APWU: Maintenance Division Files Suit to Enforce eWHEP Staffing Award

Web News Article #: 232-2015 12/18/2015 – The APWU filed a complaint in federal court on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMC), Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The complaint asks the court to direct the Postal Service to comply with a ruling issued…

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USPS: All decked out – Facilities display festive holiday spirit

[maxgallery id=”43145″]The holiday spirit is on display at Postal Service sites across the nation — including the office of PMG Megan J. Brennan. The Christmas tree in the PMG’s office is decorated with Priority Mail boxes to recognize the growth of the Postal Service’s package business and help promote the USPS brand. Elsewhere, many Post…

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Jobs Outlook: Government Employees and Postal Workers in the Crosshairs

By Andrew Soergel – December 17, 2015 Future employment prospects look bleak for government employees, manufacturers and postal carriers, according to a report issued Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau’s biennial Occupational Outlook Handbook, which was released Thursday and offers a glimpse into how the government expects America’s ever-changing labor market to…

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