APWU News APWU President William Burrus has strenuously objected to a recommendation in a recent audit by the USPS Office of the Inspector General that “blatantly urges postal management to seek an end to restrictions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement on custodial subcontracting.” The report on Custodial Maintenance operations in the New York District (DA-AR-09-007 [PDF]) […]
From the Office Of Personnel Management via Federal Register The U. S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations on changes in the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). We are amending the regulations to authorize retroactive enrollment changes when an enrollee has lost his or her spouse through death or […]
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia -United States House of Representatives “The Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia’s business meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, to markup H.R. 22 and H.R. 1345, has been […]
Don’t sweat EEOC complaint after discipline if you can prove process was fair – from Business Management Daily “Recent case: Kent Neely, who is black, worked for the U.S. Postal Service handling mail. Neely, however, struggled with attendance; he was late or absent 83 times one year. When he was warned he could be terminated […]
Update: The USPS provided NAPS with a copy of a revised timeline on April 2, 2009. NAPS has not agreed with all of the elements of the latest timeline and continues to pursue its consultative rights on this reorganization and downsizing. 04/03/09 . USPS Revised Timeline, 04/02/09 The Postal Service, as a result of discussions […]
APWU News For the second day in a row, the House of Representatives approved legislation that would provide sick-leave credit to employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). The “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” (H.R. 1256), introduced by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), incorporates the provisions of H.R. […]
Press Release March 20, 2009 U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today sent a letter to John E. Potter, the Postmaster General of the United States, urging him to consider the impact on small businesses of reducing the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) delivery […]
APWU News Management to Revamp BMC Network The Postal Service has abandoned plans to outsource the work performed at 21 Bulk Mail Centers, and instead will revamp the BMC network, the USPS Senior Vice President for Operations told the APWU on March 10. The change in strategy was prompted by the nation’s financial crisis and the subsequent […]
From the National Association of Postamasters of the United States NAPS President Ted Keating wrote a letter to Pat Donahoe, Deputy Postmaster General & COO on February 11, 2009 requesting the immediate removal of Western Area Vice President Sylvester Black and Dakotas District Manager Clem Felchle for inappropriate and inflammatory remarks on Telecoms last week. […]
Press Release U.S. Department of Labor final rule will expand FMLA for military families and clarify rules for workers and employers Final rule brings two-year public process to close with common sense reforms for modern workforce WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor will publish a final rule on Nov. 17 to update its regulations […]