The interest arbitration board that will set the terms of a new National Agreement between NALC and USPS, chaired by Shyam Das, convened by telephone in executive session on Thursday. The session was held after hearings dates scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29, and Wednesday Oct. 31, had to be rescheduled due to the impact of […]
Many newly Upgraded Offices Were Incorrectly Re-Classified as Non-Exempt The NAPUS national office has received a flood of inquiries from Postmasters who were recently upgraded to levels 18 and re-classified to a non-exempt status. NAPUS has notified Postal Headquarters officials that it is our position that EAS 18 Postmasters who manage two or more full […]
Saturday, Nov. 10, 1 to 3 p.m. The National Postal Museum’s 2012 Maynard Sundman Lecture will focus on the art, process and philosophy of contemporary stamp design, featuring speakers from the stamp-designing and collecting community. Speakers include Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee member Janet Klug, U.S. Postal Service art director and designer Antonio Alcalá, artist Kam […]
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, had a great response today to Charles Lane’s piece in The Washington Post attacking the Postal Service. Click here to read Baker’s article posted on BusinessInsider.com.
A hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 9 [PDF] on the APWU’s request for an injunction to stop the USPS from contracting out all Postal Vehicle Service operations in California. The USPS has notified the union that beginning Nov. 17 it intends to replace postal truck drivers with drivers employed by contractors. “We are pursuing […]
On Monday, the Office of the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General released the conclusions of a report it commissioned, which found that the USPS has over-funded its Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) obligations by $24 billion. Also, this week, the USPS announced that it reached its $15 billion statutory debt-limit on September 28. Finally, Connecticut […]
Oct. 18, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) today issued a statement from its president, Fredric Rolando, on the U.S. Postal Service reaching its $15 billion borrowing limit: “We encourage the media to pause and fully consider the situation before jumping to the conclusion that the U.S. Post Service, having […]
The APWU has been informed by the Postal Service that letters offering incentives to APWU-represented employees who are eligible for voluntary early retirement (VER) were mailed on Oct. 10, 2012, and to employees eligible for regular retirement shortly after. Eligible employees should receive their incentive offer information no later than Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, Executive […]
The APWU filed suit in federal court in California on Oct. 16, [PDF] seeking an injunction to stop the USPS from contracting out all Postal Vehicle Service operations in the state. The USPS has notified the APWU that beginning Nov. 17 it intends to replace postal truck drivers with drivers employed by contractors. “We will […]
As a result of a telecon between USPS HQ and Field HR Officials regarding VER offerings to EAS-15 AMS Employees, the following directives were handed down: 1. AMS EAS-15 impacted employees who apply for VER and who are successfully placed after the irrevocable date (November 19, 2012), but before the VER effective date (December 31, […]