(5/25/2012) The APWU and the USPS reached a settlement on May 25 that will protect staffing, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The agreement prohibits the Postal Service from deducting square footage of floor space, including under mail processing equipment, in developing a Building Inventory. The agreement resolves Case #Q06T-4Q-C 10269698, which was scheduled […]
Overview: It’s a short-term fix, not a long-term solution The Senate bill will not fix the Postal Service because it provides only short-term financial relief from the uniquely unfair and excessive burden to pre-fund future retiree health benefits and it fails to offer a viable business model for the 21st century. See Lazard report on […]
from NAPS May 21, 2012 The Postal Service’s announcement last Thursday regarding its modified, two-phase plan to consolidate its mail processing network, coupled with its May 9 POStPlan to keep rural post offices open (but with limited operating hours), is likely to move the House of Representatives closer to bringing postal legislation to the floor […]
The postmaster general announced on Thursday, May 17, that he would move forward with the closing of hundreds of mail-processing plants. That followed his announcement on Wednesday, May 9, that rather than proceed with post office closings he would sharply reduce hours in thousands of rural post offices. In response to the latest announcement, NALC […]
APWU Web News Article 61-2012, May 21, 2012 The APWU and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) are asking their locals and state organizations to meet with their U.S. representatives at their district offices during the Memorial Day congressional recess, May 21 to May 29, to urge them to act now to save the […]
The possibility that the House of Representatives could consider H.R. 2309 towards the end of June or beginning of July has generated renewed interest in the bill, and, how the House Leadership will deal with the controversy relating to a number of its provisions. The week’s eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin seeks to put into […]
May 18, 2012 This morning, Postal Service headquarters released a list of Post Offices that will be upgraded under the new Post Office Structure Plan (POStPlan.) More than 4,600 lower level offices will be upgraded to EAS 18 offices. The list also includes Level 51 -53 offices that will be upgraded to career 6 hour […]
The Postal Service’s announcement that there are no immediate plans to offer incentives or VERA to EAS employees will be received by some as a mixed message. We are aware that some EAS employees have been waiting for some time to take advantage of an incentive. On the other hand, there are other EAS employees […]
APWU News Bulletin 14-2012 May 17, 2012 The House of Representatives voted for a 5 percent cut in postal and federal workers’ pay on May 10 by approving an increase in employees’ pension contributions. Republican members of the House provided all 218 votes in favor of the measure, while 183 Democrats and 16 Republicans opposed […]
‘Modified’ Consolidation Plan Is More of the Same USPS Union Members Must Fight Back, House Must Act Now APWU News Bulletin 15-2012, May 17, 2012 USPS management announced [PDF] on May 17 that it would begin implementing a “modified” consolidation plan immediately, but the “new” plan [PDF] employs the same essential strategy as the old […]