Postal management notified the APWU on Jan. 17 of its decision to accelerate the consolidation of 18 sites [PDF], moving implementation from 2014 to 2013. The 18 facilities were originally among 89 sites that management identified for consolidation next year, in Phase 2 of a modified consolidation plan that was announced in May 2012. In […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the USPS for safety violations at its Providence, RI operation including three violations concerning the organization’s failure to protect employees from multiple potential hazards from using powered industrial trucks. OSHA also admonished the USPS for two safety violations that were not specifically covered […]
Congress must work quickly to pass a postal reform bill, APWU President Cliff Guffey told broadcaster Ed Schultz in a radio interview on Jan. 14. “It doesn’t matter whether the Postal Service will run out of money early this year or late this year — it’s the right thing to do.” Lawmakers should pick up […]
January 14, 2013 Today, the NAPUS national office received a memorandum from Postal headquarters announcing the immediate temporary suspension of Delivery Unit Optimization (DUO) implementation. The memorandum was dated January 11, 2013, although it was not forwarded to NAPUS until today, January 14th. The temporary suspension of the DUO implementation process went into effect immediately, […]
Arbitration board issues award – Sets terms of the 2011-2016 National Agreement ‘NALC achieves its major goals,’ Rolando says Jan. 11, 2013 –The three-person board of arbitrators has issued a final and binding award that sets the terms of a four-and-a-half-year collective-bargaining agreement between the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service, […]
NALC President testifies to arbitrators: Click here to read NALC President Fredric V. Rolando’s concluding testimony to the three-member interest arbitration board that will set the terms of a new National Agreement between the NALC and the U.S. Postal Service. Rolando’s testimony in particular discusses the unique contributions the NALC and its members make to […]
Congress’ failure to enact postal reform in 2012 means the legislative fight to Save America’s Postal Service goes on, APWU President Cliff Guffey is telling union members. Postal reform legislation that was introduced in the 112th Congress — but not signed into law — died on Jan. 3, when the members of the 113th Congress […]
From NALC Important note regarding think-tank’s postal privatization study: You might have seen or heard media reports about a Washington think-tank’s proposal to study the effects of a possible privatization of parts of the U.S. Postal Service. (Click here to read an article in The Washington Post.) While it’s true that one of the proposal’s […]
Convenient Untruths by Greg Bell APWU Executive Vice President When the postal service announced in November that it had incurred a $15.9 billion loss in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2012, newspaper editorial boards and anti-government politicians cited the figure as proof that the Postal Service is doomed. They bemoaned the USPS financial […]
The Postal Service reported in December that approximately 25,500 APWU-represented employees have accepted the retirement incentive offer. The majority are eligible for optional (regular) retirement, with roughly 19 percent eligible for voluntary early retirement (VER), and less than 1 percent voluntarily resigning. Because employees who are taking regular retirement or are resigning may revoke their […]