Shrinking budget partially explains rundown Farmington, AZ post office

FARMINGTON — The U.S. Postal Services’ shrinking budget is no excuse for the Farmington post office’s disheveled appearance, a spokesman said, but it is part of the reason. “How we got here is unfortunate. There’s the reality of the post office’s finances,” spokesman Brian McCoy said of the weeds and trash that blight the 20th Street…

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APWU: Progress on PSEs; Attacks on BEMs, Custodians

(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…

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