Clarification from APWU Oakland President Fred Jacobs: The call for action was initiated by APWU Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez via Oakland APWU and sent to PostalReporter. The following is a call for action from the APWU Oakland (California) Local #78 sent to PostalReporter.com The Commission is composed of five Commissioners, each of whom is appointed […]
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at 10 a.m. PLACE: Washington, DC at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW. STATUS: Closed. Matters To Be Considered Tuesday, March 22, at 10 a.m. (Closed) 1. Strategic Issues. 2. Financial Matters. 3. Pricing. 4. Personnel Matters and Compensation Issues. 5. […]
The U.S. Postal announced a change of “Emergency Lines of Succession,in case the postmaster general is incapacitated from an enemy attack or other national emergency, to perform the duties of the postmaster general. USPS announced a change in the Administrative Support Manual (ASM) Section 286.1 to read as follows: ASM Revision: Emergency Lines of Succession Effective […]
The following is an article written by Jay Killackey, Executive Vice President, National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) You and Your Benefits under attack (February 28, 2011) You might wonder why my article this month is on collective bargaining. As supervisors, managers and postmasters in the Postal Service, we do not enjoy the right to […]
“When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and 18 Republican state senators rammed through a bill in the dead of night that strips public workers of their right to collective bargaining, they sent a clear message,” said union President Cliff Guffey. “I hope it serves as a wake-up call for APWU members and all working people. “They […]
‘This is not over, we will win at ballot box’ NALC President Fredric Rolando decried the actions of the governor of Wisconsin and his allies in the Wisconsin state senate in approving legislation to strip collective-bargaining rights from Wisconsin’s state and local government employees Wednesday night. “Leaving aside the deceit and the bad faith bargaining […]
USPS is expected to announce that it will offer Voluntary Early Retirement to select groups of postal employees on March 25, 2011. PREPARING FOR CHANGE – VERA RULES OF THE ROAD So what’s a VERA? A “voluntary early retirement authority” (VERA) temporarily lowers age and service requirements for retirement. It’s an administrative tool USPS has used […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate succeeded in voting Wednesday to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers, after Republicans outmaneuvered the chamber’s missing Democrats and approved an explosive proposal that has rocked the state and unions nationwide. “You are cowards!” spectators in the Senate gallery screamed as lawmakers voted. Within hours, […]
USPS posted Quarter 1 results for Voice Of the Employee in January 2011 and yesterday March 8, 2011 (emphasis by PostalReporter.com): The quarter one, fiscal year 2011, results for the VOE survey are completed. More than 76,000 employees — 54 percent of those surveyed — responded. Of those who responded to the survey, 64.6 percent replied […]
SYRACUSE, New York — A former U.S. Postal Service employee from Prospect was indicted Wednesday on federal worker’s compensation charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse said. Kimberly Morris, 36, allegedly falsely claimed that a work-related injury prevented her from performing any duties with the Postal Service between April 4 and June 3, 2010, when she […]