USPS RELEASES AMP STUDIES ON CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATION

Last year, on September 15, 2011, the Postal Service issued a list of 252 mail processing facilities that it planned to study for possible closing and consolidation. The USPS has now released to the NPMHU copies of the completed AMP Studies to date. A link to that list is attached below. The Service has redacted […]

NALC: Bloomberg poll is anything but In The Loop

NALC Activist Alert Betty Liu is an anchor of the Bloomberg cable channel show “In The Loop,” which airs weekday mornings from 8 to 10 Eastern. On her show-related Facebook page, she sometimes posts questions for viewers and followers to answer. Here was a recent question: “Would you forgo Sat[urday] delivery of your mail to […]

MSPB Issues Precedent-Setting Decision in NRP Cases

MSPB Issues Precedent-Setting Decision in NRP Cases

Postal workers who were injured on the job won an important victory on Feb. 24, when the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued a precedent-setting decision [PDF] in the case of James C. Latham et al v USPS. The ruling has important implications for postal workers who were affected by the Postal Service’s National Reassessment […]

2012 Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

2012 Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials On February 6, 2012, in the Kandiyohi County, Minnesota District Court, Cherity Perez, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 631 (located in Willmar, Minn.), pled guilty to theft, in violation of Minnesota State Statute 609.52.2(1). The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis […]

NALC On High Alert Regarding H.R. 7

The NALC is on high alert as we await action as early as next week on H.R. 7, The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012. Once again, it looks like the bill will be offset largely on the backs of current and future federal and postal employees. Initial reports indicate that they might […]

Postal Supervisors and USPS Fail To Reach Agreement

Announcement on Pay Consultations March 2, 2012 The National Association of Postal Supervisors and the United States Postal Service concluded Pay Consultations on February 29, 2012 without reaching an agreement. The resident officers participated in a teleconference with the national executive board where the executive board was briefed on the offers presented by the Postal […]

NALC: LA Carrier Dies After Car Hits Him

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that a crash pinned Branch 24 member Earl Anthony Dunn between a car and his postal vehicle on Feb. 29, killing the 32-year-old carrier. Dunn was standing behind his vehicle when the crash occurred. Police said that the driver of the car was operating the vehicle under a revoked […]

Former Alabama Postal Employee Indicted

Montgomery, Alabama – United States Postal employee Arthur Darby, Jr. was indicted by a federal Grand Jury for the attempted murder of two postal employees, the use of a firearm in connection to a crime of violence, and delay of the United States mail, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. On December 1, […]

Postmaster Organizations and Postal Service Agree to Continue Postmaster Pay Talks

Today, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza and League of Postmasters President Mark Strong announced that an agreement has been reached with Postal Service representatives to continue Postmaster pay talks as long as progress is being made between the two parties. Postmaster pay talks between USPS officials and the two Postmaster organizations began in mid-July, 2011 and […]