TRIBORO DISTRICT TO CONDUCT MAIL PROCESSING STUDY On February 10, 2009, the Postal Service will begin two concurrent Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibility studies between the Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn Processing and Distribution Facilities. The purpose of these studies is to see if it makes sense to consolidate some operations from Staten Island and […]
Notification Letter from Edward Burke,USPS District Manager, Central Pennsylvania Performance Cluster January 6, 2009 Bill Smith Branch President, Mail Handlers Local 308 300 South Main Street Wilkes Barre PA 18701-9997 Dear Mr. Smith: This letter is an informational notice of the intent of the U. S. Postal Service to conduct an Area Mail Processing (AMP) […]
Informational Picket to Call for Return of APWU Union President and Return of Mail Operations to Olympia For Immediate Release 12/2/08 Contact Louie Mackey, Organizer (360) 357-6231 The Olympia Local of the American Postal Workers Union will be holding an informational picket on Monday, January 12, 2009 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Olympia […]
On October 24, 2008, the Trenton Local met with management about two-tour consolidation. Management presented to the union their plan to become a two tour-processing center. The first round will be to eliminate all Tour 2 automation. This move will cause us to lose 24 mail processing clerk positions on Tour 2 automation. At the present […]
The following is a memo Memo sent to the Postal Plant Managers: Subject: RPG Two Tour Initiative Importance: High Plant Managers, On this week’s MOS telecon, it was stated that the two tour initiative to “close the GAP” must be given top priority. The entire nation is expected to move to a 2 tour operation, […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative and Regulatory Update The National Association of Postal Supervisors has questioned the Postal Service’s plans for the use of contracting out in realigning its mail processing and distribution network and has encouraged Congress to ask the Postal Service where it’s headed in its reliance on private contractors to […]
Planned automation changes at the Peoria Post office downtown is sparking protests from some of the workers. The Postal service will move the processing of priority mail from Peoria to Champaign. Several workers gathered outside the post office’s downtown branch for an informational picket today. Members of the American Postal Workers union 854 say they […]
APWU News In a rush to redesign its nationwide network of facilities, the Postal Service acted on several misguided and poorly rationalized assumptions, a Postal Regulatory Commission official told Congress in late July. In testimony before a House of Representatives subcommittee, John D. Wailer also cited a lack of consistency in how proposed consolidations are reviewed; […]
(Press Release) Congressman Steve King announced his support for a recently released report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the process used by the United States Postal Service to identify possible consolidation opportunities within its nationwide network. The report, undertaken at the request of Congress, highlighted several problems with the Postal Service’s Area Mail […]
Tennessee AMP Study Terminated APWU News The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 90 miles across southwest Tennessee will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficiency and/or service through consolidation of certain mail processing […]