October 10, 2012 The USPS is scheduled to send letters offering incentives to APWU-represented employees who are eligible for regular retirement or voluntary early retirement (VER) during the week of Oct. 10. The letter and additional information will be mailed to employees at their home address of record. Employees who do not qualify for regular […]
Memorandum of Understanding: The NALC and USPS have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding which will alleviate some of the staffing issues in many delivery units by providing for a) the conversion of over 6,000 part-time flexible city letter carriers to full-time regular, b) the filling of vacant residual CC-01 and CC-02 positions that are […]
From NAPUS Will Members of Congress simply stir around when they return for a post-election lame-duck session, or will they shake things up? The latest edition of the eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin provides some insight into the political dynamics of a lame-duck session, and how it might impact post-election consideration of postal legislation. In […]
From NAPUS In a meeting with USPS leaders, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza was told that Postmasters who were upgraded to EAS 18 as a result of the 5.75 earned daily workload evaluation process will receive a 2% increase in salary, effective in the first pay period of October, 2012. (The increase may not exceed the […]
In an advisory opinion on the Postal Service’s “Network Rationalization” plan [PDF] issued Sept. 28, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) urged the Postal Service to preserve overnight mail delivery and concluded that ”there is a point in the Postal Service’s cost curve beyond which the additional savings captured are too small to justify the additional […]
APWU, USPS Negotiate Retirement Incentive Employees to Receive $15,000 in Two Installments NOTE: At the end of this article you can read what USPS News Link reported. The APWU has negotiated a retirement incentive agreement that awards eligible full-time career employees a $15,000 payment in two installments, President Cliff Guffey has announced. The first installment […]
(09/28/12) The Clerk Craft will be the primary craft for the operator position on the new Advanced Facer Canceller System (AFCS), the Postal Service has announced. In a letter dated Sept. 28, 2012, [PDF] the Postal Service wrote, “After reviewing the input from the APWU and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union … the Postal […]
(09/28/12) The APWU and USPS have reached an important agreement that will strengthen seniority for Clerk Craft employees when workers are excessed from an installation, Clerk Craft Director Rob Strunk has announced. The Sept. 25 agreement [PDF] stipulates that Clerk Craft employees will be excessed from losing installations by juniority, without regard to their pay […]
(09/28/12) The APWU and the Postal Service have reached an agreement that clarifies management’s obligation to create desirable schedules and work hours for Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) assignments and other positions in APWU-represented crafts, President Cliff Guffey has announced. The Sept. 28 settlement was prompted by APWU protests that career employees occupying NTFT assignments of less […]
(09/27/12) The APWU and Postal Service have signed an agreement that will strengthen seniority and help protect work in APWU-represented crafts for employees in those crafts, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced. The settlement limits temporary assignments, reassignments or re-employment of injured employees to “residual vacancies” or “uniquely created assignments consisting of duties that would […]