212 Violations? That’s Not an ‘Isolated Incident’ 212. That’s how many times the USPS failed to properly notify the APWU of management decisions to renew Highway Contract Routes (HCRs) in one year. Yet at a recent arbitration hearing, the Postal Service urged the arbitrator to deny the union’s request for a nationwide remedy for the violations, […]
The United States Postal Service awarded Siemens Dematic a $240 million contract for the Postal Automated Redirection System (PARS) in 2006 to optimize its letter forwarding process. The order also included the national deployment of a new change-of-address forms processing system.
The United States Postal Service is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) to evaluate the possibility of purchasing a new commercially available Right Hand Drive vehicle to supplement its existing fleet of light delivery vehicles. This would be a stop gap solution to meet Right Hand Drive vehicle requirements until the development of a purpose […]
NPMHU Local 308 represents approximately 2,200 USPS mail handlers in Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey. NPMHU and USPS are parties to a national collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”), The CBA provides a detailed four-step procedure for processing and deciding grievances lodged by the union. The CBA requires the union to appeal or otherwise escalate […]
According to the Office of Inspector General: The Postal Service has an acquisition strategy that has not been fully developed or implemented. The short-term plan developed in 2011 included acquiring 25,000 vehicles costing about $500 million to meet operational needs and replace some of the aging fleet. The long-term plan included purchasing the next generation […]
USPS 2014 Peak Season Trailer Solicitation (October 1, 2014) The United States Postal Service is seeking to procure an independent supply of outsourced trailers for the transportation of mail to cover peak season needs for mail transportation during the holiday mailing season. The peak season Trailer Services (TS) locations, quantities, and technical specifications are included […]
USPS Office of Inspector General audit report on Highway Contract Routes – Extra Trips – Greensboro District The U.S. Postal Service uses highway contract routes (HCR) to transport mail between its facilities. An extra trip is an infrequent trip made in addition those that are outlined in the contract. The Postal Service must complete a […]
The NLRB adopted a get-tough remedy last week involving information requests. United States Postal Service Roswell, GA, September 12, 2014. Charges filed by National Association of Letter Carriers Branch #4862. Based on the above findings of fact, the Formal Settlement Stipulation, and the entire record, and pursuant to Section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations […]
(September 22, 2014) NAPUS and the LEAGUE have received Steven Goldberg’s arbitration decision on POStPLan. Both organizations are deeply disappointed with the decision and are still working through the details of the arbitration document. Clearly this will have an impact on PMRs in 4-hour RMPOs, vacant 6-hour RMPOs and 6-hour Postmaster positions in the future. […]
9,000 New Jobs to Be Created 09/22/2014 – The APWU has won a major victory on staffing in post offices affected by the “POStPlan” – a victory that will result in the creation of at least 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs within 90 days. In a ruling dated Sept. 5, Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg concluded […]