TO HELP EMPLOYEES MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS DPMG OUTLINES EARLY OUT INCENTIVE OPTION In this week’s Field Updates, DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe outlines the 2009 Early Out Incentive Option and discusses the issues employees should consider before accepting the offer. The incentive — extended to employees represented by either the American Postal Workers Union or […]
From PostalReporter Reader: My name is Fredric ****. I was a data collection technician in Houston, Texas. I took the early out and retired on July 31, 2009. We were sent a memo(which I still possess) that the post office would not be offering early outs in the near future. The memo stated that they […]
NAPUS Letter sent to Postmaster General Jack Potter August 25, 2009 Honorable John E. Potter Postmaster General, Chief Executive Officer United States Postal Service 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW Room 10022 Washington, DC 20260-0010 Re: Your Letter of August 25, 2009 Dear Jack: Earlier today, I was advised that the U.S. Postal Service will extend to […]
From the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) The Postal Service has negotiated agreements with the American Postal Workers Union and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union to offer cash incentives of up to $15,000 to employees in the APWU and NPMHU’s crafts to accept a Voluntary Early Retirement offer between now and November 30, […]
While the Postal Service has had its share of challenges since the beginning of the current economic recession, I want to let you all know what an outstanding job you have done to meet those challenges. We have been very successful in implementing unprecedented cost-cutting and efficiency improvements in a relatively short time frame. We […]
APWU-represented employees who retire or separate on or before Nov. 30, 2009, will receive a monetary incentive of $15,000, in accordance with an agreement negotiated by the union. The incentive will be paid in two installments to eligible employees. “This agreement achieves a long-standing objective of the APWU,” said union President William Burrus. The incentive […]
The US Postal Service last year failed to promote the unique advantages of VERA to FERS employees. Attached is an actual offer from USPS of voluntary early retirement to a FERS employee that was age 56 with less than 25 years of service. Normally he would need 30 years of service to get an unreduced […]
Removal for Unacceptable Attendance Affirmed, 2009 MSPB 134, July 17, 2009 Curtis vs USPS It was undisputed that over the course of about 21 months, the Austin, TX P&DC Mail Processing Clerk was absent from work 81 days, including 77 days of unscheduled leave without pay (LWOP). In his response, the appellant asserted that his […]
The NALC has filed a national-level interpretive dispute with the Postal Service, charging it failed to provide mandatory retirement counseling prior to the June 19 irrevocable decision date for the latest Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) offer extended to letter carriers. “A lot of our members did not get the help they needed to make a […]
Federal retirees who have grown accustomed to cost-of-living adjustments each and every January are in for a rude awakening when they get their first benefit payment in 2010. So what’s likely to happen? Nothing. That is, no increase at all. A no-cal COLA! Monthly payments to the millions under Social Security, federal civil service or […]