In February 2019, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a union request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) at a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facility located at 1025 West 20th Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The union was concerned that several employees had been diagnosed with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cellulitis. The…
Brothers and Sisters, Exactly one year ago today, we all lost our Leader, a friend, and mentor to many. He served us faithfully as Maintenance Division Director for seventeen years. Steven G. Raymer was a genius, tough negotiator and a subject matter Expert of APWU contract and Handbooks. He was a focused leader, diligent to…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We just rolled out our National Maintenance Re-election website. Visit and Support us today at MaintenanceStrong2019.com Thank you for your consideration. WE GOT YOUR BACK ! BALOGUN. WALDON. MARTINEZ First Name: Idowu Last Name: Balogun Email: Maintenancestrong2019@gmail.com Union/Local: APWU – Greater Los Angeles Area Local Office held if any: National Director,…
Re-elect this team! First Name: Dana Last Name: Coletti Email: dcoletti230@gmail.com Union/Local: Manchester Area Local 230 Office held if any: President
Background In fiscal year (FY) 2018, the Postal Service had 286 mail processing facilities with over 70 million interior square feet. Between October 2010 and February 2018, mail processing facilities generated more than 46,000 maintenance requests and incurred over $876 million in maintenance costs. The Postal Service is obligated, by both internal policies and federal…
The Postal Service is rolling out a major computer system upgrade at mail processing plants across the United States. Under the Results Server Modernization program, a single, centralized computer system will replace multiple legacy servers at all international service centers, network distribution centers, processing and distribution centers, and several annexes. “The same hardware has been…
Is anyone getting their Line H grievances settled? Or is everyone going to arbitration? I’m curious since management had agreed to pay 200k of hours not worked at Step 1. However, when brought to Step 3, management threw it to arbitration…. Any thoughts and outcomes on Line H for last fiscal (2018) year would be…
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requesting information as the Agency considers rulemaking to update the powered industrial trucks standards for general, maritime, and construction industries. The standards became effective in 1971, and were based on industry consensus standards from 1969. Since then, national consensus standards…
