Subcontracting Cleaning Services MOU Step 1 Settlement a win for APWU in Kaukauna, WI!

The Parties agree that the subcontracting cleaning services MOU states “cleaning services may be utilized” the undersigned parties agree that it does not say “Must” be used. The parties recognize the Bona Fide need to have a clean facility on a daily basis for the safety and health of the employees. To that end and…

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USPS notifies APWU of Influenza and Coronavirus Cleaning Contingency

“As a matter of general information, please find the enclosed draft MM20034ab (MMO-031-20) Influenza and Coronavirus Cleaning Contingency.” Related: APWU provides updated Coronavirus COVID-19 guidance/information

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Custodian polishing off career with a flourish at Boulder post office

By Alex Burness – December 26, 2015 The floor of the historic, 110-year-old U.S. Post Office building in downtown Boulder is an elegant mix of white terrazzo tile and pink marble, but one would never have known that as of about a month ago. A century of wear dirtied the floor so thoroughly that it’s…

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Whistle-blower flags U.S. Postal Service mailbox contract (video)

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…

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