(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By APWU Human Relations Director Sue Carney November 20, 2019 All postal employees who are injured on duty will soon have the option of filing Office of Workers’ Compensation (OWCP) claims online through the Employees’ Compensation Operation and Management Portal…
It’s now easier for Postal Service employees to sign up for life insurance or make changes to their coverage. USPS has added a Federal Employee Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) module to PostalEASE that’s similar to the platform’s health insurance, tax and banking modules. The new module allows current employees to reduce their current FEGLI elections,…
Save the date! Saturday, May 9, 2020 — it has a nice ring to it. Whether you’re new to the drive, have been with us since the beginning or are somewhere in between, thanks and congratulations are in order. You work day in and day out to create the trust we enjoy with our customers….
“Our employees are committed to our customers. We understand what it means to bring home the last mile. And so we have done it another year – the best on time % of any delivery company in the country. And that took all of us – every mail handler, every maintenance mechanic, every custodian, every…
Less controversial than the Football Bowl Series college football rankings. More fun than most social media clickbait lists. It’s the annual top 10 stories from the postal and delivery world. As we do at this time every year, here is our countdown of what we think are the top postal-related stories of the year. Did…
December 23, 2019 – Washington DC – In a decision released today in United Parcel Service, Inc., 369 NLRB 1 (2019), the National Labor Relations Board returned to its traditional standard for post-arbitral deferral. The post-arbitral deferral standard is used by the Board to decide whether to defer to an arbitrator’s prior resolution of a…
Background This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of manual parcel processing operations at the Brooklyn Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in Brooklyn, NY. We conducted this audit to provide U.S. Postal Service management with timely information on operational risks at the Brooklyn P&DC. The Brooklyn P&DC is in the Triboro District of…
Background This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of manual letter processing operations at the Industry Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in the City of Industry, CA. We conducted this audit to provide U.S. Postal Service management with timely information on operational risks at the Industry P&DC. The Industry P&DC is in the…
