For a decade women complained, but mail carrier kept working

By Alexis Krell – June 13, 2015 For more than 10 years, women on Robert Taitano’s mail route in Tacoma told the U.S. Postal Service the substitute carrier was creepy or worse. They said he groped them and made sexual comments. He entered their homes and businesses without permission. Once, before he delivered a Victoria’s…

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ELM Revisions in Postal Bulletin 22417 – June 11, 2015

ELM Revision: Leave Accrual Changes for Certain Postmasters and EAS Employees Noncareer employees (PSEs, CCAs, RCAs, MHAs and PMRs) who go directly into EAS management jobs get about 25% less annual leave and sick leave than their peers. This cut in benefits applies to newly hired career postmasters and supervisory or managerial non-bargaining employees, and…

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Frenemies: The complex relationship USPS has with FedEx and UPS

The Postal Record – June 2015 We see them each day, doing a job much like ours.  The drivers for FedEx and UPS are the most common sign that the Postal Service faces competition for package delivery. But are they only competitors? It turns out these two companies, and their employees, have a complex relationship…

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