Month: March 2015
USPS Mismanagement Cronyism and Nepotism = Failure
I am watching c-span and the question about mismanagement in the post office was asked. The question was side stepped. In our area the people promoted over the years have been craft employees with terrible work histories, friends of the manager choosing the candidates, or boyfriends/ girlfriends of the manager doing the choosing. This is…
Berkeley post office: Judge asks USPS to rescind documents
By Judith Scherr – March 27, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO — The fight to save the historic downtown Berkeley post office has moved from raucous rallies on the post office steps to the hushed 19th-floor courtroom of United States District Court Judge William Alsup. On Thursday morning, the judge considered a motion by the United States…
Update on Amazon Fresh and Consolidation in the Santa Ana District
The following was sent to www.21cpw.com for informational purposes. It is from an APWU MVS member (verified) who wishes to remain anonymous: There is a big difference between the 2 offices that are doing the Amazon Fresh in our district. First off, Orange, Ca., is only averaging 250 orders a day, while Irvine Ca., is averaging…
UPDATED (3/27/15): USPS Network Rationalization Consolidations
Date changes for South Bend, Fort Wayne, Houston, North Houston, Central Mass, Boston, Norfolk, Richmond, Augusta and Columbia: Click Here for March 27, 2015 Network Rationalization Consolidation Update [XLSX]
The doctor will see you now: The Postal Service takes the pulse of employees
March 27, 2015 The Postal Service has replaced the Voice of the Employee (VOE) survey with a new one called Postal Pulse. The survey is being administered by Gallup from March 16 to April 3…. …The APWU objects The APWU, which didnât like the VOE, has criticized the Pulse and encouraged its members not to…
APWU: Arbitrator Sustains Grievance on Motor Vehicle Craft Subcontracting
Web News Article #: 067-2015 03/27/2015 – Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg has sustained the MVS Craft Step 4 dispute in Case # Q10V-4Q-C 14125953, regarding contracting out Postal Vehicle Service work. The MVS Craft initiated the dispute in response to the USPS April 26, 2013, notice to the APWU that management was âconsidering subcontracting the…
Video: PMG Brennan – USPS Business Focus March 26, 2015
Published on Mar 27, 2015 In the March Edition of Postmaster General Megan Brennan’s “Business Focus,” the PMG discusses how the Postal Pulse survey will help improve USPS workplaces. The Postal Pulse features shorter questions that will allow USPS to better leverage employeesâ feedback. The Gallup organization is administering the 2015 survey, which began March…