From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Please disseminate to the field. This is total BS and we should be contacting our congressional leaders. I KNOW I AM!!! You can’t help but save money if you don’t schedule the proper staffing, This is the DeJoy announced holiday plan. Supposedly the new technology and…
RE: MOU: Sorting and Delivery Centers (S&DC) Staffing Enclosed is a copy of a recently signed MOU on the Staffing of the Sorting and Delivery Centers (S&DCs) between the USPS and the NPMHU. The S&DCs are a new facility from the Deliver for America Plan that will create large carrier stations by consolidating smaller offices….
[Updated & Edited] Guys & gals, I am sharing this to hopefully provide you with some heads up for what some of you may be facing as an impacted facility for consolidation and/or repurposing of your facility. After I returned to work after my n/s days, I learned that the Manager from USPS Headquarters made…
Background Each year, the U.S. Postal Service network stresses to accommodate the peak mailing season — Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. Increased mail volume and operational changes during peak season significantly challenge the Postal Service’s processing and distribution network. In preparation for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 peak mailing season, Postal Service management executed a…
June 20, 2023 A major part of the management network modernization plan includes the creation of Sorting and Delivery Centers (S&DCs). These centers will centralize many delivery operations into larger buildings with automated package sorting equipment. Management currently projects the creation of 400-500 S&DCs. Over many months, the APWU leadership engaged in numerous, and at…
May 15, 2023 NALC and USPS have agreed to memorandum of agreement (M-01988) pursuant to the May 24, 2022, Memorandum of Understanding Re: City Delivery Staffing Adjustment – Hiring Part-Time Flexible City Letter Carriers (M-01986), providing an additional seven installations in which the Postal Service will convert all city carrier assistants to part-time flexible (PTF)…
January 23, 2023 On January, 18, 2023, the parties signed off National questions & answers on the In-Service Examinations, Register and Eligibility Ratings MOU. As a reminder, on an annual basis during the month of March, all career employees have the opportunity to request to be tested for Maintenance Craft eligibility ratings and placement on…
Background This report presents the results of our audit of efficiency of operations at the Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in Philadelphia, PA. We conducted this audit to provide U.S. Postal Service management with timely information on operational risks at this P&DC. We selected the Philadelphia P&DC based on a Congressional request from Senator…
