NALC Arbitration Decision: Postal Service Will Not Be Reimbursing Employees Whose Direct Deposits Were Stolen

Article by Cameron Taylor, Steward and Website Editor.

In a disappointing decision, Arbitrator Dennis Nolan, on September 19, 2024, issued the following: “The Union failed to prove that the Postal Service violated any specific provision of the National Agreement by failing to pay employees after unauthorized access to LiteBlue resulted in changes to direct deposit information.”

This decision comes after many Postal Service employees lost direct deposited paychecks to after their LiteBlue credentials had been stolen.

For a good summary of the Arbitrator’s ruling, please read the following PDF from Charlie Cash, the national APWU Industrial Relations Director:

092524 Memo to Field re NALC National Award – Direct Deposit Theft Case Download

The full Arbitrator’s decision may be read in this following PDF:

Nolan Award 4B 19N-4B-E 23120456 Direct Deposit Case Download