April 11, 2016 (RARC-WP-16-008) Despite $216 million in revenue from providing passport services in FY 2015, the Postal Service has been processing fewer passport applications than before. The OIG has identified three areas of customer service that could be improved with simple changes, leading to a greater number of passport applications processed. Successful passport services…
Associated Press – April 11, 2016 URBANDALE — A federal safety agency has cited the U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Urbandale for one new and two repeated safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release Monday that the citations follow an October 2015 OSHA investigation of…
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Around a conference table inside the large Washington headquarters of the AFL-CIO, a furious exchange occurred between labor union presidents. It was late February and up for decision by the Executive Council was whether the country’s principal labor federation was going to make a primary season endorsement of Hillary Clinton as favored by the leaders…
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU: “The Postal Service is apparently attempting to subcontract virtually all window operations to companies like Staples and even smaller markets like village post offices. The ripple effect if this happens will cut deeply into other operations and will also see reduced maintenance…
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Web News Article #: 078-2016 04/08/2016 – Members of the Washington State APWU made a Stop Staples protest part of their convention agenda on April 7. The convention took place in Vancouver, WA, but the demonstration was held in front of a Portland, OR, store, which happened to be the nearest location. For over an…
At the Washington State APWU Convention it was reported that APWU Retirees Department Director Judy Beard has been appointed to Legislative Director, filling the vacancy left by John Marcotte’s recent appointment to Health Plan Director. It was also reported that Washington DC Region Clerk Division NBA (C) Nancy Olumekor was appointed to fill the Retiree Director vacancy and…
