According to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decision rendered on March 13, 2009 Ms. [Lynn] Vaughn served as the EAS-20 Manager, Customer Services at the Glenridge Post Office in Atlanta, Georgia. On April 26, 2007, Charles Gracek, Manager, Customer Service Operations, Atlanta, Georgia Post Office, proposed demoting Ms. Vaughn to the EAS-17 position of […]
RIMROCK, Ariz. — The following is a press release from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office: On Thursday March 12, 2009 at about 12:55 PM a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Deputy was on routine patrol in the area of Kimberley Way and Cornville Road in Rimrock, Arizona when he observed a 2001 silver Nissan being operated in […]
[NAPUS] President Dale Goff was notified by the Postal Service on March 10, “effective, March 6 exceptions to the freeze on field positions will no longer be approved.” President Dale will be pursuing this issue with Postal Headquarters. The three management organizations met at Postal Headquarters on March 9, 2009 for three separate meetings involving […]
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 […]
On March 6, 2009, the American Postal Workers Union, Detroit District Area Local, AFL-CIO filed a complaint against the U.S. Postal Service in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. After reading the complaint it appears that local management did not get the PMG Potter memo on honoring the contract. Read on… Excerpts […]
Mailers Council Issues Statement on Compensation for Postmaster General ARLINGTON, VA, March 11, 2009-Today, Mailers Council Executive Director Robert E. McLean issued the following statement in response to recent comments regarding the compensation for Postmaster General Jack Potter. “Our members, who collectively represent more than 70% of all mail in this country, strongly support the […]
National Association of Letter Carriers Budget won’t raise carriers’ benefit contributions: President Young announced today that the Obama administration will not pursue a proposal to raise postal employees’ benefit contributions in the 2010 budget. Vice President Joseph Biden confirmed the action when he met with President Young at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Miami […]
From Charley Mapa, President of the Nationals League of Postmasters: Dear Leaguers, We’ve heard so much over the last few days regarding President Obama’s budget for 2009, especially the portion regarding the amount Postal employees pay for their health care premiums. Of course, this caused much consternation among all of us. This is what our […]
According to the National Association of Postmasters of the US (NAPUS) VERA: The latest figures of EAS employees taking the VER are stated: Supervisor Customer Services-374 Supervisor Distribution Operations-96 Other Field EAS-581 Postmasters-928 HQ/HQ-related employees-190 The VER effective date is Tuesday, March 31, 2009. PR note: If I recall correctly […]
Press Release from the U.S. Department of Justice Little Rock – Jane W. Duke, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the waiver of indictment and guilty plea of Andre Ben of Sherwood, Arkansas. On January 29, 2009, Ben pled guilty to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee […]