(07/14/09) In response to a letter from the Postal Service stating that the APWU’s FMLA forms are not equivalent to the Department of Labor’s FMLA forms, the union has written the Postal Service clarifying our position on the use of the forms. Some managers have interpreted the USPS’s comments to mean that the APWU’s FMLA […]
July 2, 2009 by Rick Owens – www.PostalEmployeeNetwork.com For those who do not work at USPS it may appear that the Postal Service is having a going out of business sale instead of a summer sale. The closure of branch after branch and office after office, and the consolidation of distribution centers across the nation […]
July 1, 2009 Today the USPS ZIP Code turns 46 years old. However, the cartoon figure, Mr. ZIP, originated serveral years earlier. Mr. ZIP, was adopted by USPS as the trademark for the Zoning Improvement Plan or ZIP Code, which began on July 1, 1963. Mr. ZIP was designed by Harold Wilcox, son of a letter […]
June 25, 2009 Sharon Young, a Sales and Service Associate at the Norristown Post Office, has been issued a Letter of Suspension following an incident with a customer who complained that Ms. Young did not assist her with filling out more than 100 customs forms for parcels the customer was mailing to Japan. All Sales […]
In response to the financial crisis facing the Postal Service due to the severe national recession and the impact of electronic substitution, postal management has launched an internal study on the feasibility of eliminating Saturday delivery across the United States NALC received a letter dated June 11 from the Postal Service requesting the union’s input […]
APWU’s President Burrus states that in March he sent letters to non-APWU members requesting that they join the union. The mailing included a postage-paid return envelope along with an APWU membership application. Burrus noted that about 1000 postal employees chose to join the union, but many others chose to use the postage-paid envelope to express their […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2009 WASHINGTON – The head of the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO) said today that frequent postage rate increases like the one today that boosted a first-class stamp to 44 cents – while necessary for the U.S. Postal Service to function effectively this year – can and should be […]
NALC President William H. Young surprised many in attendance by announcing that he plans to retire soon – probably before the end of the year – at which time under the Constitution he will turn the reins of the union over to Executive Vice President Fred Rolando. “I have served as a full-time officer for […]
APWU Nurses Contract Arbitrator Grants Postal Nurses Raises, Job Security APWU Web News Article #052-09, April 30, 2009 An arbitration panel finalized a five-year contract for postal nurses on April 28 — the first since the National Postal Professional Nurses merged with the APWU. The ruling [PDF] came more than 20 months after the nurses’ […]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has placed on the Senate calendar legislation that would give retirement credit for unused sick leave to postal and federal employees enrolled in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS). The legislation is part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (H.R. 1256), which passed the House of […]