The Postal Service’s lagging performance hurts rural America

By George Landrith – June 25, 2015 In the heartland of America, including Kansas and Missouri, the U.S. Postal Service has been a steady fixture in every American’s life. From the Post Office on Main Street to the postal worker who has delivered mail to our houses for 25 years, the U.S. Postal Service has…

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Know Your Rights: Official Time for Postal Employees working on EEO Cases

A complainant who is an employee of an agency shall have a reasonable amount of official time, if otherwise on duty, to prepare an EEO complaint and to respond to agency and EEOC requests for information. If the complainant has designated another agency employee as a representative, that employee shall have a reasonable amount of…

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Legal Defense Fundraising for Mailman’s Freedom Flight

I’m Doug Hughes, the mailman who delivered letters to the front lawn of the Capitol building in a gyrocopter. At the moment, I’m under house arrrest in Florida facing up to 4 years in jail for my civil disobedience. I’m not whining – I know there would be consequences for my flight, but I hoped…

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25 Fort Meyers P&DC Postal Support Employees Prevail in Arbitration

Via Sam Wood, SWFAL President: Thanks to SWFAL-APWU’s Arbitration Advocate Jim DeMauro for doing another outstanding job in this case! Thanks also to Technical Advisor’s NBA Mike Sullivan and SWFAL-APWU Clerk Craft Director Paul McAvoy. Special thanks to SWFAL-APWU Vice President Dan Gray for presenting evidence and excellent testimony in front of the arbitrator. The 25 Postal Support Employees (PSE’s) at…

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USPS: Regulations for Proper Flag Display

The regulations for the proper display of flags are contained in Part 47 of the Administrative Support Manual (ASM). Sections of this part of the manual are reprinted here so that Postmasters can ensure that the American flag, the Postal Service™ flag, and the MIA-POW flag are displayed properly. Administrative Support Manual (ASM) * *…

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