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		<title>Postmasters Continue Discussions with USPS on VER and Incentives for Retirement Eligible Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/12/09/postmasters-continue-discussions-with-usps-on-ver-and-incentives-for-retirement-eligible-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; On December 6, 2011, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza and League President Mark Strong met with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and agreed to re-open Postmaster pay talks. This agreement was reached in the midst of the selection of a fact-finding panel from a list of panelist received from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. If [...]]]></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>Voluntary Early Retirement Opportunity For Clerks and Carriers in Selected Offices</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/07/12/voluntary-early-retirment-opportunity-for-clerks-and-carriers-in-selected-offices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bay Valley District &#8211; No Retirement Incentive &#8211; Shared Services will be mailing VERA offer letters and annuity estimates from July 19-22, 2011 to VER eligible employees. The VER retirement application deadline and irrevocable date is August 26, 2011. Alameda, Alamo, Antioch, Aptos, Benciia, Brentwood, Byron, Carmel, Clayton, Campbell, Capitola, Concord, Crockett, Cupertino, Danville, El [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Pacific Area to offer VER to carriers and clerks</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/06/20/usps-pacific-area-to-offer-ver-to-carriers-and-clerks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USPS Newsbreak: Voluntary Early Retirement to be offered to carriers and clerks in select locations In a move to further right-size complement levels to better match workload, the USPS Pacific Area is offering a voluntary early retirement (VER) to carriers and clerks working at select impacted sites and at non-impacted offices within a 50-mile radius [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS: Understanding The General Reduction In Force (RIF) Notice</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/05/09/usps-understanding-the-general-reduction-in-force-rif-notice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 06:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been questions about the General Reduction in Force (RIF) Notices that were mailed by Human Resources (HR) on April 28 — including why some employees got one and others did not. HR used the information available at the time the General RIF Notices were issued — including which employees took the Voluntary Early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Notices sent to Postal Employees affected by Possible Reduction in Force</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week marked two critical milestones in the 2011 Organizational Redesign process. Monday, April 25, was the deadline for employees who accepted the Postal Service’s 2011 Special Incentive Offer. And Thursday, April 28, General Reduction in Force (RIF) Notices were sent to employees who could be affected by a potential RIF in their competitive area. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2,000 postal employees take $20,000 buyout offers</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/04/27/2000-postal-employees-take-20000-buyout-offers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;More than 2,000 U.S. Postal Service administrators have signed up for an early-out deal that will give them $20,000 in return for leaving their financially struggling employer by the end of next month, a spokesman said Wednesday. Two thousand three employees applied by the Monday deadline, spokesman Mark Saunders said. .Their departures will account for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadline For USPS Special VER Incentive Offer Coming Soon</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/04/04/deadline-for-usps-special-ver-incentive-offer-coming-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/04/04/deadline-for-usps-special-ver-incentive-offer-coming-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.postalreporternews.net/?p=5856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the USPS organizational redesign moves forward, employees must be aware of key dates that may require action or that may signify important elements of the process. The first critical date is the opt-in deadline for the Special Incentive Offer for eligible employees, as described in the Incentive FAQs. All eligible employees who can leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Offering $20,000 Retirement Incentive To Some Management Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/03/23/usps-offering-20000-retirement-incentive-to-some-management-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/03/23/usps-offering-20000-retirement-incentive-to-some-management-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PMG ANNOUNCES REDESIGNED POSTAL SERVICE VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT, INCENTIVE PROGRAMS OFFERED Postmaster General Pat Donahoe today announced a newly redesigned Postal Service, one that is better positioned for growth, reflects further alignment within the organization to achieve core business strategies and, when fully implemented by March, 2012, will eliminate almost $750 million in costs to [...]]]></description>
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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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