APWU News Postal workers won an important legal victory March 30, when a district court judge upheld the right of the APWU and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to pursue a lawsuit against the USPS and the USPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for “widespread and systematic intrusions” into the medical records […]
USPS discloses that its unaudited February 2009 financial results is an estimated net loss of $658 million. Year-to-date loss is $1.8 billion. see report submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PDF).
From PostalReporter.com reader: “The Postal Service has announced it intends to expand the National Reassessment Process by implementing a Pilot Program for Limited Duty Modified Assignments. That should mean those who have not met their maximum medical improvement. It will be a “Pilot” program in 4 districts nationwide. USPS has set up a meeting with […]
APWU News Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) introduced legislation in the House of Representatives on March 24 that would restrict USPS subcontracting. The Mail Protection Act (H.R. 1686), which is backed by the APWU, is modeled on a bill the Congressman introduced in November 2007 (H.R. 4236). The bill would require the Postal Service to bargain with […]
The Postal Service first entered into a contract with FedEx to provide air transportation in 2001 for $6.3 billion. On Aug. 2, 2006, the USPS announced that it had ‘truncated the original contract and signed a new seven-year agreement that included an “immediate price reduction in all contract categories.” The revised contract allowed the Postal […]
By Omar M. Gonzalez, APWU Western Region Coordinator The PMG plans to cut 100,000,000 work hours in 2009 so Area and District managers are running amuck with their so called “Migration Plans.” Throughout the United States, from Puerto Rico to Hawaii (and all parts in between) management has declared an excess of postal employees and […]
Excerpts from the National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative & Regulatory Update: “NAPS President Keating called upon the Postal Service to strip away top levels of management and take other cost-cutting moves, during testimony before a House subcommittee on Wednesday. His comments came during a hearing of the House federal workforce and postal oversight […]
APWU News USPS Releases VERA Info, Fails to Notify Union Although the Postal Service has failed to provide official notice to the union as of March 27, management has posted information about Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) on its employee Web site, LiteBlue. According to the posting, VER will be offered to all eligible employees except […]
Arbitrator Das, ruling in an NALC grievance in which the APWU intervened, ordered the Postal Service to rescind changes agreed to by the APWU and the USPS in a 2006 MOU “Re: Limited Duty and Rehabilitation Assignments Within APWU Crafts Involving Workers from Other Crafts.” The MOU provided that the reassignment or reemployment of an […]
The American Postal Workers Union Local in Oakland, California via the following petition is urging Congress to investigate the Postal Service’s business practices : The Honorable Senator Diane Feinstein United States Senate 331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Senator Barbara Boxer United States Senate 112 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 […]