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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Selma to Montgomery commemorative envelopes on sale

  Selma to Montgomery commemorative envelopes on sale
"... JEFFERSON COUNTY - AL - The U.S. Postal Service's Alabama District is selling envelopes to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march for civil rights. ..."
Reference: www.abc3340.com

FERS Retirement Eligibility Information (OPM)

  FERS Retirement Eligibility Information (OPM)
Chart from OPM
"... Eligibility is determined by your age and number of years of creditable service. In some cases, you must have reached the Minimum Retirement Age (MRA) to receive retirement benefits...."
Reference: www.opm.gov

Mail handler jobs are being restored at Mansfield’s downtown post office

  Night shift added at Mansfield post office

"... “This is a manual hub operation. It involves manually re-containerizing and loading onto trucks mail that has been processed in Cleveland for delivery in the ‘448’ ZIP code area,” Van Allen said. ..."

Reference: www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com  

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Alabama is a right-to-work state

  Are wages lower in a right-to-work state?

Alabama politicians love to tout that Alabama is a right-to-work state when it comes to luring large corporations and businesses to the state. Even many workers are lured into a false impression that right-to-work laws are a good thing for workers, especially non-unionized workers. The term itself, right-to-work, gives a feeling of giving you the right to work. Yay! You can't stop me from working. The fact of the matter is, a careful study by Lonnie K. Stevans of Hofstra University says, "Findings are that the number of businesses and self-employed are greater on average in right-to-work states, but employment, wages, and per-capita personal income are all lower on average in right-to-work states."[1] In short, right-to-work law is good for business, but not so much the worker.


[1] Stevans, Lonnie K., The Effect of Endogenous Right-to-Work Laws on Business and Economic Conditions in the United States: A Multivariate Approach (November 6, 2007). Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 595-614, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1027987