In a Memorandum sent from Katherine Archuleta, Director, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to all Heads of Federal agencies, she explained the new “Modernizing Federal Leave Policies for Childbirth, Adoption and Foster Care to Recruit and Retain Talent and Improve Productivity” and announced the release of a new handbook. The Memo in part: As […]
Protesters Urge Obama to Shine a Light on Dark Money APWU President Mark Dimondstein addressed a rally in front of the White House on April 2, calling on President Obama to issue an Executive Order requiring corporations that do business with the government to disclose their political spending. Rally organizers presented petitions bearing 500,000 signatures […]
From the National Assoc. of Letter Carriers – 3.19.15 The following Mandatory Safety Talk was provided to the NALC. National business agents have been asked to distribute the information to all branch contacts and to follow up to make sure that the mandatory talks are in fact given. Please advise NALC Director of Safety and […]
In December 2014 ,Senator Tom Carper urged his colleagues to confirm the nominations of Mickey D. Barnett, David Michael Bennett, Stephen Crawford, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, James C. Miller III to the USPS Board of Governors. But the Senate remained gridlocked and only certain nominees were confirmed by the end of 113th Congress. On December 17, […]
Obama budget proposes eliminating 6-day delivery and seeks to begin reducing door delivery service for customers. February 2, 2015 – Statement by NALC President Fredric Rolando, on today’s release of President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal: With the release of its FY 2016 budget proposal today, the Obama administration once again has embraced […]
1.15.2015 – Today, President Barack Obama issued a memo that modernizes ‘Federal Leave Policies for Childbirth, Adoption and Foster Care to Recruit and Retain Talent and Improve Productivity.’ Obama’s Memorandum is “bringing the federal government’s paid leave policies closer in line with those of industry-leading companies” that will ensure that “most federal employees have access […]
Former CBS reporter Attkisson sues U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Postal Service and several unnamed federal employees Washington, D.C., (January 5, 2015)—Investigative Journalist Sharyl Attkisson has filed administrative claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Postal Service, and certain unnamed employees and/or agents of the federal […]
12.11.14 – President Obama’s Executive Order only applies to “executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government.” The Postal Service will treat December 26, 2014 as a normal business day. Under federal statute, the Postal Service is “an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States,” and not an […]
Postal workers not included in the Executive order allowing Feds an extra day off for Christmas (December 5, 2014) President Barack Obama has issued an Executive order excusing executive branch non-Postal Service employees from duty on Friday, December 26, 2014, with pay and without a charge to leave, except those who, in the judgment of […]
Does this postal chairman’s lobbying history pose a conflict of interest? The U.S. Postal Service has the potential to earn billions of dollars a year by entering the payday-loan business, but former banking lobbyist Mickey Barnett could block its path. Barnett now chairs the USPS Board of Governors. Previously, he represented the interests of payday lenders, who stand to lose out […]