APWU National Settles Phoenix Metro ‘Kelly Girl’ Call Center Case for $4,800,000.00

Via Phoenix Metro Area Local Member Troy Huskey: On November 12, 2014, APWU National settled the Call Center grievance for $4,800,000.00. The Phoenix Metro Area Local will be verifying the names of employees that have not been paid but should have been paid those who were on the rolls in the Phoenix Installation Clerk Craft…

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APWU Press Release: US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts in Service – Postal Workers to Deliver Message – ‘Stop Delaying America’s Mail’ – At 150 Protests in 50 States

For Immediate Release 11/13/2014 – Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors, the board that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, are poised to make devastating cuts in service to the American people – cuts so severe that they would forever damage the U.S. Postal Service. On Jan. 5, the USPS is slated…

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Video: Approximately 15 Postal facility workers hospitalized after eating leftovers

(November 13, 2014) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Approximately 15 people were taken to area hospitals early Thursday morning after becoming sick at a U.S. Postal facility in west Mecklenburg County, according to post office officials. Paramedics transported at least nine people from West Pointe Dr. around 5:45 a.m. and were called back out to the facility…

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Postal Employees’ Health Care Costs Will Rise Far Less Than Originally Estimated

U.S. Postal Service employees and retirees received a scare last month when the Office of Personnel Management reported their share of their health care premiums would skyrocket nearly 19 percent in 2015. USPS, however, said the reality is not so bad. OPM said labor-postal management negotiations were to blame for the average postal enrollee in…

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