APWU News APWU President William Burrus has called on U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to rescind the new regulations [PDF] governing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that were imposed by the Bush Administration just days before the former president left office. The Bush FMLA rules “weakened the law and made it more […]
NALC President Young announces retirement: President William H. Young has officially announced his retirement date—July 3, 2009. He has served 43 years as a letter carrier and 30 years as an officer of the NALC. source: National Association of Letter Carriers
From the Office Of Personnel Management via Federal Register The U. S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations on changes in the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). We are amending the regulations to authorize retroactive enrollment changes when an enrollee has lost his or her spouse through death or […]
From the Federal Times – The Office of Personnel Management is scrapping plans for an online retirement calculator that would allow federal employees to project their pensions, the new director said last week. The calculator had been a major portion of RetireEZ, the department’s previous attempt at overhauling its outdated annuity calculation system, which failed […]
NALC Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2009 The president of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), today applauded the announcement by President Obama that he will nominate Rep. John M. McHugh (R-NY) to be the next Secretary of the Army. Letter Carriers’ union President William H. Young issued the following statement: […]
The purpose of this project is to provide renewable energy solutions through the installation of stand alone solar technologies to offset the energy cost at selected USPS owned facilities. The overall expectation is to deliver up to nine sites achieving between 10 MW and 15MW of solar systems. As the project advances it is anticipated […]