December 1, 2020 Earlier this summer, MVS announced a National Dispute on the Postal Serviceâs unilateral implementation of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Clearinghouse Consent Form and Program. During the Step-4 meeting, the parties discussed the form, program and issues involved including the Article 1, 5 and 19 violations of the Collective Bargaining Agreement…
USPS Warns Employees to âUse caution when considering whether to use CBD productsâ On February 20, the MVS Division received a general interest notice regarding the Department of Transportationâs announcement concerning the use of Cannabidiol products. In pertinent part, the letter states, âDOT requires testing for marijuana and not CBD. However, the use of CBD…
We have an MVS driver they are putting through the wringer due to a fender bender. It seems they cannot dream of enough medical testing to put him through to be deemed fit for duty. So far he has been subjected to see his physician, have an MLST sleep study done, a cardiac workup including…
By Greg Otto – September 28, 2015 The Transportation Department is in the very early stages of trying to build the first publicly accessible database of the geographical location of every address in the country. âThe first responder community is going to be the biggest beneficiary,â said DOT Geographic Information Officer Steve Lewis, noting that…
Web News Article #: 003-2015 01/10/2015 – The APWU has received clarification from the Postal Service regarding who qualifies as a âmedical officerâ with authority to sign Department of Transportation health cards for postal employees with Commercial Driverâs Licenses. The APWU sought clarification of managementâs policy in an Oct. 23, 2014, letter, which noted, âIt…
May 1, 2014 – (This article appears in the May-June 2014 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Michael Foster, Motor Vehicle Service Division Director Those of us who hold Commercial Driverâs Licenses often treat the every-two-years medical exams required by the Department of Transportation as a nuisance. We should take them seriously. Before we…
