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Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Premiums for 2025
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website has officially revealed 2025’s premiums for upcoming PSHB health insurance plans. The below is an excerpt from OPM.gov: Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Notice for USPS employees: In 2025, the employer contribution rate…
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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…
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Communities and Postal Workers United (CPWU) Fall 2024 Newsletter
The CPWU works to fight against plant and facility closures, downsizing, elimination of jobs, etc. Visit their website here, and please read the following newsletter in PDF format:
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President Mark Dimondstein Updates Members on APWU Contract Negotiations
[Re-posted from APWU.org] Greetings APWU Family! With our main Collective Bargaining Agreement expiring on September 20th, I wanted to give you a status report. Simply put, the work of negotiations is proceeding. Over the summer, your negotiating committee and many…
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Custodial Workhours Explained
The following PDF slideshow was prepared by Maintenance Craft Director Xaviare Reed to help explain various aspects of their work to Custodians, including eMARS, Line H, etc. If you’re a Custodian, please do yourself a favor by reading through it.
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An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act
Re-posted from APWU.org. Stand up for Social Security Fairness! Time is running out to get the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) passed. We are asking every APWU member to call Monday, September 9th and demand our representatives sign the discharge petition (HR 1410). Call the…
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Department of Labor Obtains Landmark Federal Court Injunction Protecting Employees Who Report Workplace Injuries From Employer Retaliation
[Taken from DOL.gov. A massive victory for postal workers! Hopefully OSHA can get this injunction implemented nationwide as the Postal Service’s retaliation against injuries is rampant everywhere.] SEATTLE – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgement from the…
