Comments on: USPS: Combination Carrier-Clerk Duty Assignment Cancelled

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:22:05 +0000

Its time we all step up and start thinking about whats happening with the Post Office. Management continues to find ways to screw us craft employees. They dont care if they violate any contract. So lets hold them accountable for every little mistake they make. Its time we (union) fight back any way we can.

By: Mark V. Case

Mark V. Case — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:01:58 +0000

Thanks “Ski” for helping stop a very,very, bad management decision!

By: AR Postmaster

AR Postmaster — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:06:57 +0000

Mailhandler in NE – Most offices do not have MH’s. I think MH’s are mostly in Plants. We have Clerks, City Carriers and Rural Carriers.

By: jackie smith

jackie smith — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:01:04 +0000

Mail handler union sucks

By: Mailhandler in NewEngland

Mailhandler in NewEngland — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:29:15 +0000

Manual distribution, breakout(breakdown), and spreading is MailHandler work. We have been through numerous RI-399′s with members of our Union, the APWU, and management. The Postal “Service” is attempting, and at all cost it seems, wanting to destroy the Unions, their contracts, and reduce the majority of the workforce into nothing more than a part-time, slave-labor, workforce. The amount of cross-craft, postal regulation, and OSHA violations that are being committed in my building is atrocious. There is seemingly nothing for any of us employees to do when even the local unions seem to have the attitude that as PTF’s we should be thankful to have a job, any hours we’re receiving, and if need be, the ability to try and receive unemployment benefits. This is when we have watched our hours get reduced to as low as 6hrs a week. How is this not wrong in anyones eyes? Comments? Any ideas or input as to where to turn for help?

By: J Jameson

J Jameson — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:05:11 +0000

Instead of facilitating and trying to grow the Express mail business by having a special group of employees focus on daily delivery; the Postal Service instead killed the volume by raising the prices. Now there is so little volume they have no problem getting it delivered on time.
What a plan!!

By: ptf

ptf — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:21:58 +0000

Special Delivery Messengers used to deliver parcels, Express mail, runs to and from stations, and collections from street letter boxes. Isn’t that clerk work now?

By: apwu steward

apwu steward — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:06:04 +0000

In 1997 employees in the special delivery messenger craft were merged into the clerk craft. The merger agreement with the Postal Service provided for enhanced work flexibility by adjusting duty assignments, combining the work previously performed by two separate crafts, and revision of the special delivery messenger standard position description to indicate that the bargaining unit is the clerk craft and that the new position title is “Clerk/Special Delivery Messenger.” (see 2007 APWU JCIM Article 40) *** What happened to this position description?