APWU Class Action Grievance Arbitration Award on Manual Bidding Issues

The grievance is sustained.

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Temporary Holiday Supervisors Violated CBA

Via Sam Wood, President – Southwest Florida Area Local / APWU This is an excellent Award by Arbitrator Morris in this Fort Myers case. APWU Advocate Jim DeMauro did an outstanding job in arbitrating this case. Our local’s witnesses (Dan Gray & Dave Grant) assisted in this important win. I am sure this case can…

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Postal employees in Puerto Rico could use this water!

Via Sam Wood – President, APWU – Southwest Florida Area Local: “Here is 23 pallets of hoarded water left over after Hurricane Irma. There were many families who could have used this immediately after the Hurricane, but local management hoarded it like it was gold. That’s 1087 of 35-packs of 16.9 ounces and 416 6-packs…

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Rep. Buchanan: Manasota Sorting Center Will Stay Open in 2015

Press Release – April 29, 2015 WASHINGTON – Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, today announced that after months of discussion with the U.S. Postal Service, the Manasota Postal Distribution Center (PDC) will remain open at least through the end of the year. “I am thrilled that Manasota will be able to keep its doors open and…

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Manasota mail facility back on Postal Service consolidation list

(July 2, 2014) TALLEVAST — The Manasota mail sorting facility is being returned to sender from the Postal Service after reappearing on a nationwide consolidation list Monday. The Postal Service published a list Monday of 82 postal facilities nationwide to be closed starting in January 2015 with the Manasota Processing and Distribution Center making a…

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