By Carleen Bongat – April 24, 2026 A federal court sided with the U.S. Postal Service after a manager claimed her FMLA leave was disrupted and her career derailed by age discrimination. On April 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered judgment against Ella Vick, a former Manager of Distribution Operations at … Read more
April 16, 2026 The Postal Service divides its organizational structure into multiple competitive areas for reduction in force (RIF) and transfer of function (TOF) purposes. Competitive areas are established based on organizational factors (separate operation, work function, staff, and personnel management authority) and geographical location factors. During the RIF process, an employee can only be … Read more
Background The U.S. Postal Service uses Corporate Succession Planning to identify and develop top-performing employees to become future executives. In addition, a variety of leadership development programs align with competency models to develop upcoming leaders, including Managerial Leadership, Advanced Leadership, Executive Leadership, and Executive Foundations. The overarching program of employee knowledge development is referred to … Read more
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Project Title: Postal Service Knowledge Continuity Start Date: Monday, October 4, 2021 Estimated Report Release Date: April 2022 During fall 2020, the Postal Service initiated a series of phased organizational changes to improve its ability to implement strategies and drive success. As a result of these changes, a reduction-in-force occurred in affected areas for several … Read more
From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Fwd: Notification No. GCCC20210290 Two Nonbargaining Employees Offered Placement By Way of SRNs Into APWU Bargaining Positions Please disseminate to the field. Dear Mark: As you are most likely aware, the Postal Service is currently conducting a reduction in force (RIF) for certain … Read more
The Postal Service is updating employees on its administrative restructuring. In March, the organization announced the second phase of the restructuring, which included the consolidation of districts from 67 to 50, the centralization of marketing functions into the chief customer and marketing officer’s organization and the creation of a 13th division within Logistics and Processing. … Read more
June 30, 2015 The Postal Service has released it’s staffing proposal for Manager, Post Officer Operations and Manager, Customer Service Operations along with the timeline outlining the associated Reduction in Force. In addition, the Postal Service has released an analysis of each respective position. This will be updated as we recieve more information. Source: The … Read more