In fact, the first lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevented the federal government from recognizing same sex marriages, was filed in 2009 under the name of a postal worker in Massachusetts. Fast forward to Monday. With the Supreme Court’s decision to let stand lower court rulings that allow same-sex marriages, expect those unions […]
The National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS), along with its partners in the Federal-Postal Coalition, strongly oppose any reduction in retirement benefits or increase in employee contributions, as part of a budget deal reached by Congressional negotiators. NAPS joined thirty other federal and postal employee and retiree groups in co-signing the December 9 letter to […]
The following is a document USPS sent out explaining its policy on same-sex marriages: Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) required that, in any federal statutes and rules, the word “marriage” meant only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word “spouse” referred only […]