Carrier Seeking Mutual Exchange From Northern VA, DC Area to Dallas Area
Looking to swap for Vienna, VA (VA, DC, MD area) for Dallas Area, especially around Flower Mound, TX. Regular City Carrier. Call Jason if serious 815-546-8417
Day: June 2, 2015
APWU: Getting Ready for 2015 All-Craft Conference – Submit Resolutions
Web News Article #: 114-2015 06/02/2015 – Plans are underway for the All-Craft Conference, which will be held in Las Vegas, Oct. 12-14, 2015. For more information about the event and to register, click here. (Several other conferences will be held in conjunction with the craft get-together. Click here for a list of upcoming meetings…
USPS: Florida rural carrier helps, inspires others
Since joining the Postal Service 14 years ago, Crestview, FL, Rural Carrier Anita Fee has come to the aid of several customers, including one whose home caught fire and a woman about to give birth. But Fee’s daily acts of heroism inspire her co-workers most. Fee’s right leg was amputated as a child. She walks…
Retired postal worker loses disability bias case
By Sheena Harrison – June 2, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service did not violate the federal Rehabilitation Act when it prevented an injured employee from returning to work until she could pass a series of physical examinations, a federal court has ruled. Dorothea Washington worked as a bulk mail technician at a postal service office…
APWU, Sister Postal Unions Win Right to Bargain Over Cyber Intrusions
Web News Article #: 113-2015 06/02/2015 – In a precedent-setting agreement approved by the National Labor Relations Board, the APWU and its sister postal unions won the right to bargain with the Postal Service over a massive data security breach that took place in 2014. The historic May 19 settlement marks a win for unions…
APWU: Data Posted on Postmasters, Supervisors Performing Craft Work
Grievances Due June 5, If Necessary Web News Article #: 112-2015 06/01/2015 – A key feature of the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement, which was signed on Dec. 5, 2014, were provisions making it easier for union representatives to monitor when postmasters and supervisors perform bargaining unit work in excess of the hours allowed under the…
USPS OIG Audit Report: City Delivery Office Efficiency — Greater Boston District
Background City delivery office operations cover every duty a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier performs in the office. These duties include casing mail (placing mail in delivery order), preparing parcels for delivery, and retrieving accountable items, such as keys and postage due. City letter carriers are delivering more packages and fewer letters to more addresses…