July 24, 2023 USPS wants to ensure the accuracy of Postmaster Finder, the organization’s national historical database of postmasters. The database is maintained by the USPS Historian’s Office, which relies on the receipt of PS Form 8020, Report of Installation (Postmaster or Officer-in-Charge), to keep it current. Employees who conduct office transfers should submit a…
The parties agree that there will be a one-time purge of Official Disciplinary Letters of Warning from the personnel folders of all employees represented by the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO. To qualify to be purged, a Letter of Warning must meet the following conditions: 1. An issue date prior to the effective date of…
By Ian Smith – August 2, 2018 OSC filed a complaint of Hatch Act violations with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) in March 2018 after the employee, a postal mail processing clerk, ran in two 2017 partisan elections. According to the complaint, the Hatch Act specifically prohibits USPS employees from running for election to…
Via Bobby Donelson, APWU SWCAL Retiree Chapter President: “Good award. The issue was a Removal of a PSE for attendance and the lack of progressive discipline. The grievant was a PSE when terminated and was converted to career during the removal period awaiting arbitration.”
By R. Douglas Taylor, Jr. – April 3, 2015 An employee who requests time off due to a medical or disability-related issue may have rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act or FMLA, the Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA and state and local corollaries to those laws. Depending on the factual circumstances, one…
