Postal Service employees who plan to take leave should use only the October 2017 version of PS Form 3971, Request for or Notification of Absence. All earlier versions of this form are outdated and should be recycled. This change took effect Nov. 1. The current PS Form 3971 forms included updated Hatch Act and Privacy…
Via John P. Richards, President â Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU:
November 13, 2017 Itâs the week before Thanksgiving, when attention turns to travel, favorite family recipes, overeating, and, of course, package delivery. Thatâs right. Cyber Monday is right around the corner and predictions put this yearâs spend at roughly $3.8 billion in sales. And with an expected jump in online sales of 18-21 percent over…
November marks the 100th anniversary of women letter carriers in cities. Here are six facts about their contributions to mail delivery. Women began delivering mail in cities during World War I. Women had been rural carriers since at least 1899, but they didnât deliver in urban areas until the nation experienced wartime workforce shortages. Washington,…
The Postal Service has reported its financial results for fiscal 2017 (Oct. 1, 2016-Sept. 30, 2017). Here are some highlights: Total revenue. The organization reported total revenue of $69.6 billion, a decrease of $1.8 billion compared to the prior year. The lower revenues were driven largely by accelerated declines in First-Class Mail and Marketing Mail…
According to one member of the National Association of Postal Supervisors (see attachment), âIn the Pacific Area the vast majority of EAS vacancies are covered by non-career employees.â Non-career employees are âincreasingly becoming the preferred employee over career letter carriers, mail handlers and clerks for a multitude of reasons, most importantly due to the low…
I wish there was more discussion about sexual harassment of working-class blue-collar workers. Thereâs no good way to handle sexual harassment. I work for the Postal Service and I was sexually harassed twice in my life and it was very difficult and it made things very hard, very long term. I would like agencies like…
Via APWU WR Coordinator Gonzalez:
