APWU: Notifications of Surface Transfer Center (STC) work being returned to postal workers

From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 Subject: Notifications of Surface Transfer Center (STC) work being “insourced”–returned to postal workers Union Family, Attached are three notifications the Surface Transfer Center (STC) work is beginning to be “insourced”—brought back to postal workers. This is something we were told was going to be happening. It…

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APWU: MVS 600 Route Arbitration Award

From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 Subject: MVS 600 Route Arbitration Award Union Family, Please see attached. You are welcome to share with the field. It is a good win and congratulations to the MVS Division! Let’s all continue to fight to get all the bargaining unit work we were promised in…

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NAPS: EAS—Extra Auxiliary Support— Performing Craft Work

By Dan Mooney – February 13, 2023 North Central Area Vice President As the famous broadcaster Paul Harvey said, “And now you know the rest of the story.” For months and months and months now, EAS employees have been asked and mandated to perform craft work, be it sorting parcels or casing and delivering rural…

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APWU: Sortation and Delivery Center Notification

From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2022 Subject: Sortation and Delivery Center Notification Union Family, While we were in Convention, the Postal Service sent notification on the creation of 21 Sortation and Delivery Center’s (SDC) throughout the country. An SDC is basically a large facility that will house multiple carrier units under one…

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USPS HQ Post Office Strategy and Optimization – SCF and Hub Operations

From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2022 Subject: Fwd: Notification GCCC20220158 HQ Post Office Strategy and Optimization SCF and Hub Operations Please disseminate to the field. Lamont Brooks Director Clerk Division Begin forwarded message: From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Date: June 2, 2022 To: dion.n.mealy@usps.gov Subject: Fwd: Notification GCCC20220158 HQ Post Office Strategy and…

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APWU: Das Issues Remedy Award on PM End of Day Button Case

September 24, 2021 On December 8, 2017, Arbitrator Shyam Das found that the Postal Service was in violation of the parties’ Article 1.6.B Global Settlement Remedy Agreement (GSRA) in Level 18 offices when it created the Postmaster End of Day (PMEOD) button in the Retail System Software (RSS). The PMEOD button allowed postmasters to enter…

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APWU: Mailing Requirements Clerks and Bulk Mail Clerks to Lose Duty Assignments

From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:00 PM Subject: Mailing Requirements Clerks MRC Helpdesk-Bulk Mail Tech-Genysis-Service Now- 1-800 Number Seven sites were tested using approximately two MRC per District per a USPS to APWU notification in March 2018. The APWU held a nationwide telecon with the locals in March 2018 with seven…

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APWU: Arbitrator Goldberg Award on APPS Installation

Web News Article #: 109-2017 11/09/2017 – Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg issued an award on November 7, 2017 stating: The work of installing the APPS systems was not bargaining unit work. Hence, the Postal Service did not violate Article 32.1.A or Article 32.1.B in allowing Lockheed to perform that work, rather than assigning it to Maintenance…

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