Web News Article #: 065-2016 03/24/2016 – The Postal Service sidestepped a fight in federal court on March 16 over enforcement of an Oct. 19, 2015, arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs). After the USPS filed a âconsent motion,â Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ordered interpretation of the award to be returned to…
By Caitlin Mota – March 24, 2016 KEARNY — Police were at the Dominick V. Daniels Processing and Distribution Center this morning, continuing their investigation into Tuesday’s motor vehicle accident in which a postal worker was struck and killed. Nadia Assad, 54, a clerk from Jersey City, died after being hit by a 2012 Nissan NV van early Tuesday morning as…
March 22, 2016 White House Press Release BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The American people stand with the people of Brussels. We will do whatever it takes, working with nations and peoples around the world, to bring the perpetrators of these attacks to justice, and to go after terrorists…
USPS Commits to Take Fresh Look at Postal Plans March 21, 2016 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. â The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Friday responded to U.S. Rep. McSallyâs calls to update studies used to propose the consolidation of postal facilities around the country, including the Cherrybell Postal Processing facility in Tucson. In the…
Project Title: Continuous Improvement of Mail Processing Operations Start Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Estimated Report Release Date: August 2016 The U.S. Postal Service is continuously looking for ways to make its mail processing operations more efficient. In fact, it adopted a continuous improvement program to implement process improvements and reduce overall costs while adding…
Via Associated Press – March 21, 2016 WASHINGTON (AP) â The Supreme Court won’t hear a dispute over a U.S. Postal Service regulation that bans guns from post office property and adjacent parking lots. The justices on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that said the Second Amendment right to bear arms does not…
Via Sam Wood, President – Southwest Florida Area Local / APWU: This morning the Southwest Florida Area Local – American Postal Workers Union signed a $5.2 million settlement from the 2013 Arbitrator Hales award (Fort Myers P&DC). The award sustained the SWFAL-APWU’s position that the USPS took Flats Preparation work away from the Clerk Craft…
Web News Article #: 059-2016 03/17/2016 – The APWU and USPS have signed an agreement that prohibits the transfer of Postal Support Employees (PSEs) between installations or districts in the Motor Vehicle Craft, MVS Director Michael Foster has announced. âWe discovered that the USPS was allowing PSEs to transfer in various parts of the country…
