Web News Article #: 174-2014 09/22/2014 – The APWU has won a major victory on staffing in post offices affected by the âPOStPlanâ â a victory that will result in the creation of at least 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs within 90 days. In a ruling dated Sept. 5, Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg concluded that…
(September 22, 2014) The National Postal Mail Handlers Union has initiated a Step 4 grievance concerning violations arising from the Postal Service’s plans to close or consolidate approximately 82 facilities starting in January 2015. In particular, the NPMHU believes that the Postal Service’s decision to close or consolidate these facilities is a violation of Handbook…
Audit Report – NO-MA-14-005 – 09/21/2014 Background Excessive delayed mail adversely affects U.S. Postal Service customers and harms the organizationâs brand. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector Generalâs (OIG) Performance and Risk Information System model identified the Central PA District as having significant delayed mail volume. Analysis of delayed mail during fiscal year (FY)…
Audit Report – HR-MA-14-009 – 09/18/2014 Background This report responds to a request from Iowa Senator Charles E. Grassley regarding a constituentâs concern about excessive overtime at the Iowa City Post Office. The constituent alleged the majority of the 140 employees at the facility have worked 6 days a week for more than a year….
News editor rides subway back to his old neighborhood to inspect the Bronx General Post Office where his father once worked nights, loading mail onto delivery trucks. The US Postal Service recently announced the stately building on the Grand Concourse has been sold. I grew up in the Bronx, the son of a career postal…
Re: âBad experience with postal serviceâ (Rabble Rouser, Sept. 4) (September 21, 2014) We certainly recognize the challenges of serving customers from a trailer but our options were limited when we were unable to extend our lease at the Ellisburg location. The options were to either temporarily suspend services at the former Ellisburg Station and…
(September 21, 2014) The U.S. Postal Service is planning to shut down the Downtown Bryan Post Office due to declining revenues, according to U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan, though his offices were not made aware of a timeline. But officials from Post Office Operations in Houston insist the office will remain open for now. The…
(September 20, 2014) FLORENCE, S.C. – People of different walks of life, bonded by one issue gathered in front of post office in Florence Saturday morning to protest the departure of the postal service’s processing facility. “It’s a variety of trying to help save jobs and service, good service and social responsibility. It’s all in…
