June 21, 2021 Today, the American Postal Workers Union and postal management signed a major new agreement to address longstanding understaffing issues in mail processing functions at the Postal Service. Under the terms of the new agreement the âFunctionâ 1 mail processing staffing will be increased with 3,741 new career positions. The agreement also establishes…
From: Mark Dimondstein <mdimondstein@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 Subject: Additional Function 1 Staffing Sisters, Brothers and APWU Family: I hope you are all well in the struggle. Please see the attached MOU regarding an agreement on additional Function 1 staffing. It is another step forward in the right direction on dealing with chronic understaffing…
December 24, 2020 Postal Management and the American Postal Workers Union signed a major Memorandum of Understanding to help address the chronic understaffing at mail processing facilities throughout much of the country. Under the terms of the new agreement, over 5,500 new career positions will be created at 192 installations. The number of career positions…
Objective Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of U.S. Postal Service Mail Recovery Center (MRC) operations and identify opportunities for improvement. The MRC is the Postal Serviceâs âlost and foundâ department, serving a vital customer service role by processing undeliverable and lost items. The MRC receives items deemed âundeliverableâ from Postal Service facilities throughout…
Objective The OIG received two congressional requests. One request came from former U.S. House of Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham and another from Senator Tom Udall on September 5 and September 19, 2018, respectively. Their requests asked the OIG to assess allegations of unsafe facility conditions, delayed and unprocessed mail, and understaffing at post office (PO)…
