USPS: HERO hiring – New platform adds recruiting portal

Postal Service managers and supervisors can now use HERO to recruit new employees and perform other hiring activities. HERO is the new system that allows postal employees to manage their career development activities from a single online platform. The system replaces several “legacy” platforms, including eCareer. The HERO recruiting portal, which launched last month, allows…

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Van Nuys window clerk seeks swap to Nevada or Arizona

I am a window clerk in Van Nuys with almost 13 years seniority looking to swap with either someone in Nevada or Arizona. Preferably with close to same seniority. First Name: Patricia Last Name: Graham Email: patsy0216@yahoo.com Union/Local: APWU – San Fernando Valley Area Local

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USPS OIG Report: Employee Issues at the Dickinson, North Dakota Post Office

Objective This report responds to a request from Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota about employee issues at the Dickinson Post Office. In response to that request, our objectives were to determine whether the U.S. Postal Service complied with employee payment requirements and assess employee engagement and staffing levels at the Dickinson, ND, Post Office….

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Moratorium on Grievances Agreement Due to APWU Convention in August

Web News Article #: 43-2018 08/13/2018 – The APWU and the Postal Service have agreed to a moratorium on grievances, disciplinary actions and arbitration hearings at the national, regional, state and local levels from Aug. 13 until Aug. 27 due to the 2018 APWU Biennial Convention, Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman has announced. The period…

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USPS: 5 facts about the Postal Inspection Service

The Postal Inspection Service marked its 243rd birthday last week. Here are five facts about the organization and its employees. The Inspection Service is one of the nation’s oldest law enforcement agencies. The organization traces its roots to Aug. 7, 1775, the earliest recorded date that William Goddard served as the first surveyor of post…

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USPS OIG: FSS Comes up Short

August 13, 2018 Nearly a decade since its rollout, the Flats Sequencing System (FSS) — the football-field sized sorting machines for flats mail — is still falling short of expectations. At its inception, stakeholders were optimistic FSS would improve productivity and reduce the U.S. Postal Service’s costs for handling flats mail. But, declines in flats…

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Former Maine postmaster to be sentenced for sex crimes against child

By Beth Brogan – August 13, 2018 TOPSHAM, Maine — A Topsham man who served as the town’s postmaster until last year has pleaded guilty to six counts of sexually assaulting a child and will be sentenced Sept. 5 in West Bath District Court. Under terms of a plea agreement, Robert Welch, 63, pleaded guilty…

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NALC Statement on USPS Q3 Financial Report for FY 2018

August 10, 2018 NALC President Fredric Rolando’s statement on the release of the U.S. Postal Service’s financial statement for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2018, covering the months of April, May and June of 2018: The Postal Service’s quarterly financial report shows the Postal Service’s underlying business strength while also indicating the need to…

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