Web News Article #: 129-14 July 2, 2014 – Arbitrator Shyam Das has denied a national-level grievance that protested the subcontracting of Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) operations in Columbus, OH. In an award dated May 16, Das concluded that management’s decision to convert the entire Columbus PVS operation to a Highway Contract Route “did not…
Speaking on Labor Day in 2010, President Barack Obama said, “It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of middle-class security all bear the union label.” Why then, have unionized…
Solicitation Number 3D-14-A-0116 Agency: United States Postal Service Office: Supplies and Services Purchasing Location: Vehicles CMC Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Synopsis: Added Jun 18, 2014 5:30 pm The United States Postal Service is issuing solicitation 3D-14-A-0116 for the purchase of Intermediate Walk Through Body Delivery Trucks (minimum 400, maximum 500). Contract award for this solicitation is…
Audit Report – NO-AR-14-004 – 05/05/2014 BACKGROUND: The U.S. Postal Service uses the Surface Visibility (SV) system to collect data to help plan, manage, and optimize the surface transportation network. Employees scan barcodes on trailers and containers to track mail volume throughout the surface transportation network. This gives managers information to manage resources, track mail…
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, goes the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service. But the person who penned the inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City never had to worry about delivering the…
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 The Zero Base Initiative, which is the Postal Service’s new terminology for the old Breakthrough Productivity Initiative (BPI), is causing concern among many Motor Vehicle Craft union members. While…
