By Dan Mooney – February 13, 2023 North Central Area Vice President As the famous broadcaster Paul Harvey said, âAnd now you know the rest of the story.â For months and months and months now, EAS employees have been asked and mandated to perform craft work, be it sorting parcels or casing and delivering rural…
February 17, 2023 The Postal Service has filed notice in the Federal Register, seeking to change mailing standards to combat a surge in counterfeit postage. Counterfeit postage is any marking or indicia that has been made, printed or otherwise created without USPS authorization that appears to indicate that valid postage was paid. Under the proposed…
Via John P. Richards, President â Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU Political Reality Why COPA? Why Now? APWU Pittsburgh Retiree Record â February 14, 2023
February 15, 2023 The Postal Service would like to remind employees that federal anti-nepotism rules apply at USPS. Employees are forbidden to directly or indirectly appoint, employ, promote or advance a relative. Advocating for such actions on behalf of a relative is also prohibited. A spouse, parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew,…
I. FACTS At all relevant times, Charging Party Tamara Newboles was a regular rural carrier at the Postal Serviceâs Bend Detached Carrier Unit (âBend DCUâ or âEmployerâ) and a member of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (âNRLCAâ or âUnionâ). In July of 2019, the Bend Main Post Office Supervisor issued an edict prioritizing Sunday…
From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Date: February 7, 2023 at 3:24:47 PM CST Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Re: UNIFORM ALLOWNCE CARRY OVER and Fundamental Fairness Please disseminate to the field. Lamont A. Brooks Director Clerk Division American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO From: Richardson, Shannon R – Washington, DC <Shannon.R.Richardson@usps.gov> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2022 6:43 AM Subject:…
Background The Safety and Health Program is intended to provide guidance through effective training to support and sustain the U.S. Postal Serviceâs work environment. Industrial accidents involve personal injuries as well as property damage that can include motor vehicle damage under certain conditions. Nationwide, most industrial accidents involved mail carriers assigned to retail and delivery…
February 10, 2023 As part of its strategy to enhance its shipping offerings, USPS has notified the Postal Regulatory Commission of its intention to replace First-Class Package Service with USPS Ground Advantage. According to the Feb. 10 filing with the commission, the improved ground product, which is expected to launch in the summer, will feature…
