A new Postal Service video shows how employees can help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The two-minute video, âGuidelines to Reduce COVID-19 Risk in Administrative Offices,â is geared especially toward employees who work in area and district offices, as well as USPS headquarters in Washington, DC. The video advises employees to wear face coverings,…
Excerpts: “This interpretive dispute was referred to the national level by the Postal Service. The dispute involves the meaning of the sentence: “Every effort will be made to create desirable duty assignments from all available work hours for career employees to bid.” This sentence was added to Article 37, Section 3.A.1 of the National Agreement…
Clerk from Milwaukee/South East Wisconsin looking for mutual swap to Flagstaff area, up to an hour away. First Name: Lora Last Name: Jones Email: ljones1723@hotmail.com Union/Local: APWU – Milwaukee
The ledgers that Benjamin Franklin kept when he was Philadelphiaâs Postmaster recently became available online â in time for this weekendâs 245th anniversary of the American postal systemâs birth. Franklin became Americaâs first Postmaster General 245 years ago when he was appointed to that position by the Second Continental Congress on July 26, 1775. Prior…
July 22, 2020 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended two COVID-19 notices relating to medical certifications and driverâs licenses. Click here to view the notification. The notices are effective March 24, 2020 through September 30, 2020. MEDICAL CERTIFICATIONS Drivers may continue to operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) with an expired medical…
On July 16, 2020, in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Asenath Roland, former President of the Kansas Postal Workers Union (located in Wichita, Kans.), was sentenced to one year probation and ordered to pay $4,740 restitution. On February 27, 2020, Roland pleaded guilty to one count of failure to maintain…
Postal Service employees who participate in flexible spending accounts (FSAs) can make changes during a 60-day period that began July 1 and ends Aug. 29. FSA Feds, the organization that administers FSAs, is allowing changes due to the coronavirus pandemic, although participants donât need to be directly affected by the coronavirus to make changes. Additionally,…
Objective Our objective was to evaluate recent delivery and scanning performance for selected U.S. Postal Service delivery units we audited in fiscal year (FY) 2019. We audited seven of these units based on carriers returning late to the office and 11 units based on the number of package scans performed at the unit instead of…
