{"id":6679,"date":"2013-10-21T13:26:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T18:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2013-10-21T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T18:30:01","slug":"apwu-objects-to-the-methodology-used-by-usps-in-calculating-workshare-discounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2013\/10\/21\/apwu-objects-to-the-methodology-used-by-usps-in-calculating-workshare-discounts\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU Objects to the Methodology Used by USPS in Calculating Workshare Discounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COMMENTS OF THE APWU, AFL-CIO BEFORE THE PRC<br \/>\nREGARDING THE NOTICE OF MARKET DOMINANT PRICE ADJUSTMENT &#8211; Docket No. R2013-10 <a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1a-PRC-smallgif.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6630\" alt=\"1a-PRC-smallgif\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1a-PRC-smallgif.gif\" width=\"247\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU) hereby objects to the methodology used by the Postal Service in calculating workshare discounts in this price adjustment. The Postal Service provides limited explanation or justification for its change in calculating the size of the discount that is to be compared with the avoided cost number. In the past, that discount has always been compared with the single piece letter rate. The Postal Service has now split the single piece letter rate into a stamped letter rate and a metered letter rate and is calculating the discounts from the lower rate. The effect of this change is to adversely affect rates and services provided to users of postal services who do not take advantage of the discount rates. These discounts are, therefore, in violation of Sections 3622(e)(2) and 3622(e)(4)(C) of the Act.<\/p>\n<p>Darryl J. Anderson, Esq.<br \/>\nCounsel for American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO<br \/>\nO\u2019Donnell, Schwartz &amp; Anderson, P.C.<br \/>\n1300 L Street NW Suite 1200<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20005-4126<br \/>\nVoice: (202) 898-1707<br \/>\nDAnderson@odsalaw.com<br \/>\nOctober 18, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prc.gov\/Docs\/88\/88057\/201310.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PRC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMENTS OF THE APWU, AFL-CIO BEFORE THE PRC REGARDING THE NOTICE OF MARKET DOMINANT PRICE ADJUSTMENT &#8211; Docket No. R2013-10 The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU) hereby objects to the methodology used by the Postal Service in calculating workshare discounts in this price adjustment. The Postal Service provides limited explanation or justification for its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apwu-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6679"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6682,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679\/revisions\/6682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}