Background Delivery is central to the U.S. Postal Service’s mission, and the Postal Service is legally mandated to measure customer delivery experiences. To do so, the Postal Service contracts with a survey supplier to assess the delivery service sentiment of residential customers and small and medium businesses nationwide. The resultant scores have fallen short of…
By Anna Tallarico – September 27, 2023 On Sept. 20, The Leader received a tip that within the last few months several employees had quit the U.S. Post Office in Port Townsend due to management issues. The Leader approached a carrier to “ask a quick question.” The carrier shook their head and said they were…
Background The Postal Service conducts background screenings to gather sufficient information about a person’s character, reputation, and allegiance to the United States to determine eligibility for appointment or suitability for retention as a Postal Service employee. Postal Service positions require a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI), which is the minimum background check needed for…
Background The Postal Service uses Terminal Handling Services (THS) to load mail into air containers and deliver them to the air supplier for transportation. As part of its Delivering for America plan to achieve financial stability and service excellence and meet the evolving mailing and shipping needs of the American public and business customers, the…
September 28, 2023 The Delivering for America plan is helping the Postal Service move into a promising future, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told more than 1,000 employees recently. “Going forward, we need to be nimble, agile and move in alignment with the plan,” DeJoy said. He spoke in Denver at the United Postmasters and Managers…
APWU Postal Press Association Editors! Ballots are starting to arrive in your mail box. Please take a minute to fill out your ballot and vote for John Greathouse for President. First Name: John Last Name: Greathouse Email: the.pacer@yahoo.com Union/Local: Michigan Postal Workers Union Office held if any: Editor
I’m a current APWU member & USPS retiree. As such, I feel that the APWU & other unions have let us retirees down in the worst way. I worked my entire careers being told I’ll have the very best health care -the same FEHP used by all federal employees at all levels. Yet, now that…
From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 Subject: Notifications of Surface Transfer Center (STC) work being “insourced”–returned to postal workers Union Family, Attached are three notifications the Surface Transfer Center (STC) work is beginning to be “insourced”—brought back to postal workers. This is something we were told was going to be happening. It…
