A former California Postal Manager is attempting to circumvent the seniority provisions of the APWU National Agreement. The Postal Manager filed an appeal of the agency’s action removing her from the position of EAS-19 Manager Customer Services effective January 18, 2009. The parties entered into a settlement agreement disposing of the appeal, and the administrative […]
GREENBELT, Md. (December 6, 2010)—U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Gilbert Ennis, age 56, of Lanham, Maryland, today to nine months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, the first six months of which is to be served in home detention with electronic monitoring, for stealing $59,958.21 in postal stamps from the […]
Press Release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Louisiana BATON ROUGE, LA – United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana returned indictments against four individuals who were employees of the United States Postal Service (USPS). GLENN T. AUGILLARD, age 50, […]
A mail carrier serving his daily route was fatally wounded by a gunman Monday afternoon in north Miami-Dade, police said. The carrier was identified by the U.S. Postal Service as Bruce Parton, 60, a full-time carrier from the Norland branch. “He was shot while on his Miami route this afternoon. No motive has been identified […]
Bargaining Over New Contract Continues Negotiators for the APWU and the USPS met again on Monday, Dec. 6, in an effort to hammer out a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. At face-to-face meetings at USPS headquarters and in telephone conversations, the parties discussed job security, limits on excessing, pay and workforce structure, APWU President Cliff Guffey […]
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, December 7,2010, at 9 a.m. PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW. STATUS: Closed. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Tuesday,December 7, at 9 a.m. (Closed) 1. Financial Matters. 2. Pricing. 3. Strategic Issues. 4. Personnel Matters and Compensation Issues. 5. Governors’ Executive Session—Discussion of prior agenda items […]
CORE BUSINESS STRATEGIES DEFINED In an open letter to all employees on his first official day in office, PMG Pat Donahoe defines core business strategies that will guide the organization to become “a profitable, nimble Postal Service that competes for customers and has a well-defined and valued role in an increasingly digital world.” Donahoe says […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued final regulations that implement the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. The law protects job applicants, current and former employees, labor union members, and apprentices and trainees from discrimination based on their genetic information. Genetic monitoring.–The term “genetic monitoring” means the periodic examination of employees to evaluate acquired […]
The appellant was employed by the agency as a Building Equipment Mechanic at the agency’s Miami, Florida, Processing and Distribution Center. The appellant petitioned for review of an initial decision that affirmed his removal on a charge of improper conduct, i.e., possessing and consuming an illicit substance (marijuana) while attending a training course in Norman, […]
OPM Reiterates its position at Senate Subcommittee hearing that it does not have Authority to Reallocate USPS CSRS Overpayments OPM: Finding Solutions to the Challenges Facing the U.S. Postal Service STATEMENT OF JONATHAN FOLEY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND POLICY ANALYSIS U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT December 2, 2010 We believe the assertion that OPM has […]