Deadline Approaches For Mail Handlers Early Retirement Incentive

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Under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the NPMHU and the Postal Service on May 22, 2012, eligible Mail Handlers have until July 2, 2012 to choose to leave employment with the USPS (on or before August 31, 2012) and thus receive incentive payments totaling up to fifteen thousand dollars (for full-time employees).

As previously announced, the MOU also provides for a moratorium on excessing in all facilities until at least August 11, 2012 (unless excessing was already scheduled).  These provisions should enable the Postal Service to eliminate excessing in some facilities that will now have vacancies due to early retirements, and also should create vacancies closer to home for other employees who might be excessed from their installations after August 11.

The monetary incentives included in the MOU are available (with certain restrictions) to all Mail Handlers who are currently eligible for regular retirement, voluntary early retirement, and all other employees who may wish to separate from the Postal Service.  Those Mail Handlers who are eligible for early retirement already should have received a package in the mail from the Postal Service with additional information.

As for the approaching deadline, the MOU states that mail handlers who want to take advantage of the retirement or separation incentive “must indicate in a manner prescribed by the Employer on or before July 2, 2012, their intent to participate in the incentive program by indicating that they wish to take optional retirement, retirement pursuant to a VERA, or voluntary resignation and separate [from the Postal Service] effective August 31, 2012.”  This deadline also is the date after which each individual’s decision to retire or separate is irrevocable.

22 thoughts on “Deadline Approaches For Mail Handlers Early Retirement Incentive”

  1. With the exodus of mailhandlers, this will mean more landing spots for excessed clerks! Better union, better pay & benefits! APWU will NOT support any early out! Would you if it meant the loss of thousands of dollars in unin dues? So…screw you and keep paying dem dues bruthas n sistas so Goofey can retire on your dime!

  2. From NBA Bernovitch;
    Ask your U.S. representative to: Vote for HR2309
    To Tell APWU President Cliff Guffey;
    To negotiate the incentives for those members who wish to retire under the VER
      communications@apwu.org.
     
    Call the Capitol switchboard
    at 202-225-3121 or click here
    to send a message online.

  6. They already did the APWU early out back in 2009 with the $15,000 incentive payment. Remember?

  8. Once again the “i heard” idiots speak. But again they don’t say where. Don’t be a bigger fool and listen to them. How man times are you going to fall for this?

  9. Fla Postal Wkr. Are you N,SE, S, W, or Panhandle? Money not as important as no age penalty. I’ve 28 yrs in. Thks

  10. clerks early out coming in july.
    i heard it may be $20,000 over 4 payments…out in sept.

  11. What about the folks that really deliver the mail? City carriers & Rural carriers–any info if anything is gonna be offered them? They still gonna need carriers to deliver the mail. Maybe carriers under Civil Service??

  12. THE UNIONS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SAY SO WHEN IT COMES TO RETIRMENT. RETIREMENT IS NOT A WORKING CONDITION. THE PO MAY BE TALKING TO THE UNIONS BUT THE UNIONS HAVE NO SAY SO!!!~ IT IS STRICTLY OPM AND THE POSTAL SERVICE. GUFFY IS NOT TO BLAME

  14. Cliff Guffey

    President

    (202) 842-4250

    (202) 842-4297 (FAX)

    Greg Bell

    Executive Vice President

    (202) 842-4250

    (202) 842-4297 (FAX)

    Elizabeth Powell

    Secretary-Treasurer

    (202) 842-4215

    (202) 842-8530 (FAX)

    Mike Morris

    Director

    Industrial Relations

    (202) 842-4273

    (202) 371-0992 (FAX)

    Rob Strunk

    Director

    Clerk Division

    (202) 842-4220

    (202) 842-8517 (FAX)

    Sharyn Stone

    Central Region Coordinator

    55 E. Jackson Blvd.

    Suite 400

    Chicago, Il 60604

    312-986-8645

    312-986-8747 (FAX)

    (312) 786-0390 (TDD)

    Mike Gallagher

    Eastern Region Coordinator

    1401 Liberty Place

    Sicklerville, NJ 08081

    856-740-0633

    (856) 740-0742 (FAX)

    (856) 740-0715 (TDD)

    John H. Dirzius

    Northeast Region Coordinator

    5 N. Village Ave., Suite 3

    Rockville Centre, NY 11570

    (516) 678-1327

    (516) 766-0967 (FAX)

    (516) 678-1813 (TDD)

  16. Hand Stamp, There is a buy out coming for the clerks 20k.
    63 is the right age to retire, enjoy and GB.

  17. I dont know who Lou’S Brain is and don’t care he probably one those that don’t have the time or age to go poor fellow! I hope they lay your dumb ass off, you probably support issa damn idiot.

  18. Getting 1% every six months added to my nest egg till it reaches 80%

    I too will stay until they shut down the business.

    Happy Trails

  20. Brain…while I agree with you that USPS does not “owe” clerks a retirement incentive, it is clear that one is in the works and WILL happen. Management has been “dangling this carrot” for well over a year and I believe clerks like myself and Hand Stamp are puzzled and frustrated wondering about the timing. Is the APWU holding it up? Retirement is a very serious decision and planing ahead is hard when you don’t know if it’ll be Sept.? Dec? next April??

  21. Hand Stamp,

    Hurry the hell up????? Who are you refering to? I don’t care how old you are. The USPS does not owe you an incentive.

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