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Day: April 10, 2015
Spring newsletter of Communities and Postal Workers United
Sisters and Brothers, Attached is the Spring newsletter of Communities and Postal Workers United. Please share widely! Print (2-sided) and distribute to postal work sites and community gatherings. Solidarity! Jamie Partridge organizer, CPWU 503-752-5112
APWU, Management Settle Disputes on Use of 204bs
Web News Article #: 079-2015 04/10/2015 – The APWU and USPS reached two pre-arbitration settlements on April 9, resolving disputes over the use of acting supervisors (204bs) in Bulk Mail Entry Units and in Office-in-Charge assignments, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced. According to the settlement involving Bulk Mail Entry Units (BMEUs), Section 2.D…
Another kind of tax: The Postal Service cuts back at a post office deep in the hood
April 10, 2015 The Postal Service is extending collection hours at many post offices on April 15th for Tax Day, but there’s at least one post office in California that’s getting a lot less than extended hours. Customers of the Marcus Foster post office, located on International Boulevard in the heart of Deep East Oakland,…
USPS OIG Audit Report: Plant Load Agreements – Central Pennsylvania District
Audit Report – MS-AR-15-003 – 04/08/2015 Background The U.S. Postal Service offers its commercial customers special arrangements called plant load agreements. These agreements stipulate that the Postal Service will verify and pick up mail at a customer’s plant and transport it directly to a Postal Service destination facility. In return, the customer agrees to provide…
USPS OIG Audit Project: How Can the Postal Service Improve Management of Its Vacant Properties?
The Postal Service operates one of the largest real estate portfolios in the country. It owns nearly 8,600 facilities and leases over 23,000 facilities ranging in size from 60 square feet to 32 acres. When the Postal Service vacates a facility with an active lease, it can terminate or buyout the lease, or sublease the…
Bonehead Postal Supervisor Chest Thumping Revisited
Excerpt: “Friday we had ten sick calls in our office, ten sick calls out of 25 routes. It actually didn’t turn out as bad as I thought; luckily the mail was pretty light and they called in the CCA Cavalry from all points of the compass to save the day. But when I got back…
Duluth postal center gets a reprieve in the face of nationwide closures
April 9, 2015 Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) — Thursday evening postal workers at the Duluth Mail Processing Center were told they could keep their jobs beyond a government set deadline for closure. That is also good news for postal patrons here in the Northland. The U.S. Postal Service was to begin consolidating the Duluth facility this…