USPS: Combination Carrier-Clerk Duty Assignment Cancelled
Tarzana, CA Postmaster Shawn White has notified Local APWU President Richard “Ski” Kwiatkowski that the Combination Carrier-Clerk duty assignment posted on July 27, 2010 has been cancelled:
“This is to inform you that the combination bid assignment #70445772 has been cancelled and will not be re-posted at this time.”
Previous article posted July 28, 2010:
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 Carrier Craft assignment under the jurisdiction of NALC.
Here is a breakdown of the duties:
Manual Distribution, Breakout and Spreading: 1:59,
Office Time 1:16 and
Street Time: 4:45.
The Full-Time assignment also has a “scheme” attached along with qualifications necessary to be awarded the job.
Excerpts of the letter from USPS to the Local California President:
This is to inform you of my intent to utilize the provisions of Art 7.2A of the National Agreement to create a full-time assignment by combining duties from different crafts. The reason for establishing the combination assignment is to provide maximum full-time employment and provide necessary flexibility.
Attached you will find a copy of the combination assignment to be posted. This bid job will be designated to the NALC represented craft.
Photo: Controversial Post Office Mural To Be Restored
According to the Natick Bulletin & Tab (Massachusetts)
The controversial mural “John Eliot Speaks to the Natick Indians” painted inside the post office here [Natick, MA] is going to be restored next week [see photo below] , according to federal officials.
The mural, painted by Natick native Hollis Holbrook in 1937 as part of a New Deal program for creating art in public buildings, depicts a late 1600s scene where Puritan missionary Eliot is preaching to a group of his “Praying Indians,” whose hands are bound.Dallan Wordekemper, federal preservation officer for the U.S. Postal Service, said 1,200 murals were created during the period, though most of them were painted on canvas. Natick’s mural, which is one of 1,100 murals left, was painted fresco style right on the wall of the post office.The mural was damaged by a roof leak a few years ago. The leak was fixed recently, allowing the restoration project to go forward, he said.The job, which Wordekemper is paying for out of his budget, will cost about $10,000, he said. He hired Parma Conservation of Chicago to restore the mural. Full story
