West Palm Beach ‘Premium Forwarding Service’ Arbitration Win

Via Sam Wood, President – Southwest Florida Area Local Congratulations to President Gary Hamrick and the Palm Beach (Florida) Area Local for fighting back on the issue of Premium Forwarding Service. Congratulations as well go to APWU Advocate Jim DeMauro for another outstanding win for the APWU. Jim DeMauro has not received (in my opinion)…

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SWFAL-APWU Settles $5.2 Million RI-399 Arbitration Award

Via Sam Wood, President – Southwest Florida Area Local / APWU: This morning the Southwest Florida Area Local – American Postal Workers Union signed a $5.2 million settlement from the 2013 Arbitrator Hales award (Fort Myers P&DC). The award sustained the SWFAL-APWU’s position that the USPS took Flats Preparation work away from the Clerk Craft…

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25 Fort Meyers P&DC Postal Support Employees Prevail in Arbitration

Via Sam Wood, SWFAL President: Thanks to SWFAL-APWU’s Arbitration Advocate Jim DeMauro for doing another outstanding job in this case! Thanks also to Technical Advisor’s NBA Mike Sullivan and SWFAL-APWU Clerk Craft Director Paul McAvoy. Special thanks to SWFAL-APWU Vice President Dan Gray for presenting evidence and excellent testimony in front of the arbitrator. The 25 Postal Support Employees (PSE’s) at…

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Update of USPS Delayed Mail Pieces (through April 30, 2015)

Via APWU Member Sam Wood Here are two updated analyses of actual delayed EXFC mail pieces for each USPS District in the United States. The update adds the first month of Quarter 3 (April 1-30) of FY-2015. 1) 2 Day Delayed Mail Pieces 2) 3-5 Day Delayed Mail Pieces Sam Wood – SWoodFla@aol.com President, Southwest…

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UPDATED: 2 and 3 Day Failed or Delayed Mail spreadsheets (10/14 – 4/15)

Via APWU Member Sam Wood: The two attached spreadsheets have been updated to include delayed mail up until April 15, 2015 (4 days ago). There is a spreadsheet containing 2-Day Failed or Delayed Mail and then another spreadsheet for 3-Day Failed or Delayed Mail. As you will find on the spreadsheets, the amount of 3-day…

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USPS Delayed Mail Piece Spreadsheet – Fiscal Year 2015

Via APWU Member Sam Wood: I believe this is the best information I have compiled in a long time. Please feel free to share this delayed mail volumes. Please take your time when looking through it as I believe many of you will be impressed by the information that I was able to find! The…

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UPDATED: USPS EXFC Scores for First Class and Parcel – Compiled Spreadsheets

Via APWU Member Sam Wood: These are revised spreadsheets that are more precise than my previous spreadsheet based on the following new information. The information contained in these new spreadsheets should be the most accurate compiled USPS EXFC First Class or Parcel Score information that you will find anywhere. Management gave us Second Quarter Overnight…

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USPS Scores Prove Mail Is Being Delayed

Via Sam Wood, President – Southwest Florida Area Local Here is an excel spreadsheet that I have compiled showing the official USPS Southern Area 3 to 5 Day Ranking Scores For On Time Delivery. These statistics are from the USPS’s own data base (as of March 2015). My spreadsheet below includes: 1) Quarter 2 Fiscal…

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