I-Team Special Report: Cape Girardeau mail delay (video)

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) – It’s no secret the U.S. Postal Service is losing money, and cutting back. Now, how do you feel when we tell you local postal workers say your mail is being intentionally delayed? And it’s not to save money. Five of them speak out, in an I-Team special report. Are you…

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APWU: The Senate Can Help Stop Service Cuts and Plant Closures

Deadline Extended through Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 Web News Article #: 146-14 08/07/2014 – A move by the USPS that will slow America’s mail service and that threatens tens of thousands of jobs requires an urgent response, said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. On June 30, the USPS announced its intention to close and consolidate 82…

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APWU: National Maintenance Division Wins Article 7 vs 25 Arbitration

The attached  is from the National Arbitration Award in case Q00T-4Q-C 06082523 Arbitrator Das issued his decision on August 6, 2014 specifically refuting all of management’s contentions and concluding: “Accordingly, I conclude that the issues/questions raised by the Postal Service in initiating this dispute must be answered in the affirmative. Consistent with Article 7.2 of…

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Handbook RE-1 Revision: New Deal Art Collection

333.2 Preservation of New Deal Art Collection [Revise the text of 333.2 to read as follows:] It is the policy of the Postal Service to preserve, protect, and maintain the New Deal Art Collection, defined as the Postal Service-owned murals and sculptures commissioned specifically for Postal Service facilities from 1934 to 1944 under the Treasury…

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ELM Revision: Reductions in Grade (City Carriers & Mail Handlers)

Effective August 7, 2014, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), subchapter 420, Wage Administration Policy for Bargaining Unit Employees, sections 422.225 (City Carriers) and 422.325 (Mail Handlers), Reductions in Grade. This policy change applies to the step and next step date to be assigned to bargaining unit employees when…

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Opinion: Postal Service is far from a loser

STILLWATER, Okla. — One public service that people really like and count on is the post office – which literally delivers for us. Antigovernment ideologues and privatization dogmatists, however, hate the very word “public,” and they’ve long sought to demonize the U.S. Postal Service, undercut its popular support and, finally, dismantle it. Their main line…

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Opinion: Postal Service needs leaders who are qualified

We have all been made well aware of the many problems the U.S. Postal Service is facing as it struggles to stay afloat. It faces the massive loss of revenue from people using email instead of the U.S. mail. Other online services, as well as the convenience provided by many stores for paying utility bills…

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Postal workers continue fight to keep Roanoke mail processing center (audio)

(August 7, 2014) Postal workers at Roanoke’s mail processing center are fighting Postal Service plans to move those operations to Greensboro sometime next year, and a full-court press is on in efforts to keep the Roanoke center going. The workers say such a move will mean slower delivery times that will result in lost business. …

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