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		<title>USPS Early Retirement Offer With Incentives Coming?</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/10/10/usps-early-retirement-offer-with-incentives-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[APWU President Cliff Guffey told the delegates to the APWU National Presidents Conference in Las Vegas, NV today, I am certain there will be an early retirement offer for APWU members with incentives once the Postal Service fully complies with our demands.]]></description>
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		<title>Tennessee Congressman to Super Committee: Stop Early Retirements</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/10/10/tennessee-congressman-to-super-committee-stop-early-retirements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a press release from  John J. Duncan, Jr.  (R-TN 2nd district): Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. in a letter this week urged the Congressional &#8220;Super Committee&#8221; tasked with finding trillions of dollars in savings in the federal budget to put a stop to early federal retirements.  The text of the letter follows: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Wants to Offer Eligible Postal Workers Early Retirement?</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/09/30/usps-wants-to-offer-eligible-postal-workers-early-retirement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Don Cheney pointed out: With all the other commotion going on, most eligible postal employees have overlooked this. I&#8217;m amazed anyone would retire right now without waiting to see what comes out of Congress by November 18th, the new deadline for USPS to make its $5.5 billion payment.  The administration will not back USPS&#8217; proposal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAPUS President Discusses Early Outs and Incentives in Meeting With PMG</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/09/08/napus-president-discusses-early-outs-and-incentives-in-meeting-with-pmg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the National Association of Postmasters of the US (NAPUS): In yesterday’s monthly meeting with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza discussed Voluntary Early Retirements (VERs), Incentives and adding years of service as possibilities to help ease the financial burdens of the USPS. While many options are being considered as the Postal Service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Update &#8211; Does the Postal Service Really Want Early Retirements?</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/22/editorial-update-does-the-postal-service-really-want-early-retirements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago I speculated in the PostalReporter News Blog, “In recent VERAs the Postal Service issued FERS annuity estimates that omitted the employee’s FERS annuity supplement.  The FERS annuity supplement is often nearly equal to the basic annuity amount.  Was that to discourage early retirements so they can justify weakening the no-layoff clause in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burrus: It&#8217;s Time For USPS To Consider Offering Healthy Retirement Incentive</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/06/04/burrus-its-time-for-usps-to-consider-offering-healthy-retirement-incentive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it is time for the Postal Service to consider offering a healthy incentive for APWU represented employees to retire. The wage difference between a Grade 6 Step 0 employee and a newly hired replacement is $18,000 per year ($53,102 vs. $35,182) so for every 1000 employees replaced, the Postal Service saves 18 million dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Offering Retirement Incentives To Some Supervisors in NY, Honolulu, NJ, Carribbean Districts</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/06/02/usps-offering-retirement-incentives-to-some-supervisors-in-ny-honolulu-nj-carribean-districts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>USPS: Preparing For Change &#8211; What Is A Voluntary Early Retirement Authority</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/03/10/usps-preparing-for-change-what-is-a-voluntary-early-retirement-authority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USPS is expected to announce that it will offer Voluntary Early Retirement to select groups of postal employees on March 25, 2011. PREPARING FOR CHANGE  - VERA RULES OF THE ROAD So what’s a VERA? A “voluntary early retirement authority” (VERA) temporarily lowers age and service requirements for retirement. It’s an administrative tool USPS has used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Early Out Retirement Information 2011?</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/01/21/usps-early-out-retirement-information-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month PMG Patrick Donahoe mentioned that early out retirements and RIFs were coming by March 2011. The following is unverified information floating around the internet: from a NAPS AVP: OPM approved United States Postal Service VERA and Retirement Processing for 80,000 eligible Civil Service and Federal Employee Retirement Service employees. With roll out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APWU: Second Early Out Payment Scheduled for Oct. 29</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/10/19/apwu-second-early-out-payment-scheduled-for-oct-29/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/10/19/apwu-second-early-out-payment-scheduled-for-oct-29/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[APWU  News Former postal employees who retired or separated from the Postal Service in 2009 as part of the negotiated Early Out Incentive agreement are entitled to receive an additional $5,000, tentatively scheduled for Oct. 29, 2010. Those who participated in the retirement incentive program received $10,000 as part of the agreement in 2009. The [...]]]></description>
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