First Round Consideration Limited to All EAS Career Postmasters More than 1,000 career 6-Hour Postmaster vacancies have been posted, with first consideration being given to all career EAS postmasters, including A-E (EPM 51-55) postmasters. The initial posting period for these offices will be from March 5-20, 2013. Afterwards, remaining vacancies will be posted to all […]
Union Wins Motor Vehicle Subcontracting Case Case Has Important Implications for All Crafts The APWU has won an important arbitration case on subcontracting in the Motor Vehicle Craft that has important implications for the entire APWU, Motor Vehicle Craft Director Bob Pritchard announced on March 5. “This is a big achievement for the union,” said […]
Q & A – City Carrier Assistants (CCAs) A jointly developed question-and-answer document (M-01802) provides the mutual understanding of the national parties on issues related to city carrier assistants (CCAs) – the new classification of letter carrier created by the Jan. 10, 2013 interest arbitration award that set the terms of the 2011 National Agreement. […]
Top college football recruit Alvin Kamara made headlines last year when he received a mailbox-full of recruitment letters from the University of Alabama. During the National Signing Day announcement earlier this month, Kamara demonstrated just how powerful a letter — or 100 — can be by announcing his decision to play for the University of […]
The APWU President Cliff Guffey is calling on union members to ask their senators and representatives to co-sponsor a pair of postal reform bills that were introduced in the House and Senate on Feb. 13. The Senate bill (S. 316) was introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) with eight co-sponsors; the House bill (H.R. 630) […]
NALC will hold a day of action on Sunday, March 24, to mobilize public support for Saturday delivery service. The timing will allow us the perfect opportunity to remind our representatives in Washington to maintain the six-day mail delivery language in the continuing budget resolution, expected to be renewed by Congress on March 27. “We […]
Postmaster General Pat Donahoe’s effort Wednesday to justify to lawmakers his attempt to do an end-run around Congress by ending Saturday delivery failed badly. Donahoe acknowledged that he had not studied the impact on lost mail volume and revenue of going to a five-day delivery schedule, and that his figure of $2 billion in potential […]
NALC President Rolando responds to Donahoe PMG to Congress: Out of the way, I’m ending Saturday delivery NALC to PMG: Not without a fight! Feb. 7, 2013 — Postmaster General Pat Donahoe’s unilateral and brazen plan to end Saturday mail delivery in August led many reporters at a press conference yesterday to question its legality, […]
“The Postmaster General should be fired. The Congress needs to block these cuts and closures. The President should issue an executive order,” said Jamie Partridge, a retired letter carrier and west coast organizer with Communities and Postal Workers United, in response to the announcement that Saturday delivery would end in August. The CPWU is calling […]
OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, has reminded employers, including the Postal Service, of their obligation to post annual summaries of injuries and illnesses sustained by workers at their facilities, reports Gary Kloepfer, the union’s safety and health officer. Summaries for 2012 must be displayed from Feb. 1 to April 30 in a common […]