APWU: New MOU to Create Hundreds of Career Jobs in Level 4 POStPlan Offices
01/12/2015 – An addendum to the Sept. 22, 2013, POStPLAN Memorandum of Understanding will place a number of career jobs into Level 4 post offices, which otherwise would have been staffed exclusively with Postal Support Employees (PSEs). The offices in question are open four hours per day.
The specific numbers and offices have not yet been identified, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said in announcing the Dec. 31, 2014, agreement, but identification is expected to take place within the next 30 days.
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If these positions are not made career employees, those holding the positions would have more limited retirements; benefits such as life insurance and health insurance would be adversely effected; and there would be no guaranteed work hours. I say, thanks Mark, keep up the good fight.
I work in a four hour office. Today, Saturday, open only 3.5 hours, did not sell a single stamp or anything.
Most if not all of the 4 hour offices only have a bar and a church in them and some of the places share the bar. Why would you need a full time clerk in an office that only generates $20 in sales on a good day? Do you want to work in an office where you work 2 hrs in the morning and come back and work 2 in the afternoon? Most of the union people couldn’t run a business and many of the managers couldn’t either.
what an improvement over guffey.
When are certain union locals going to stop stealing union employees back pay? That’s what happened to me because I am a black woman.
Excellent thoughts on this subject
In offices of 4 hours or less? …All part time positions with uncertain future. Only returning to full time hours would make these offices viable /profitable. Only certain persons (aka retirees) would take these jobs with higher turnover rates. (sanctity of the mail) Any guarantees these offices stay open with “other” postal services with much longer hours (staples, Goin Postal etc.) infiltrating the landscape. Good agreement but uncertain future. Need guaranties of viability.