Nov 18th
Photo: Post Office in Williamstown OH
Post Office: Williamstown, OH 45897
Nov 16th
APWU-Backed Bill Would Require Bargaining Over Subcontracting
http://www.apwu.org/index2.htm APWU-Backed Bill Introduced in Congress; Legislation Would Require Bargaining Over Subcontracting The APWU won a significant victory on Nov. 15, when Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) introduced legislation that would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before making a commitment to significant subcontracting. H.R. 4236 would require the USPS to submit to […]
Nov 16th
Postal Service’s Oldest Employee Still Going Strong
Mail handler Chester Reed is an inspiration in many ways. He began working at the San Bernardino, CA, P&DC in 1973, after retiring from the Air Force — and has never missed a day of work during 60 years of combined federal service. At 93, Reed is the oldest postal employee still working in the […]
Nov 15th
USPS Instructs Managers to Comply With Bargaining Agreements
Letter Is Response to APWU Criticism of Executives’ Strategy Recommendations APWU News In response to criticism by APWU President William Burrus, the Postal Service has officially notified its managers that efficiency-improvement strategies must be in full compliance with collective bargaining agreements. “Strategic programs designed to increase efficiency will always prove to be more successful when accomplished […]
Nov 14th
Disabled Vets Claim Job Harassment, Racism At Charlotte Post Office
WCNC-TV finds 103 complaint letters against post office – veterans say they’re ‘treated like trash’ WCNC has learned that more than a hundred disabled veterans who work for the U.S. Postal Service in Charlotte have signed complaint letters to the federal government, claiming they suffer from on-the-job harassment and what the letters call “blatant discrimination […]
Nov 14th
Report: Employment of Veterans in the U.S. Postal Service
Excerpt from Report on Veterans in the Federal Government The U. S. Postal Service (Postal Service) is one of the largest employers of veterans in the nation, second only to the Department of Defense. During FY 2006, the Postal Service employed 695,890 career employees. This was a decrease of 8,313 employees from the 704,203 employed […]
Nov 14th
OIG Report: Potential Preferential Treatment Given to Netflix
From eKey Technologies Overview of USPS OIG Audit Report: The report looks at just the return portion of the disk rental process. Using their own cost differential between automated and manual processing, the OIG says over the last two years the Postal Service has spent more than $40 million in additional costs processing the return […]
Nov 14th
OIG Recommends USPS Increase Postal Employee’s Benefit Costs
Excerpts from the USPS Office of Inspector General’s Audit Report on Postal Service’s Employee Benefit Programs This report represents the results of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) self-initiated audit of the Postal Service’s Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI and Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) programs (Project Number 07YG008HM000). The purpose […]
Nov 10th
APWU, USPS At Odds Over Weingarten Rights
APWU Challenges Inadequate Response to Union Concerns re: Weingarten Wallet Card In a recent letter to the Postal Service, the APWU challenged management’s inadequate response to the union’s concerns over a wallet card for supervisors that attempts to explain employee rights under the Supreme Court’s Weingarten decision. The letter provides in detail the APWU position […]
Nov 9th
Postal Clerk Says Employees Personal Information Thrown In Dumpster
Donald Henry, a Virginia postal clerk, says he’s coming forward-at the risk of losing his job-because he believes sensitive employee information was compromised and the post office has covered it up. Henry says it was no accident that tens of thousands of pages of sensitive employee information was tossed into a public dumpster behind the courthouse […]