USPS is reminding employees that the organization has a zero tolerance policy regarding workplace threats and violence.
USPS News Link – 1/27/20 – The Postal Service is committed to cultivating a positive and safe work environment that’s free of threats, intimidation, bullying and violence for all employees.
To help fulfill this commitment, a threat assessment team is available to respond to threats, assaults and potential violence at all USPS locations. These teams are located at district and area offices and USPS headquarters in Washington, DC.
Team members are trained to assess the danger or harm of threats, whether implied or direct. The goals are to reduce risks to employees and the Postal Service, discourage inappropriate behavior and resolve conflicts.
If you’ve been threatened or believe you’re in a potentially unsafe situation that involves a co-worker, contractor, customer or management — or if you’re experiencing a domestic violence situation that could pose a threat in the workplace — notify your immediate supervisor, the local threat assessment team and the Postal Inspection Service.
The zero tolerance policy and reporting procedures are distributed by every district, area and headquarters office by the end of March each year at all USPS locations.
All facilities must permanently post the policy on bulletin boards and other prominent locations. The Postal Service wants all managers and supervisors to deliver a stand-up talk to employees to ensure they know how to contact their local threat assessment team.
The USPS social media policy states that the use of social media must abide by all postal policy concerning appropriate conduct and threats of violence in the workplace.
Report emergency situations to the Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-2455 or call 911. The Postal Inspection Service number is monitored 24/7.
I’ve seen a supervisor harress an employee enough to where she yelled at him,gathered other employees to harress him. He ended up in jail.Because of this NDC supervisor. Now I am a target and her tactic has been tried on me. Luckily I seen it before hand. Unfourntly I am still being targeted. I’ve learned to just write it down and pay attention to the tactic.I’ve tried to get help from union,eeo,other supervisors. Nothing is done. 5yrs of this.
Also, when they talk about a “safe work environment that’s free of threats, intimidation, bullying and violence…” that means the employees only. Those words are not to be used in a complaint against any management personnel. Management can scream and even throw things and insult any employee on the workroom floor and any complaint to HR will result in this language, ” your complaint was swiftly and thoroughly investigated and the described incidents were found to not rise to the level of intimidation or hostile work environment.” If anyone from Northern Virginia is reading this let your mind think of “Terrible Tim”. In any normal company he would have long been gone. But in the disfunctional USPS this man child gets promoted. The “word on the street” is that he might have blackmail photographs of someone high up.
This is a total bucket of crap! The Post Office wants people to not get hurt but if you do get hurt on the job you had better not report it! Every employee knows that if you do you will be in trouble. People that report injuries are disciplined for performing an unsafe act. You will read in your discipline letter these words: “was not paying attention..”, “failure to observe his surroundings..”, “was not being careful..”, etc. Every new employee quickly learns that the employee is ALWAYS at fault. Management looks at on the job injuries as an attack on the postmasters record. Postmasters are rated on many things including their units safety record. If a carrier comes back from his route with an arrow sticking out of his back, the supervisor will try to somehow make it his fault. (That last sentence is an exaggeration, but not by much.)