Union Dues for CCA’s
Is it fair to CCA’s that have a lesser salary to pay the same amount of dues as career employees?
Day: October 27, 2015
Prospects Dim for USPS Early-Retirement Offers
October 26, 2015 U.S. Postal Service employees waiting for incentives to retire early shouldn’t get their hopes up. “It is unclear if USPS will continue to use separation incentives to reduce the size of its career workforce,” says a new Congressional Research Service report, “U.S. Postal Service Workforce Size and Employment Categories, FY 1995-FY2014.” The…
Fannie Allison’s ‘angel’ wears a postal service uniform
By Christy Wheeland – October 26, 2015 Residents and business owners in the downtown area are accustomed to receiving their mail pretty much at the same time every day. Postal carrier Aaron Hetherington makes his rounds like clockwork, greeting folks while making his deliveries. On Wednesday, Oct. 21 he was running just a few minutes…
APWU: CARA Rallies and Pickets with Stop Staples
[maxgallery id=”41952″]The event was held in conjunction with CARA’s biennial conference, which took place in Ontario, CA. Dozens of participants were bussed to picket the Staples store that afternoon. Members of the California State APWU were also on hand. “Staples plans on expanding postal services nationwide to all of their stores in the near future….
USPS OIG: How Could Mail Processing Be More Efficient at the New York Morgan Facility?
Mail processing is an integrated group of activities required to sort and distribute mail for dispatch and eventual delivery. Post offices, stations, and branches send outgoing mail to processing and distribution Centers (P&DCs) for processing and dispatch for a designated service area. They also provide instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and…