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The Maintenance Division and the Article 12 Notification Process

May 21, 2024
Maintenance Craft Director Idowu Balogun provides information on the Article 12 notification process, and the steps required in our Collective Bargaining Agreement prior to excessing.

Solidarity Is The Antidote to a Toxic Workplace

May 21, 2024
As the “Chief Spokesperson” for the 2024 contract negotiations, I have both a huge and humbling task. The outcome of negotiations, whether through a voluntary agreement or through a contract imposed upon us by an interest arbitration panel, will...

Arbitrator Rules 'Separation of Casuals' Language in Article 12 Applies Only to Casuals in the Impacted Craft

In a recent National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) national arbitration award, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that “[t]he provision in Article 12.5.C.5.a (2) for ‘separation of all casuals’ applies to casuals in the affected or losing craft,...

e-Team Report, July 7, 2012

Check Your Mail! Mitt Romney and the Postal Service Frankly Speaking Businesses Feeling the Impact of Declining Service

New Online Tool for OWCP Claims

The Employees’ Compensation Operations and Management Portal (ECOMP) is the newest on-line tool created by the Department of Labor Office of Worker’s Compensation Programs (OWCP) to assist with claims processing and tracking.

Proposed Revisions to F-1, Section 473.12, Rescinded

This settlement (case #Q94C4QC96092498) rescinds a proposed revision to Handbook F-1 (Accounting Procedures) Section 473.12 which would have provided that "Employees cannot grieve or request a hearing for salary or travel advances."

A Take on TSP Accounts

Retired postal workers who voluntarily contributed to a TSP while employed did so to accumulate tax-deferred savings: During retirement, there is no federal income tax on these savings as long as account-holders comply with TSP Withdrawal Rules.

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