Postal Employees: “Were You Mandated to Submit to a “Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation” Before USPS Allowed You Back To Work?” The EEOC has pending before it a Petition for Class Certification over the Postal Service’s: (1) refusal to properly train their medical unit and management personnel regarding obligations under the Rehabilitation Act; as instructed to do […]
Ask postal employees about the Postal Service’s Pay-for-Performance (PFP) program and you’ll hear a wide range of opinions as to why they think the program is not working. Many believe the program is unfair and can be subject to manipulation. According to Postal Service officials, the PFP program’s foundation is a balanced scorecard of objective, […]
The U.S. Postal Service will begin the process of closing as many as 2,000 postal offices in March and will review 16,000 more — half of all existing post offices — that are losing money. Based on federal requirements, the majority of post offices closing more than likely will be money-losing post offices, post offices […]
Seniors Also Enjoy Technology As An Option The United States Post Office is the second oldest department in the United States of America. It was created on July 26,1775 when the Second Continental Congress declared, “… THAT A POSTMASTER GENERAL BE APPOINTED FOR THE UNITED STATES, WHO SHALL HOLD HIS OFFICE AT PHILADELPHIA, AND SHALL […]
February 18, 2011 – Legislative Council Bob Brinkmann’s overview of President Obama’s budget proposal Obama’s Budget and the Postal Service Earlier this week, the President released his budget. For the first time, it deals directly with the Postal Service’s financial situation, and specifically with the overpayment situation. It does not, by any means, go far enough […]
Stamp Price Remains 44 Cents; Impact to Retail Customers Minimal WASHINGTON — The Postal Regulatory Commission has notified the U.S. Postal Service that price changes announced Jan. 13 satisfy the requirements of the law and will take effect April 17. The first U.S. Postal Service mailing services price change in two years will have minimal […]
As embattled state and local workers in Wisconsin protest legislation that would attack public employees’ rights to bargain collectively, the APWU urges members to stand in solidarity with those who would be affected by the bill. “We know if they succeed in Wisconsin, we and other workers will be next,” said APWU President Cliff Guffey. […]
A Fort Worth federal grand jury indicted a former postal worker and union leader who allegedly defrauded postal employees of more than $225,000. John P. Woods Jr., 68, of Arlington was a U.S. Postal Service employee and elected president of the Fort Worth branch of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union before he was charged […]
From the National Association of Postmasters of the US (eNAPUS) Legislative & Political Bulletin Last week, NAPUS Post Office Preservation Committee Co-Chair, Retired Postmaster Keva Richardson (Thurman, IA) filed a letter with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which asks the Commission to review USPS plans to close more than 2,000 Post Offices around the country. […]
The following are summaries of some class action EEOC cases pending and/or settled against USPS. John Cyncar vs USPS In the first class action case, complainant John Cyncar on April 30, 2001 filed a formal EEO complaint alleging that he was discriminated against in violation of Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as […]