3/30/18 – Postal Service employees will soon receive new guidance on avoiding violations of the Hatch Act.
The law prohibits postal and other federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, while wearing a uniform, while on federal property or while inside a federal vehicle.
Beginning the week of April 2, USPS will provide employees with examples of co-workers who ran afoul of the Hatch Act. These examples will be featured in Link articles, field newsletters and messages on Postal Vision video monitors.
In each example, the name of the employee who violated the Hatch Act has been changed.
First up: “George,” a letter carrier who received Hatch Act training but didn’t like what he heard, so he used a Facebook live broadcast to vent about the restrictions on his First Amendment rights and to explain why he was supporting a particular presidential candidate.
George wore his uniform and sat in his LLV during his “video selfie,” which was seen by his supervisors and USPS lawyers. The matter is under investigation.
“The Postal Service takes the Hatch Act seriously,” said Michael J. Elston, associate general counsel and chief ethics and compliance officer. “By sharing real-life examples of USPS colleagues who violated the law, we want to demonstrate that these actions have real, serious consequences.”
USPS will share additional examples throughout the year.
A USPS letter carrier pretends to conduct a Facebook live broadcast while sitting in an LLV. Under the Hatch Act, postal employees are prohibited from engaging in political activity while on federal property or while inside a federal vehicle
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So the post office is allowed to push political propaganda and deliver door to door during election times, but their employees aren’t allowed to speak of politics?
What’s even better is i know exactly who they are talking about….lol…and he was not on facebook live. He made the video then posted it…how funny!
It’s ok if your a member of the White House staff, tho!
I’m going to say whatever I feel like to anyone I want. Good luck stopping me. You clowns can pay me on the clock or pay me off the clock. Either way screw P.O. management.
all this happens now when a REPUBLICAN is in office if a democrat won election it would be business as usual..its a joke !
Election is over don’t think it matters unless it’s during election time
Come get my coworker who wears his MAGA hat then….