I have received messages that some did not see the post on the CCA/Non-Career Buy Back Option so I am posting it again.  

                     CCA / Non – Career Buy Back Option                      


Whereas: The law creating the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) does not allow Letter Carriers to buy back non-career Postal Service or federal Government service time if it was served on or after January 1, 1989, and

Whereas: The Postal Service is moving more toward the hiring of city carrier assistants (CCAs) who are
not allowed to make a deposit into any retirement system, and

Whereas: These CCA letter carriers may invest many years with the Postal Service, and

Whereas: The CCA and other letter carriers who have served in a non-career capacity in the Postal Service or another Federal government agency (non-deduction service) would benefit from being allowed to buy back their time with the Postal Service and/or the federal government so they could have credit toward their retirement, therefore be it

Resolved: that if these CCAs become Career Employees, they will be immediately allowed to buy back all service time with the Postal Service, and that CCAs and all letter carriers who have served as TE’s, casuals, or any other temporary carrier capacity, who become Career Employees and current career Letter Carriers will be immediately allowed to buy back all non-deduction service time with the Postal Service and/or another Federal Government agency.



Submitted by the City Carrier Assistants of Branch 1630.