Federal Employees

Retired USPS workers are waiting months to receive retirement benefits. Pension crisis leaves federal workers in limbo

amefika2 months ago05 mins

You might think that having a long-standing government job would mean secure retirement benefits, but not so much for dozens of recently retired United States Postal Service (USPS) workers. Billy Wright, 60, worked for 29 years as a postal worker in Waxahachie, Texas, and retired last November. Like many of his peers, he has been…

Federal mental health and disease control employees were among the targets of weekend layoffs.

truenewj8 months ago05 mins

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees working in mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness are among those affected by the Trump administration’s massive layoffs over the weekend, current and laid-off workers said Monday, as the administration sought to pressure Democratic lawmakers to concede and end the nearly two-week government shutdown. The…