Postal Workers:

Clerks and other workers represented by the American Postal Workers Union will be getting a 3.5 percent raise, spread over the life of their new, no-layoffs contract with the US Postal Service. Roughly 200,000 workers will get a 1 percent increase in November 2012, a 1.5 percent raise in November 2013, and another 1 percent in November 2014. Workers will continue to get separate cost of living raises starting in March 2013.

Postal Service: The Federal Times on March 9 reported that the USPS will eliminate 7,500 supervisors, managers and postmasters, and plans to eliminate 30,000 positions this year.