Category: Things To Know

2018 Benefits Open Season

Benefits Programs and Dates

For most benefits program, Open Season begins on November 12, 2018 and ends on December 10, 2018 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time.

During Open Season, you can make changes to benefits for the following programs:

Bargaining Employees
Category 1: Career employees covered by the APWU, NALC, NPMHU, NRLCA, IT/ASC
Category 2: Career employees covered by the PPO
Category 3: Career employees covered by the NPPN

Non-Bargaining Employees

Your Benefits Resources

The resources below provide additional information on benefits.

Abusive Management

This is no stranger in the USPS workplace – the Abusive Supervisor. Newer employees (at least within the past 5-6 years) deal with it more, but all across America, this is happening. There “alleged” reasons for this abusive in nature treatment from management, but that is for a different discussion. The link provided is to help members and their stewards know their rights. This behavior from management should not be tolerated in the least bit.

PDIs 101

(This is brought to you from the Director of Associate Offices, Mike Wright)

We’ve been having issues with some of the newer employees not being aware of their rights, below are some basic rights you are entitled to under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA):

  • ALWAYS ask for a Steward for a Pre-Disciplinary Interview (PDI) and make sure their a member of your Union, we’ve had two incidents recently where management, in a rush to discipline an employee, have used Stewards from other Unions to sit in on our members’ Day in Court.
  • ALWAYS  contact the Union if you receive any discipline within 14 days of the employee receiving the discipline. After Day 14, it become more difficult to get the discipline reduced or thrown out.
  • ALWAYS make sure you’re on the clock, this isn’t the Red Cross and we don’t work for free.

These are just some of the rights you are entitled to, coming to the meetings will help educate you, and knowledge of the  CBA is your biggest weapon in fighting those who willingly break the contract.