Don Cheney The NALC and USPS have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding that would allow hiring retired letter carriers to work during the four-week December 2014 period: MOU Re: Holiday Carrier Assistants. The APWU had a similar initiative for APWU retirees in the 2006-2010 Contract. APWU Retirees Director Judy Beard wrote in 2008: The APWU continues … Read more
The APWU website claims, “Not a Single Layoff….despite management’s aggressive approach to excessing and downsizing, not a single APWU member has been laid off.” Tell that to the hundreds of Postal Support Employees that have been laid off since 2011! The Postal Service has failed to mitigate the impact of mail processing facility closures and … Read more
The parties agree to the following terms to resolve Postal Support Employees (PSE) Salary Exception issues. The parties agree to resolve the remedy issue in case Q11V-4Q-C 12180389 from the award from Arbitrator Goldberg dated July 25, 2013 by agreeing to the following: Where PSE salary exceptions have been implemented previously: All Postal Vehicle Service … Read more
In the Network Plan submitted to Congress in 2008 to fulfill the requirements of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, the Postal Service said, “As required by §302(c)(3)(D)(ii), each AMP public summary narrative highlights anticipated changes in the affected service area, including but not limited to retail or business mail entry, service standard upgrades or … Read more
The remarkably high participation of retirees in the NALC is due to the NALC Constitution. It gives retirees full voting* and participation rights. A NALC retiree’s dues is $7 per annum; APWU is $36. When a NALC member completes 50 years membership, they receive a Gold Membership Card which entitles him/her to all privileges of … Read more
I commend Vern Davidson and the postal employees in Cape Girardeau, Missouri for speaking out on the delay of their customers’ First-Class Mail. Some of it was caused by the collection time of mail being moved up from 5 pm to 1:30 pm to allow shipping it to St. Louis. Randy Zelznick also deserves kudos … Read more
The plant consolidation schedule for 2015 was updated to August 13, 2014 at https://ribbs.usps.gov/. With the switch to 24-hour plant operations, most jobs in the gaining facilities will likely be reposted. Parking will be scarce during the tour overlaps. Maintenance people will have a big challenge keeping the machines running continuously and the floors clean. For those who … Read more
At APWU.org the last withholding/excessing update for the Southern Region is May 2012; for the Northeast Region the last update is December 2013. The Eastern Region has no Article 12 notices at all. The Central and Western Regions have no new updates since the June 30th announcement. If the APWU wants to mobilize members and … Read more