Web News Article #: 015-2016 02/05/2016 – In a letter dated Jan. 29, 2016 the Postal Service notified the APWU that it plans to activate Flats Postal Automated Redirection Systems (FPARS) in 17 locations where there are Central Forwarding System (CFS) sites. Deployment of the new equipment is expected to impact employees in some locations…
See more information on the February 4, 2016 Step 4 settlement, beginning on pg 8 of 60: via the APWU Maintenance TL 5 and MS 1 Staffing Webinar presentation .
February 4, 2016 To most patrons of the post office, the questions being examined in this docket â âwhat, in commentersâ view, constitutes a relocation or rearrangement of postal services and is thus exempt from Commission review pursuant to section 404(d); and when or if the Commission should have jurisdiction to review the closing or…
Background This report presents the results of our review of the U.S. Postal Service Government Relations and Public Policy Officeâs (Government Relations) responsiveness to congressional requests. Government Relations receives congressional requests from members of Congress or chairmen and ranking members of oversight committees and subcommittees. Some requests are informal, such as telephone calls or emails….
Background The U.S. Postal Service leases more than 23,000 properties and pays annual rent of over $800 million. The Facilities organization negotiates, executes, and renews expiring leases. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) developed a predictive risk model that analyzes various attributes of Postal Service facility leases, including those with deceased lessors….
Staples and Office Depot, One Year Later American Postal Workers Union Reaches Out To EU Allies as Companies Attempt to Save Stalled Effort to Create Office-Supply Monopoly For Immediate Release 02/04/2016 – Exactly one year after Staples and Office Depot announced a merger plan that would create a dominant office-supply store monopoly in the United…
The Postal Service is mailing employees an important tax document they may need when completing their 2015 federal income tax returns. Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage, is a new IRS form created to fulfill the reporting requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Beginning with tax year 2015, the ACA requires the…
WASHINGTON â U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement on the departmentâs Bureau of Labor Statistics report released today on union membership in 2015: âWith todayâs Bureau of Labor Statisticsâ report, we are reminded again that the labor movement continues to be one of the most powerful forces for strengthening the…
