After posting the news article Behind the Scenes changes may be coming to post offices PostalReporter.com received the following information: The relocation of carriers to nearby cities is called “Delivery Unit Optimization” . This will cause affected carriers and some clerks to be excessed. Some clerk and supervisor positions will be abolished. The residual clerk […]
The union recently appealed to national arbitration an issue concerning the employer’s obligation to meet with the union at the regional level no less than 90 days prior to involuntarily reassigning bargaining unit employees outside their craft or installation. The dispute arose when the APWU learned that management at the regional level was taking the […]
Omar Gonzalez, APWU Western Coordinator Attached please find the Area/Regional Settlement. It provides for a one time opportunity to be offered to former clerk/maintenance employees involuntarily reassigned to the carrier craft and forced to take an exam resulting in separation. This is an optional offer. It is recommended that you make contact with the employee […]
In a nutshell, Postal Window Clerk Liz Jones submitted a request to change her work schedule for 3 hrs. once a week and 8 hrs. on Saturday (another window clerk offered to exchange her day off with Ms. Jones) for 4 months to attend school. Ms. Jones wanted to prepare herself for employment outside of […]
USPS letter to APWU: This is to advise you of the intent of the San Francisco Performance Cluster to utilize the provisions of Article 12.5.C.5 to involuntarily reassign 150 full-time level 6 clerks from the craft and/or installation at the San Francisco bid cluster based on the AMC/ISC realignment. The impacted clerks will be notified […]
USPS notifed NALC of the following: This is to advise you of the intent of the Los Angeles Performance Cluster to utilize the provisions of Article 12.5.C.5 to involuntarily reassign up to 315 fulltime carriers and 8 part-time flexible carriers from the craft and/or installation at the selected post offices listed below: FT Impact PTF […]
USPS has notifed NALC of its intent to involuntarily reassign up to 107 Letter Carriers in the Sacramento Performance Clsuter According to the letter: This is to advise you of the intent of the Sacramento Perfonnance Cluster to utilize the provisions of Article 12.5.C.5 to involuntarily reassign up to 107 full-time carriers from the craft […]
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 […]
On March 6, 2009, the American Postal Workers Union, Detroit District Area Local, AFL-CIO filed a complaint against the U.S. Postal Service in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. After reading the complaint it appears that local management did not get the PMG Potter memo on honoring the contract. Read on… Excerpts […]