USPS Mandatory Stand-Up Talk: Stay home when you are sick
The USPS urges employees to stay home when they are sick. If employees follow this advice, and then face disciplinary action for not coming to work, we can use this in their defense:
Category: General Union Business
USPS:Â Vets can add military service to retirement
Military veterans employed by the Postal Service, or any other federal agency, may be eligible to have their time in the military credited toward their civilian retirement through the Military Buy Back program. Veterans who served on active duty and received an honorable discharge are permitted to request a âbuy backâ of their time in…
USPS:Â Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17
This year, Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17. The annual observance honoring U.S. presidents began with celebrations commemorating George Washington during the early 19th century. After Washingtonâs death in 1799, his birthday was celebrated informally across the young nation. In 1879, Congress declared Feb. 22 â Washingtonâs birthday â a federal holiday. A 1968 law…
USPS Guidance on Chinaâs virus crisis (January 28 email)
From: Storey, Simon M – Washington, DC Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 11:45 AM To: AREA VICE PRESIDENTS – HQ HR AREA HR MGRS Subject: Coronavirus Information Good Afternoon, RE: Novel Corona Virus 2019-nCV. As discussed at todayâs ISC meeting, please find the information shared and more importantly the CDC comments regarding the spread of…
USPS: No outside work allowed while on clock
The Postal Service wants to remind employees not to perform work for an outside employer or for a side business while on duty. Doing so violates the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, which applies to postal employees. USPS employees also cannot use postal equipment to perform outside work. âOur customers…
APWU: Agreement Reached on POStPlan Award Implementation!
On February 10, 2020, the Maintenance Craft and Postal Service signed off on the implementation of Arbitrator Goldbergâs Award on POstplan Custodial Staffing in (APO/RMPO) Installations in case number Q10T-4Q-C 15206030. The outstanding issue in implementing the Award was the process of returning custodial cleaning in POStPlan Installations to the Maintenance Division. In the settlement,…
USPS OIG Report: Mail Delivery and Customer Service Operations â Allen, TX
Background This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of mail delivery and customer service operations at the Allen Post Office in Allen, TX. The Allen Post Office is in the Dallas District of the Southern Area. The delivery unit has a total of 68 routes (12 city, 53 rural, and three Contract Delivery…
NALC President Rolando: Our plan for the 2020 election
Iâm not going to say that the upcoming election is the most important of our lives, because for letter carriers every election is important. But I will say that it is the most important election since 1968 when it comes to the future of the Postal Service. Back then, a debate was raging over whether…