With the new school year about to start, the latest edition of Postal Bulletin reminds employees to keep an eye out for children when driving USPS vehicles. The cover story encourages employees to take extra precautions when driving in school zones or near playgrounds. Drivers should also: Adjust mirrors to see around their vehicles. Stop…
Employer name: U.S. Postal Service LLC, doing business as Silver Spring MPO Carr Annex Hotel Inspection site: 8827 Monard Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland Citations issued: On Aug. 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one other-than-serious violation and five repeated violations to the company. Investigation findings: OSHA began the…
Heard that they will be offering early out incentives for clerks. Is this true for 2016/2017? First Name: Lisa Last Name: Floch Email: heavenvds@gmail.com Union/Local: APWU – Erie PA Related: Prospects Dim for USPS Early-Retirement Offers – October 2015
Email via Tony D. McKinnon, Sr., Director, Industrial Relations: Updated Family Medical Leave Booklet I am pleased to announce that “A Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act” has been updated and is now available. The booklet will be distributed at the APWU Biennial National Convention to all delegates. Thank you to Kathleen Kaplan…
Web News Article #: 180-2016 08/16/2016 – Career employees represented by the APWU will receive a one-cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective Sept. 3, in accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The increase is the result of a slight increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). The increase will appear in paychecks dated…
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU: “We understand that availability is not an absolute. It is Summer time with all the demands of the season. There are family obligations, religious obligations, post office overtime in some facilities, and emergencies that occur without warning, etc. Nevertheless, taking all that…
Web News Article #: 179-2016 08/15/2016 – Members of the Western Pennsylvania Postal Solidarity Committee held a Stop Staples protest in front of a location in Uniontown, PA, on Sunday, Aug. 14. Participants came from as far away as Beaver County, PA, and Ohio. Source: APWU Related: Western PA Postal Workers Solidarity Committee Update –…
By Diana Baldwin – August 13, 2016 EDMOND — Survivors of the Edmond Post Office massacre and their friends are planning a 30th anniversary memorial ceremony outside the downtown post office where 14 workers were killed. Next Saturday (August 20) marks the morning in 1986 when gunman Patrick Henry Sherrill went on a rampage also wounding six…
