By Matt Kelley – March 16, 2015 A post office in central Iowa is facing a sizeable fine for alleged safety violations, according to Scott Allen, spokesman for the U.S. Labor Departmentâs Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA. âOSHA did issue citations to the Des Moines Main Post Office for one repeat and two…
Postmaster General Megan Brennan addressed Postmasters at NAPUSâ Leadership Conference Monday, March 16. Attendees warmly welcomed the new PMG. She thanked them for being at the conference and working to advance comprehensive postal reform legislation to ensure the long-term viability of the Postal Service and mailing industry. Brennan said it was an honor of a…
Many employers reserve the right to terminate a new employee at any time during a “probationary period” if they find a new hire is not suited for the job. All too often, this gives employers a false sense of security in the belief they can terminate an employee for any reason during that period. However,…
Web News Article #: 052-2015 03/16/2015 – The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is among the most recent supporters of the Stop Staples campaign, adopting a resolution urging âmembers, friends, colleagues and family members to stop shopping at Staples stores until further notice.â The resolution notes, âPostal workers have been vigorously fighting this blatant…
Posted on Mar 11, 2015 For the first time, the Association of United States Postal Lessors (AUSPL) will include in its annual Membersâ Conference an âAUSPL Post Office Auction,â in which members will be able to offer buildings for sale, and make offers for buildings being sold. The Conference will take place on May 6…
Via APWU Western Region Coordinator Omar M. Gonzalez
Audit Report – MI-AR-15-002 – 03/13/2015 What the OIG Found Functionality issues delayed completion of the pilot. In addition, management stopped RSS deployment in December 2014 because of an unrelated temporary national freeze on information technology deployment. RSS was deployed at only 396 of the 700 planned pilot sites as of December 2014. The Postal…
