April 13, 2026 Greater Los Angeles – The Postal Service will host an in-person hiring fair this Friday, April 17, 2026, to fill career vacancies for Automotive Technicians and Electronic Technicians. As the organization advances toward the future and the evolving needs of its customers, it will also require skilled experts to help maintain one of the largest … Read more
This was sent to maintenance nationwide on May 17, 2023. President Dimondstein was notified a week-and-a-half ago and Maintenance Craft Director Balogun was notified over two weeks ago. (The list of mail processing equipment to be removed will be added to this post when I get it. – RZ) Maintenance Managers: Your assistance is needed! … Read more
So, here I am watching 3 MMs removing and replacing all of the bearings, rollers and belts on a dbcs stacker module. This, after they removed and replaced a stacker module. All by themselves, no written or electronic instructions. Meanwhile, all of the ETs and MPEs are vacuuming dust out of machines. Doesn’t item 4 … Read more
The Maintenance Technical Support Center (MTSC) is a HQ level unit in Norman, OK. They are heavily involved in mail processing equipment and automation. Our ET-11 occupational group members work within MTSC and are physically domiciled in approximately 88 locations, including MTSC. This group is the subject of the new language in Article 38.7.F and … Read more
I just took a job for Electronic Technician on Tour 1. But now that I have started working on Tour 1, I realize it is not for me and I want to go back to Tour 2 . I just want to know if there is any way I can go back to Tour 2 – any position – because right now they … Read more
ET on tour 3 working at the Margaret L Sellers P&DC in San Diego, California is seeking a mutual exchange/swap to the West Palm or Miami P&DC’s in South Florida. Seniority date is 2007. Please contact David Vargas at: vardela@gmail.com or (858) 349-6343. First Name: David Last Name: Vargas Email: vardela@gmail.com Union/Local: San Diego Local … Read more
Background The U.S. Postal Service uses overtime to provide flexibility and meet operational requirements. Overtime is a premium that nonmanagement employees receive for work performed in excess of 8 paid hours in a day or 40 paid hours in a week. Penalty overtime is paid at two times the hourly rate when an employee works … Read more
Can anyone out there help me please? Is this a True or False Statement: The only difference between an MPE and an ET is that an ET loads software? My answer is False, and I believe there is a much greater difference between these two jobs other than just the task of loading software. Does … Read more