This is an update on the nationwide class action court case involving Postal employees filed two years ago. Postal Employees claimed that USPS violated the Privacy Act by selling its employee master file, containing personal, private employee information, including “the complete home address database of all career and non-career, full and part-time employees. According to […]
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Joseph Bourg, age 44, of Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, on charges of theft of mail matter. The Indictment alleges that between 2008 through August of 2009, Bourg rifled through […]
Press Release from the U.S. Department of Justice : INDIANAPOLIS – Ricky L. Alsip, 53, Evansville, Indiana, was charged with theft of mail by postal employee, announced Timothy M. Morrison, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General. The information alleges that Alsip stole approximately […]
On Rolls and Paid Employee Statistics (ORPES) published last week shows that USPS career employees have decreased by 40,110 since Same Period Last Year (SPLY). Over a 3-year period there are 61,151 less career employees. The chart below covers the last 3 years from 2007 through Pay Period 20 2009 (September 25,2009). note: USPS Fiscal […]
The OIG press release about the OWCP indictments stated, “The United States Postal Service has a policy of returning disabled employees to a limited duty position or part-time employment at the earliest opportunity during their recovery from their work-related injury.” What happened to the National Reassessment Process? Doesn’t that do the opposite? “Pursuant to […]
From Federal Times Fewer than 2 percent of U.S. Postal Service employees who were offered a chance at early retirement last month accepted the offer — far less than postal management expected. The Postal Service offered early retirement to 147,937 employees; they were required to make a decision by June 16, with their retirement beginning […]
By Lisa Herrera, Field Representative, East Bay (Calif.)Area Local #47 Don’t Let Them Cut Your Throat ! There is so much disruption on the work room floor with management running amuck excessing from almost every office. Why would any postal worker expose themselves to being terminated? Management is out to cut 100 million work hours […]
The US Postal Service has reduced its career complement from in the last twelve months (June 2008 to June 2009) from 669,372 to 633,046–a difference of 36,326. The clerk craft suffered the biggest reduction — 197,966 to 182,592 (15,374 lost jobs). The other career employees categories also suffered a reduction of jobs from this same […]
From PostalReporter.com “This collective class action was filed under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks damages on behalf of class members who (1) have had overtime disallowed; (2) have had time changed by a supervisor; (3) have worked through lunch to complete their route; (4) have worked “off the clock” and/or (5) have […]
The stimulus plan signed by President Obama included some good news for commuters who use public transportation. Effective March 1, the IRS monthly pre-tax transit limit for commuter benefits will increase from the current $120 per month to $230 per month. The new pre-tax transit limit applies to fares for riding buses, trains, subways, ferries […]