Congressional lawmakers are close to turning off the lights and heading home for the final pre-election campaign push. They have nearly checked-off their final “must-do” item before the November elections — keeping the government funded through a stopgap continuing resolution or “CR” as it’s known to Hill hands. The Senate is nearing passage of the […]
Maintenance Craft officers have settled a grievance on the pay for employees who are delayed while traveling, Maintenance Division Director Steve Raymer has announced. In accordance with Article 36.2.C of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, “All travel for job-related training will be considered compensable work hours.” The dispute in Case #Q00C-4Q-C 04025449 arose due to a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 14, 2012 —Thomas Logue, a 28-year letter carrier from New Jersey, and Charlie Rose, a 23-year veteran in Ohio, are among those to be honored by the National Association of Letter Carriers on Sept. 20 as 2012’s Heroes of the Year. Logue, of Cape Atlantic, who saved a boy engulfed by a […]
The APWU and USPS settled a dispute on computer software installation on Sept. 13, 2012, agreeing that on-site computer software installation for postal equipment will be performed by Level 10 and Level 11 Electronic Technicians, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. “This is the clearest language we have achieved on on-site software installation,” he […]
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement today encouraging constituents to participate in United States Postal Service (USPS) surveys on reduced retail hours at certain post office locations: “The Postal Service is considering changes to retail hours at 13,000 post offices nationwide, including many in Nebraska’s Third District. I encourage all […]
APWU members have begun receiving brochures that include a tear-off card to mail to the chairman of the USPS Board of Governors, calling on him to instruct the Postmaster General to: Adhere to the Collective Bargaining Agreement and Work with the postal unions – which represent hundreds of thousands of dedicated postal employees – to […]
APWU national and local officers must work together to step up enforcement of restrictions on the use of Postal Support Employees (PSEs), Clerk Craft Director Rob Strunk said in a Sept. 14 memo. Article 7.1.B.4 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement limits the number of PSEs in “Function 4” who work the window to: 10 percent […]
From Greg Bell APWU Executive Vice President Instead of developing a strategy to preserve the Postal Service in the digital age, top management executives have been undermining public confidence in the USPS — angering communities and lowering employee morale with plans to close thousands of post offices, consolidate hundreds of mail processing facilities, and cut […]
Last week, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent President Obama a letter, requesting that he — the President of the U.S. — propose three postal provisions to a House drafted stop-gap government spending bill. And, today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) blamed House Democrats for the failure of the […]
Let’s talk about Schedule Awards that are provisions of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) at 5 U.S.C. 8107. I’m going to use, as an example, one of my clients who works for the USPS. Mr. X sustained an injury that is not uncommon for a City Carrier. While crossing a lawn, he stepped in […]