Dead Tree Edition Blog Not Dead Yet

The Dead Tree Edition blog  is experiencing technical difficulties so readers will find the message from Google stating “The blog you were looking for was not found.” Here is the message Dead Tree Edition sent out yesterday: “For all of you who have been kind enough to link to my blog, Dead Tree Edition (http://deadtreeedition.blogspot.com/), […]

Victory: FERS Sick-Leave Credit Becomes Law

APWU News President Obama signed legislation Oct. 28 that will allow postal and federal workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to receive credit for sick leave when they retire. The new benefit was included among a number of pay and retirement provisions in a compromise version of the 2010 Defense Authorization […]

USPS ‘Incentive’ Program Results In 19,000 APWU-Craft Retirements

Approximately 19,000 USPS employees in APWU-represented crafts will retire or separate from the Postal Service before Dec. 1 and receive a $15,000 incentive under an agreement negotiated by the union. A Memorandum of Understanding creating the incentive program was signed on Aug. 24. “This agreement achieved a long-standing objective of the APWU,” said union President […]

EEOC Proposes Broader Definition of Disability

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a Federal Register Notice proposing to revise its Americans with Disability Act (ADA) regulations and accompanying interpretive guidance in order to implement the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110?325. Comments on the proposed regulations, 74 Fed. Reg. 48431-48450, are due no later than November 23, […]

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USPS Reports Financial Loss For May 2009

The U.S. Postal Service filed its May 2009 (unaudited) preliminary financial report today with the Postal Regulatory Commission. USPS reported a net income loss of $677 million (April 2009 was $385 million). The year-to-date deficit currently stands at approximately $3.4 billion. Mail volume was down across all classes with an overall total decrease of 19.9%. […]