APWU: Clerk Division Memorandums of Understanding Extended for MRCs, BMTs, and EAS

January 18, 2024 On Jan. 17, 2024, the Clerk Division and the Postal Service agreed to temporarily extend previous Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) regarding the jobs audit of Mailing Requirements Clerks (MRCs), Bulk Mail Technicians (BMTs) and specific Executive and Administrative Schedule (EAS) management positions. The previous MOU had expired on Nov. 4, 2023 but…

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APWU: Ready, Set, Spread The Word – We Won’t Be Silenced!

From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 Subject: Fwd: We Won’t Be Silenced – Finalized Documents – Ready, Set, Spread The Word! Please disseminate to the field. Please contact Sheri if you need further assistance as I am only the messenger of this great ground level movement. β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” On a separate note, prior…

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APWU: New TACs training for Supervisors

From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 Subject: Re: New TACs training for Supervisors I will be requesting a meeting on this new directive to management as it relates to TACS. Do NOT stop your local grievance filing and NLRB charges, when applicable. I am so tired on working 20 hours a day…

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APWU: Modernization Creating Delayed Mail, Poor Retail Service, and Demise of Postal Service in Our Local Communities

From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Please disseminate to the field. This is total BS and we should be contacting our congressional leaders. I KNOW I AM!!! You can’t help but save money if you don’t schedule the proper staffing, This is the DeJoy announced holiday plan. Supposedly the new technology and…

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USPS: HAZMAT Awareness Month – Keep the Mail Safe

November 16, 2023 The Postal Service is bolstering its efforts to safely identify, handle and deliver mailable hazardous materials. The organization is reminding all employees to always ask customers if a parcel contains anything potentially hazardous, and to thoroughly examine every box for hazmat markings. USPS has also improved its longstanding hazmat policies and procedures…

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USPS OIG Report: Contract Postal Unit and Village Post Office Operations

Background While the U.S. Postal Service uses over 2,500 Contract Postal Units (CPU) and Village Post Offices (VPO) as alternative retail access points throughout the country, these locations have declined by nearly 20 percent in recent years. CPUs and VPOs are suppliers (such as convenience store operators) that contractually provide postal services at their locations,…

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APWU NDRC dispute on the national jurisdiction on the High Output Package Sorter (HOPS)

From: Lynn Pallas-Barber <lpallas@apwu.org> Sent: Friday, September 8, 2023 10:22 AM Subject: FW: APWU NDRC dispute on the national jurisdiction on the HOPS. Importance: High To all APWU family, As promised in the last email on 8/25/23, which included the national jurisdictional determination on the HOPS, a national dispute has been filed with the NDRC…

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