Objective Our objective was to evaluate inbound international mail acceptance at U.S. Postal Service International Exchange Offices (IEOs). Inbound international mail originates in foreign countries for delivery in the U.S. and typically arrives at one of the five Postal Service International Service Centers (ISC) located in Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York,…
By Ike Brannon – December 14, 2017 Delivering mail to every address in the country, the USPS has a nearly daily impact on every Americanâs life. With over $121 billion in debt and unfunded liabilities, it could have an even larger impact in every Americanâs life if it cannot begin cutting costs and paying its…
By Stephanie Hale-Lopez – December 13, 2017 Boise, ID – The U.S. Postal Service is in the midst of its busiest time of year â the holiday season. But this year is even busier than normal â record-setting, in fact. From cards to packages, it seems as though every post office in the country is…
Itâs the crack of dawn on a recent Monday, and Erik Gutekunst is gearing up for another round of early morning package deliveries. The city carrier assistant, who is based in St. Charles, IL, is loading a ProMaster 2500 vehicle with packages that will be delivered in nearby Geneva, IL. Gutekunst said the vehicle makes…
December 13, 2017 (RARC-WP-18-003) The Postal Service could make the delivery survey more representative of the general population and validate the surveyâs scale to ensure its accuracy. Survey results showed dissatisfaction is highest among small and medium business customers, centralized delivery recipients, and 25-34 year olds. Customers most frequently commented on misdelivery, delivery time, delivery…
Arbitrator Das sides with union for arbitration victory Web News Article #: 119-2017 12/12/2017 – Arbitrator Shyam Das found in favor of the APWU again in the unionâs on-going efforts to enforce the Global Settlement Memorandum of Understanding (GSMOU) and the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement (GSRA) for implementing the GSMOU. In an award issued December…
âEffective March 31, we will discontinue the Mutual Exchange program known as Crossroads, which is obsolete. Our members can use the eReassign program to search for and request reassignment opportunities.â Wow! Eliminating mutual exchanges in the Members Only area of the APWU website in March 2016 has adversely impacted our members wishing to relocate. Did…
In Wheeling they are going to the street for a new hire for mechanic.   A person applied, was computer tested and bench tested, passing both. Background check came back with two moving violations.  He was told he wasn’t accepted because of moving violations. The job was reposted since then, and one of his violations had been removed from…
