Background Unscheduled leave is any absence from work that is not requested or approved in advance and could require management to replace experienced employees, resulting in additional workhours or overtime. This could negatively impact workplace productivity and morale. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) monitors unscheduled leave using the Human Resources Risk…
Few people remember when noncareer employees (90-day casuals) were part of the bargaining unit and received the same pay as career employees. The four national craft unions, negotiating together, made the fateful decision to exclude the supplemental workforce from the bargaining unit in July 1975. Former Clerk Craft Director Robert Tunstall used to remind people…
~Via Christine Lawlor-Roth – President, APWU Mid-Hudson~ Received official notification from National and Area that a Moratorium has passed and Mid Hudson Mail Processing and Distribution Centers excessing event has been put on hold until at least October. What this means for those employees who were awarded bids in the April posting, those who bid…
By Brian Mahoney – May 22, 2015 The Postal Service will settle a union complaint to the National Labor Relations Board, alleging it refused to bargain over how to compensate 800,000 employees affected by a data breach that stole their personal information. The agreement will require the USPS to negotiate over how it should respond…
By David A. Bryant – May 22, 2015 COPPERAS COVE, TX — The U.S. Postal Service held a ribbon-cutting for its first village post office to open in the city Thursday inside Candy Outfitters on Business U.S. Highway 190. Of the nearly 800 VPOs in operation across the nation, the Cove location is the only…
Most dates changed to TBD In this latest update from RIBBS, it appears the Network Rationalization Schedule has been put on hold (TBD) for most of the remaining consolidations. APWU has requested clarification of what this actually means but my sources tell me the “on-hold / TBD” status will be at least until 2016. We’ll…
By George Landrith – May 21, 2015 When it comes to the U.S. Postal Service, the organization’s decline has been well documented for years. Last year the Postal Service lost $5.5 billion, marking the eighth consecutive year of multi-billion dollar losses. Further, for consumers, the Postal Service is still failing to meet performance targets for…
OIG Report Paints Bright Future for Postal Banking Web News Article #: 110-2015 05/21/2015 – A report by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released May 21 outlines the next steps for implementing postal banking, in which post offices would offer basic financial services – providing affordable banking transactions to every zip code in…
