Fred Jacobs

Nov 2nd

Oakland: USPS Changes to Positions Held by Postal Employees Over 40 May Be Age Discrimination

The following is a message sent out to Postal Employees by APWU Oakland (California) Local #78 regarding Non-Traditional full-time (NTFT) duty assignments. ATTENTION MEMBERS 40 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER It appears that the October 26, 2011, reposting of the manual units’ traditional duty assignments as non-traditional full-time (NTFT) duty assignments is a ploy by […]

May 3rd

Oakland: Postal Employees Injured On Job Continue To Be Placed Off-Duty

The Thanksgiving Ambush Oakland Postal management hit injured employees with “shock and awe” tactics better suited to the battlefield. Starting a few days before Thanksgiving of 2009, management started to place injured on duty employees off duty. The expected Phase 2 interviews never took place:   employees were called aside, allowed to clean out their lockers, […]