The Postal Service has provided the APWU with an updated list of 1,500 post offices [PDF] where custodial work that had been subcontracted will be returned to the Maintenance Craft, Director Steve Raymer has announced. The return of subcontracted work complies with the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Item 1.A, of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) […]
A driver for Mail Contractors of America (MCA) died on July 6, the day after he was run over by his truck at the Des Moines Network Distribution Center. Carl Magee, 46, apparently jumped onto the truck in an attempt to stop it after it began to “roll away,” but fell and was run over. […]
A Postal Regulatory Commission hearing today focused partly on the Cities’ Readiness Initiative, a program that uses the Postal Service’s universal network and the voluntary participation of letter carriers to protect Americans in the event of a biological incident, such as a terrorist attack. Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. […]
POStPlan Implementation – PMR Opportunity The following FAQs reflect questions that were submitted to USPS Headquarters, regarding POStPlan Implementation. FAQs July 9 2012 Charlie Moser NAPUS
On Sunday evening, NALC President Fredric Rolando held a tele-townhall call with the NALC membership about the dangers of the House of Representatives taking up the job-killing postal bill, H.R. 2309. If the bill becomes law, it would dismantle the USPS and destroy 200,000 jobs – perhaps including yours. Sometime in the next three weeks, […]
USPS Headquarters has released the statement below regarding the FY 2011-15 EAS Pay Package; The Postal Service announced on June 29, 2012, its final decision concerning changes in pay policies and schedules and fringe benefits for employees represented by the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS). This pay and benefits package resulted from the consultation […]
The APWU has put the Postal Service on notice that their plan to replace Postmasters at small, rural post offices with Postmaster Reliefs (PMRs) is a direct violation of our 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The USPS announced their POStPlan (Post Office Structure Plan) on May 9, 2012. The plan calls for reduced staffing and work […]
Arbitrator Das Sustains APWU Grievance on Denial of Retreat Rights Dispute Over Assignment of Unassigned Regulars to NTFT Schedules Denied In an award issued June 29 [PDF], Arbitrator Shyam Das sustained the APWU’s grievance over the denial of excessed employees’ retreat rights, but denied it in a dispute over the assignment of unassigned regulars to […]
6.26.12 The Postal Service’s Ethics Office is reminding employees about rules related to gifts between employees. According to federal ethics laws, employees may give a gift with a fair market value of no more than $10 on certain occasions, such as birthdays or the holidays, to a supervisor, manager, or to another employee who earns […]
The APWU will air a revised version of one of its popular television ads beginning on June 25, President Cliff Guffey has announced. The ad will be broadcast through July, with spots airing on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. “Rep. Darrell Issa and GOP House leaders are trying to round up support for H.R. 2309, […]