Web News Article #:Â 180-2015
09/15/2015 – The APWU filed a brief in D.C. Circuit Court on Sept. 14 against the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), arguing that USPS service standards must be âlegally enforceable.â In 2013, the union filed a complaint with the commission asserting that the Postal Service was systematically violating service standards as a result of plant closures.
To avoid addressing the complaint, the PRC concluded that service regulations are unenforceable. Contrary to all past pronouncements, the commission declared that service standards couldnât be âviolatedâ in any legally meaningful sense.
âThis is an unauthorized revision of the law,â said APWU President Mark Dimondstein, noting that the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) addresses USPS service standards.
âUntil the commissionâs rule of unenforceability is corrected, its âdirectionsâ to improve service are nothing more than requests for cooperation from the Postal Service â no matter how much service deteriorates,â he said.
Source: apwu.org