OSHA Fines USPS Mail Facility in Vermont $420,000 Federal labor officials say they’ve cited a Vermont postal facility for a half-dozen safety violations and will seek $420,000 in fines. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says worker complaints at the U.S. Postal Service’s processing center in White River Junction led to an inspection in […]
Burrus Update #13-2010, July 29, 2010 Competing Interests, Diverging Views In many Updates and editorials on postal issues, I have criticized the influence of large mailers on the USPS — even while acknowledging that they provide much of the volume that makes it possible for the Postal Service to maintain its national network and provide […]
From EEOC: This report covers the period from October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009 and contains selected measures of agencies’ progress toward model EEO programs. Targeted Disabilities As of September 30, 2009, USPS employed 5,372 (0.76%) Individuals with Targeted Disabilities (IWTD). In order to have met the federal 2% participation rate goal, 14,158 […]
USPS has notified a Local California APWU President of its intent ( it appears that the assignment has already been posted) to post a “combined full-time assignment” , consisting of six (6) hours of carrier duties and two (2) hours of clerk duties. The Postal Service has proposed to post this job as a City […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Senate panel that oversees the budget of the U.S. Postal Service will not consider cutting mail delivery to five days per week, Senator Jon Tester announced today. Tester used his position as a member of the Senate Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee to push for continued Saturday service, because people who live […]
July 26, 2010 Sioux Falls, SD US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Yankton man charged with mail theft was sentenced on July 26, 2010, by US District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol. Brandon G. Novak, age 42, was sentenced to three years of probation and 40 hours of community service. Brandon G. Novak was […]
This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Andrew M. Strongin’s decision in case H06T-1H-C 08374323 regarding the Postal Service’s decision to subcontract the disassembly, transport, and installation of a Low Cost Tray Sorter from Cincinnati, Ohio to the West Palm Beach P&D. The Union contended that the work was subcontracted without the prerequisite “due […]
An arbitration decision sent out by Gary Kloepfer to APWU Union officers and members. This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Andres M. Strongin in case H06T-1H-C-08255189 regarding the Postal Service denial of an employee’s request for voluntary transfer. The arbitrator sustained the Union’s grievance; he ruled the Postal Service violated grievant’s right to […]
JAMAICA BEACH, Texas — Post office customers will have to buy their stamps at a new place today — in a van parked behind city hall — because contract postmaster Quinton Biggs said he no longer can afford to subsidize his deal with the U.S. Postal Service. He closed his in-store sales unit for good […]
From the National Association Of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS) President Bob Rapoza received on July 20, 2010 a notice from the Postal Service that they will conduct a two-part survey of the employees and customers. The survey is intended to gain insight into people’s perception of the Postal Service brand and how the […]