“I find that the appropriate make-whole remedy would be the amount of overtime, if any, of which the affected employees as a group were deprived. This amount, as discussed above, was susceptible to reasonable, quantifiable determination. The Union’s requested remedies do not reflect a loss of overtime to the affected group of employees. I therefore decline … Read more
Some Highlights of MS47 TL-5 & PSE Conversion MOU The MS-47 TL-5 is accepted (as it was modified during negotiations). There are two MMOs on Team Cleaning and Housekeeping Inspections that go along with this. Included in the accepted version is: APWU enforcement of the staffing results The prohibition against disciplining custodians The use of … Read more
Do recently converted maintenance PSEs now have to serve a 90 day probation or are we covered like the clerks who don’t if they have 2 appointments?
(This article appears in the July/August 2014 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Steve Raymer, Maintenance Division Director The Maintenance Craft has made significant progress recently on issues of concern to Postal Support Employees (PSEs). The Memorandum of Understanding on Filling Residual Vacancies, which was signed by President Dimondstein on March 20, solidified the timing … Read more
DES MOINES, Iowa — When it comes to incompetence, losing money and union muscle-flexing, the U.S. Postal Service always delivers. A recently released audit by the USPS Office of Inspector General shows Postal Service officials failed to follow proper procedures and wildly overestimated potential savings when it awarded a contract for mailbox maintenance in 18 states … Read more
Kirk Gardino of Ankeny figured something was wrong. He did the math and it didn’t add up after the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service awarded a major contract to a private company to maintain and change locks on clustered mailboxes in Iowa and 17 other states. The multiple boxes are used for mail sent to … Read more
“The whistleblower came forward with his concerns, I asked for an investigation, and the investigation found the whistleblower was right,” Grassley said. WASHINGTON – A new report requested by Sen. Chuck Grassley on a tip from an Iowa whistleblower confirms the U.S. Postal Service mishandled $18.4 million in contract payments to maintain and change the … Read more
Can PSE’s take the Maintenance Craft Exams for the various Mechanic, Technician and other positions? If so, which Exams do they take, the “Street” register tests? Does it make a difference what Craft a PSE is in? I would like to see another Register added to the Maintenance Craft in this order: In Craft Register, … Read more