APWU: MVS 600 Route Arbitration Award

From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 Subject: MVS 600 Route Arbitration Award Union Family, Please see attached. You are welcome to share with the field. It is a good win and congratulations to the MVS Division! Let’s all continue to fight to get all the bargaining unit work we were promised in…

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APWU: NLRB Charges 10 Roads Express for Violations of the National Labor Relations Act

January 13, 2023 On Jan. 3, 2023 the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) charged USPS contractor 10 Roads Express and specific named managers with multiple violations of labor law in a campaign against workers who were unionizing their workplace. The offenses cited in the charges took place in their Harrisburg, PA…

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USPS OIG Report: Truck Driver Shortage – Implications for the Postal Service

March 7, 2022 (RISC-WP-22-002) The national truck driver shortage has impacted the Postal Service and suppliers that transport mail in bulk along highway contract routes. Several strategies could help the Postal Service to mitigate the impact of the driver shortage. Since at least the early 2000s, the trucking industry has warned of a shortage of…

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NALC: Four National-Level Grievances Settled

July 23, 2021 A settlement (M-01954) has been reached between NALC and USPS regarding national-level grievance Q01N-4C-C 07098868 concerning the assignment of deliveries to Contract Delivery Service (CDS) prior to the effective date of the 2006 collective bargaining agreement. The parties agree to close this interpretive case without prejudice to the position of either party…

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USPS OIG Report: “As Needed” Highway Contract Routes

Objective Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s use of the “as needed” transportation on Highway Contract Routes (HCR). The Postal Service uses contracted, supplier-operated routes to transport mail and equipment between plants, post offices, and other designated points. These routes include “as needed” services that allow suppliers to travel anywhere within the continental…

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APWU: Das 110 HCRs Noncompliance Award Issued

June 11, 2021 In August 2016, National Arbitrator Shyam Das issued an arbitration decision sustaining APWU’s case Q06-4Q-C 11182451. In November, the APWU invoked the arbitrator’s retained jurisdiction, complaining that the USPS had not insourced the 110 HCRs into PVS assignments within 6 months (February 2017) as the Award as ordered. On June 4, 2021,…

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USPS OIG: What other ways could USPS use GPS?

Many of you likely use Global Position System (GPS) on a regular basis, driving to someplace new or maybe using a GPS-driven app to avoid traffic. But did you know the Postal Service uses GPS to manage its highway transportation contracts? In 2016, the Postal Service implemented a new program, the Enterprise Transportation Analytics (ETA)…

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USPS OIG: Management of HCR Contractor Failures at Columbus P&DC

Background This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit to assess the management of Highway Contract Route (HCR) irregularities due to contractor failure at the Columbus Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC), in Columbus, OH. Late trips occur when various conditions cause a delay in arrival or departure beyond scheduled times. Late trip reason codes…

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