Don Cheney Who remembers when Postmaster General Bolger petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) for a unit clarification to establish one national bargaining unit? The four postal unions fought his petition and won. Mail Agency Asks Unity Bargaining Postal Workers Criticize Bargaining Delay Postal Service Modifies Contract Stand Postmaster General Orders Start of Contract Negotiations Since … Read more
The USPS is hiring career Part-Time Flexible clerks off-the-street in hard-to-fill locations like Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The hourly basic rate being offered is not uniform. It should be $19.13/hour for a Level 6 PTF clerk, but in Alaska they are offered $17.89/hour plus 25% TCOLA. In other places the … Read more
Why do PSEs go through the demeaning process of being separated and rehired every year? Their counterparts, Rural Carrier Associates (RCAs) have been appointed without a time limitation since 1987. During the 1960s and early 1970s, the Postal Service hired “temporary indefinite” noncareer employees for entry level jobs (I was one in 1966). Their appointments … Read more
NPC Members, as you know, I have been arranging a visit to Cuba by full-time American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO officials (national, state and local officers) from April 25, 2015 through May 02, 2015. We are extending this invitation to full-time officers from other unions to join us as well. Full-time is defined as a … Read more
ISSUE – Not later than June 1, 2012, the Employer will eliminate the usage of 204-B’s except in the absence or vacancy of a supervisor for 14 days or more. The usage of a 204-B in this exception is normally limited to no more than 90 days. AWARD – The Postal Service violated the MOU, … Read more
The purpose of this notice is to ensure that employees are aware of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) income reporting requirements when attorney fees are awarded. In 2005, the IRS issued regulations that changed the manner in which attorney fee awards are to be treated for tax reporting purposes, based upon the Supreme Court’s decision … Read more
When a Postal Service employee is overpaid, the Postal Service establishes an account receivable for the overpayment and initiates the collection of the debt from the employee through the process described in either ELM 450, Collection of Postal Debts from Non-bargaining Unit Employees, or ELM 460, Collection of Postal Debts from Bargaining Unit Employees. If … Read more
A new wireless badge reader located at each machine or stand-alone sites will be coming to postal facilities in the near future. It will be used by management to identify machine performance opportunities (usually not a good thing for workers). Also, it will let management know who is/was working on what machine, manage productivity and … Read more