U.S. Postal Service Filling More Than 100 Vacancies in Northern Virginia

Your next paycheck may not be in the mail — it may be from the mail. The U.S. Postal Service is holding a job fair July 19 to fill more than 100 job vacancies in Northern Virginia. Positions include part time and weekend carrier assistants. Starting salary for these positions is $15.30 per hour. A valid…

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Issa’s Last Ditch Effort to Eliminate Saturday Mail Delivery Falls Short

(July 10, 2014) A Republican lawmaker made a final stand this week to strike down legislative language requiring mail delivery six days per week, but his efforts ultimately fell short. Rep. Darrell Issa., R-Calif., wrote a letter to the House Rules Committee stating an appropriations bill containing a rider on postal policy was outside the…

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Satellite post office at Berkeley Staples draws protests

(July 10, 2014) For the last nineteen nights, Mike Zint, 47, has been sleeping sitting up in a chair in front of the Staples store at 2352 Shattuck Ave. He has set up vigil in downtown Berkeley to protest the “privatization” of the U.S. Postal Service, as well as chronic homelessness in the United States….

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No Return Date, No Problem: Seventh Circuit Reverses FMLA Summary Judgment for Employer

On June 24, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an employee did not forfeit her right to leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) to care for her seriously ill adult daughter by failing to provide her employer with an anticipated date of return. Gienapp v. Harbor…

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USPS sets the record straight: Postal Service isn’t going away

(July 10, 2014) Recent letters to the editor suggested the Postal Service is facing an inevitable demise, but nothing could be further from the truth. USPS, which receives no taxpayer funding, generated $67.3 billion in revenue during the most recent fiscal year. The organization continues to deliver mail to almost 153 million addresses across the…

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APWU: MS-47 TL-5 Settled as an MOU

Some Highlights of MS47 TL-5 & PSE Conversion MOU The MS-47 TL-5 is accepted (as it was modified during negotiations). There are two MMOs on Team Cleaning and Housekeeping Inspections that go along with this. Included in the accepted version is: APWU enforcement of the staffing results The prohibition against disciplining custodians The use of…

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Investigators: Postmaster Taking Long Breaks In Middle Of Work Day

(July 9, 2014) CHICAGO (CBS) — The postal system is in financial trouble but the CBS 2 Investigators uncovered a boss at the federal agency who is anywhere but at work in the middle of his government day. “I’m doing fine”, said United States Postal Service Northbrook Postmaster Ronald Weddington when confronted outside his Park…

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