Donât use USPS credit cards for personal expenses
Government-issued credit cards can only be used for authorized, business-related expenses.
Tag: discipline
An unfortunate misunderstanding of the meaning of stewardship
Via Vern Davidson â APWU Clerk Craft, Cape Girardeau The contract spells out very precisely how to correctly discipline an employee using Due Process. If management follows those procedures fairly & equally, there is no grievable action. It is the responsibility of the union rep to ensure that all employees have equal rights to due…
How many in Management can attend an Investigative Interview (II)?
How many in Management can attend an Investigative Interview (II)? It is a simple question, but the answer requires a source to cite that I can’t seem to find. If you know a citable source for the answer, please post it. Thanks First Name: Mike Last Name: Nodine Email: apwunodine@gmail.com Union/Local: APWU – Atlanta Metro…
APWU: USPS Notification on Social Media
From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 Subject: Notification on Social Media All, See the attached notification I received today. This standup appears to have already gone out. We have been through a social media policy change previously. The IRD successfully was able to keep them to withdraw some changes to the policy…
USPS Retaliated Against Worker Who Filed Injury Report, Court Rules
May 11, 2023 A federal court determined that a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee who had filed an injury report in 2019 was âwrongfully fired,â OSHA announced. According to a news release, the employee, who was still in the new hire probation phase, told supervisors about the injury âand applied for workersâ compensation benefits.â Before…
APWU signs MOU to pilot a modified grievance arbitration procedure
March 29, 2023 Re: Accelerated Processing of Removal Grievances Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Pilot Grievance-Arbitration Procedures and the MOU, Re: Discipline Task Force, the parties agree to pilot a modified grievance arbitration procedure in the below locations for the purpose of improving the efficiency and speed of processing Article 16.5 removal…
USPS: Hatch Act bans endorsements
October 28, 2022 Like it does every election season, the Postal Service is reminding employees about the Hatch Actâs rules on misusing their government positions. The Hatch Act is a law that prohibits postal and other federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty, while wearing a uniform, while on federal property,…
10th Circuit Says Deaf City Carrier May Not Sue NALC for False Information
By Michael Karlik – August 23, 2022 Even though a Fort Collins letter carrier was unable to sue the U.S. Postal Service for discrimination in time because of false information union leaders allegedly provided her, the federal appeals court based in Denver agreed Lynda Hickey is now barred from suing the union itself for its…