USPS Maintains High Service Performance During Busiest Week of the Year

Dec. 23, 2022 WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the 11th week of the first quarter for fiscal year 2023. The average time to deliver a mailpiece or package across the postal network was 2.5 days for the eighth consecutive week even as mailing and shipping traffic increased….

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NALC: 11 additional installations added to all-career model

November 22, 2022 Pursuant to the May 24, 2022, Memorandum of Understanding Re: City Delivery Staffing Adjustment – Hiring Part-Time Flexible City Letter Carriers (M-01986), NALC and USPS have agreed to additional memorandums of agreement (M-01988) providing for another 11 installations added to the all-career city letter carrier workforce model. In these installations, the Postal…

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NPMHU President to Testify on Nov 16th Before House Committee on Oversight and Reform

November 15, 2022 On Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a hybrid hearing to examine the United States Postal Service’s performance during past holiday seasons, preparations for the upcoming holiday season, and how changes to the Postal Service will affect…

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‘We’re hiring and yes, we pay well’: USPS worker makes $4,400 in two weeks (video)

November 13, 2022 Mail carriers have become an integral part of many Americans’ daily lives with the rise in online shopping that came with the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a TikToker and mail carrier has gone viral after telling viewers that, first, the USPS needs help, and second, viewers can make a lot of money in…

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APWU: 2022 Peak Season Exception Period MOU

November 8, 2022 On November 7, 2022, the parties agreed to the Peak Season Exception period MOU for 2022. The MOU identifies the time when Holiday Clerk Assistants (HCAs) may be hired. HCAs are hired for three (3) consecutive pay periods. In 2022, that is either November 5 through December 16 or November 19 through…

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USPS: Processing operation ready for peak season

November 8, 2022 The Postal Service’s processing and distribution operation has added thousands of employees and more than 100 package sorting machines and other pieces of equipment in preparation for this year’s holiday delivery season. More than 5,300 precareer employees have been converted to career status and more than 15,000 temporary employees have been hired…

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APWU Local 178 Step 1 Settlement Agreement creates new Clerk positions; management admits earned hours is a fallacy

Via Joshua Fry, APWU Step 1 Designee Here is a copy of the settlement agreement we just reached in the APWU Local 178 region. Shout out to Jon Kelley and Sharon Schrage for assisting in this huge victory. Mark Dimondstein is playing politics in D.C. while we are putting in work.

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USPS HQ Post Office Strategy and Optimization – SCF and Hub Operations

From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2022 Subject: Fwd: Notification GCCC20220158 HQ Post Office Strategy and Optimization SCF and Hub Operations Please disseminate to the field. Lamont Brooks Director Clerk Division Begin forwarded message: From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Date: June 2, 2022 To: dion.n.mealy@usps.gov Subject: Fwd: Notification GCCC20220158 HQ Post Office Strategy and…

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