This guide can help you understand your benefits
To help USPS employees navigate their way through this year’s open season benefits enrollment period, here are some important definitions for sometimes confusing health insurance terms:
• Copayment: This is a fixed amount paid for certain covered health care services.
• Coinsurance: This is similar to a copayment but refers to a percentage paid for...
USPS projects package deliveries will drive FY26 revenue boost
The U.S. Postal Service is preparing for a 9.4% year-over-year revenue jump in its package delivery segment, according to projections submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission on Wednesday.
The expected increase in its shipping and packages segment, which includes delivery services like Ground Advantage and Parcel Select, would help drive...
Step 4 – Start times and additional trips
There are three issues in dispute in this grievance: 1) starting times for rural carriers, 2) rural carriers being required to leave for the street at a pre determined time and 3) rural carriers making an additional trip to deliver parcels because parcel distribution was not complete before leaving...
Ralph Lauren to offer USPS-inspired collection
The Ralph Lauren clothing and home goods brand has worked with USPS to release a three-item limited licensed collection honoring the Postal Service’s 250th anniversary.
The Polo Ralph Lauren USPS collection’s double-breasted wool twill coat ($1,298), leather satchel ($998) and mesh wool cap ($79.50) are inspired by letter carrier uniforms from different...
Nick Acker’s coworkers speak out against unsafe conditions, APWU complicity in his death
On November 8, postal worker Nick Acker was killed in a mail sorting machine at the Allen Park Detroit Network Distribution Center. Authorities estimated he had been dead for six to eight hours before his body was found.
Nick’s coworkers are speaking out about unsafe conditions inside the facility, as well as...
The USPS Postal Delivery Vehicle That (sorta) Came From the Moon
In the 1980s, the United States Postal Service sent out a detailed list of specifications for a new postal carrier vehicle.
This “Long Life Vehicle” would replace myriad of other vehicles with one, simplifying maintenance, repairs, and training — and because it had a lightweight aluminum skin, it would last...
Flexible spending accounts could save you money
Flexible spending accounts, or FSAs, allow employees to set aside money on a pretax basis to pay for health care and dependent care expenses.
USPS employees can enroll in an FSA during this year’s open season, which runs through Monday, Dec. 8.
Inspira Financial is the administrator of the Postal Service’s...
