Below is a press release I would like to share from Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN). Most of the problems the post office suffers from would be healed if this legislation was law of the land. As well as a lot of problems the APWU and labor unions have. Rep Nolan is one of the few…
My supervisor told me any of the employees in my facility are allowed to bypass any task on the PM (Preventative Maintenance) or eCBM (Electronic Condition Based Maintenance) on any machine and the supervisor told me the only ones allowed to bypass a route is District. But the real problem is SMO’s are signing off…
I am trying to find information on emergency pull cords for portable conveyors. Some of us oldies remember when Michael McDermott was killed in the NY bulk and foreign. The pull cord was put there so the operator was no more than arms length of stopping the machine if they were trapped in the machine….
The bill currently working it’s way through Congress is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It relies on the fact that most people don’t know the history of employer bankruptcy, and how the working people get screwed by the judicial system during these proceedings. My cousin is married to a former airline pilot, who worked for…
One of the issues involved in HR 756 is what is in it for the membership of the APWU? I came to work for the old Post Office Department in 1968, and left in 2012. I represented the APWU for a good part of that time. Our experience during that time should show us that…
A grievance had been filed since 2013 caused by one abolished MM-7 position in this field. Knowing that it is in arbitration but not being set for the date yet, my question is how long will it take for a set up date? Used to have three maintenance, one BEM -09 and two MM-7. Only…
In the Maintenance Craft, who is assigned painting duties when there is no PS8 painter in the facility? We have BEM9s and MM7s. Do the BEMs work down or do the Maintenance Mechanics get the higher level? Can anyone cite any arbitrations to support either side? First Name: William Last Name: Murphy Email: wmurphy1118@yahoo.com Union/Local:…
With a Republican Congress and Republican Administration, past cuts to USPS operations and Union members were threatened even further. Postal Unions had to cut some sort of deal to pay the blackmailers one way or the other in hopes they would go away. So it was agreed by all that tens of thousands of postal…
