APWU of Iowa   

APWU of Iowa
PO Box 539
Des Moines, IA 50302
United States
ph: 563-599-7725
alt: 515-669-8046

Postal Resources

 

Services Avail Through

PostalEASE and

Lightblue

Telephone 1-877-477-3273

Talk to an operator - option 5

TDD/TTY 1-866-620-7507

Hours of operation 6 AM - 7:30 PM (Central Standard Time)

Monday through Friday

 

Internet www.liteblue.usps.gov

Human Resources Shared Service Center

Greensboror, NC

To access PostalEASE you need your Employee Identification Number (it can be found on your earning statement) and you USPS Personal Identification Number (PIN)

 

The Following benefits are accessible through Liteblue and PostalEASE:

Benefits and Compensation

* Health Benefits (FHEBA)

* Life Insurance (FEGLI)

* Beneficiary Forms

* Death Benefits

* Leave Policies

* Annual Leave Exchange

* Savings Bonds

* Uniform Allowance

* Civilian/Military Buybacks

* Donated Leave

* Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)

* Thrift Savings Accounts (TSP) Enrollment and catch-up

* Allotments/Net to Bank

* Federal W4 Forms

* W2 forms Reprints

 

Retirement/Separations

* General Information on Retirement

* Requests to File Retirement Applications (Options and Disability)

* Individual Retirement Counseling

* Annuity Estimates

* Creditable Service History

* All Separation Requests

* Hard-copy informational material mailed to your home.

Retirement Seminar information will soon be available to all Postal Service employees through LiteBlue. The retirement presentation includes various segments representing the A to Z information you need to know for retirement planning - whether you are covered by CSRS, CSRS offsett or FERS retirement. All this will be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week via LiteBlue. This information will also be available in a DVD format in the near future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Phone Numbers

 

Flexible Spending Account

1-800-842-2026

 

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

1-800-EAP4YOU

 

Thrift Savings Plan 

1-877-968-3778

 

Equal Employment Opportunity

1-888-EEOUSPS

 

Uniform Allowance

1-800-287-5003

 

National Emergency Hotline

1-888-363-7462

 

Telephone Job Bidding*

1-800-222-2415

TDD/TTY 1-800-520-0625

*Computer and Telephone Job Bidding Hours are: Monday-Friday, 3AM to Midnight, Central Time, including holidays. Saturday 3 AM to 6 PM Central Time, including holidays

No bidding on Sundays!

 

         Iowa Postal Workers Union, APWU,  AFL-CIO  

                         Be Union - Buy Union

The Iowa Postal Workers Union is a part of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) AFL-CIO. 

     The Iowa Postal Workers Union (IPWU) affirms its belief in a single union of all Postal Workers in non-supervisory levels and will work to achieve this goal.

     The IPWU educates our membership through use of seminars and specials class as well as through media outlets such as the Postal Solidarity (The Iowa Postal Worker paper is a part of this joint effort.)

     The IPWU  works towards educating the general public on the history of the Labor Movement.

     The IPWU will work for the election of candidates - regardless of party - who favor pasage of improved legislation in the interest of all labor. To work for the repeal of laws which are unjust to labor and Postal workers, such as the denial of the right to strike and denial of the right to support political cadidates of their choice.

     The IPWU will represent all members in every way possible with issues dealing with, but not limited to grievances.

The IPWU will continue to organize the unorganized.

 

 

                                                                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

APWU of Iowa
PO Box 539
Des Moines, IA 50302
United States
ph: 563-599-7725
alt: 515-669-8046