Determination

Some employees who have had their medically suitable job withdrawn by the Postal Service as a result of the National Reassessment Process (NRP) are being denied wage loss compensation by OWCP because of a previous LWEC decision. How does this happen...

Long-Term Care Insurance Update

The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) was created by the Long Term Care Security Act, which was signed into law by President Clinton on Sept. 19, 2000. Fifteen months later, the Office of Personnel Management selected John Hancock...

Faster Decisions for Veterans

The Fully Developed Claims (FDC) program is an optional new initiative being offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide faster, more accurate decisions to veterans, U.S. service members and survivors who are applying for...

e-Team Report, Aug. 5, 2011

74,000 FAA Workers Idled  Due to One Anti-Labor Congressman Senate Democrats Request Justice Department Review of New Voter ID Laws Professor's Blog Fights USPS Closings

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