Web News Article #: 035-2015 02/19/2015 – Actor-activist Danny Glover and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined APWU President Mark Dimondstein in a pre-negotiation press conference at the Regency Hyatt on Capitol Hill (see video below). “I come here as a citizen and a child of postal employees,” Glover said, noting that he has been using…
We received excessing letters in Lexington, KY asking for information about driving records and applications for other crafts. The local Labor Relations said there would be disciplinary action if we didn’t comply. Is this right? Please, please help.
via Danny Glover fights to save US Postal Service | MSNBC.
Web News Article #: 033-2015 02/18/2015 – Over a hundred labor union members, leaders and activists participated in a spirited rally on the eve of APWU contract negotiations at the AFL-CIO headquarters on Feb. 18. Lively chants of “We want a contract!” and “What kind of power? Union power!” rose up between passionate calls for…
Effective February 19, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook EL-312, Employment and Placement, section 763.22 to update policy on local options for adding tests: The title of 763.22 is revised from Local Options for Typing and Driving Requirements to Local Options for Basic Computer Skills and Driving Requirements. A new heading, 763.221 General, was…
More than 31,000 Postal Service employees made changes to their health plan during last fall’s open season, up 16 percent from one year earlier. The spike is attributed to the Postal Service’s campaign to educate employees about their options and make more information available online. One result: The LiteBlue open season site received more than…
Mail theft continues to be a problem for neighborhoods with cluster mailboxes all over the region. After a surge of Folsom cluster mailbox burglary reports in December, other neighborhoods in the city have faced similar issues. According to Lisa Miller-Hobbs, a 20-year Folsom resident, the cluster mail boxes located on Stockman Circle were broken into…
By Brian Ballou – February 17, 2015 The cavernous U.S. Postal Service distribution center here buzzed with activity for nearly two decades. Then the the Internet choked off business and the operation moved two years ago to Miami-Dade County as part of a nationwide cost-cutting effort. Now the 345,377 square-foot facility, more than double the…
