The Postal Service is reminding employees that they are required to abide by the Hatch Act, including the guidelines for using social media — even while working from home. Here’s a quick recap of the law: The Hatch Act exists to keep politics out of federal workplaces. The law, passed in 1939, limits certain political…
The Postal Service is reminding employees about a procedural change for the replenishment of flags distributed through the organization’s Burial Flag Program. Through the program, all retail Post Offices serve as a burial flag repository in accordance with Retail Operations Handbook PO-209 and Administrative Support Manual 474. Under the procedural change, which took effect in…
From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 To: APWU National Officers Subject: Postal Service Facilities June 2020 Enclosed is a current list of Postal Service facilities, including location, facility type and installation information as specified in the RFI. Please share with your APWU local/state officers and stewards and retain a copy for future…
Under the leadership of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the Postal Service is developing a business plan to ensure that the organization will be financially stable and able to continue to provide reliable, affordable, safe and secure delivery of mail and packages to all customers. This plan, which will be presented to the USPS Board of…
The Single Package Lookup Tool revolutionized the way Postal Service employees locate parcels, and now feedback is being sought to make the experience even better. USPS is conducting a survey to better understand employees’ experiences using the application, also known as the SPLU Tool. The goal is to determine what users like, what could be…
Hi all, Has anyone else been told there are new rules that apply only to USPS drivers for the dot exam and certifications effective July 1, 2020? First Name: Leonarx Last Name: Dennison Email: lddennison@aol.com Union/Local: APWU – Greensboro BMC Office held if any: President
Objective Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of the internal communication and implementation of mercury mailability policy changes. The Postal Service revised its mercury mailability policies in March of 2019 as a result of mercury spills at various mail processing plants throughout the country. The Postal Service made notable changes to its Publication 52,…
July 17, 2020 Greetings everyone! Hopefully, all of you have received the word and the hard copy correspondence from USPS Headquarters that the Memorandums of Understanding that were in place with all of the unions that were set to expire this week, have all been extended through September 25th. The agreement that we had reached…
