9/28/2017 – On August 31, the APWU Motor Vehicle Service Craft Division and the USPS came to a settlement for case numbers Q10V-4Q-C 16466169/HQTV20160275, Q10V-4Q-C 15300453/HQTV20150846 and Q10V-4Q-C 16466163/A19V20160276. The issue concerns the deployment of scanners to Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) drivers, as part of the Surface Visibility (SV) program. The issue initially arose in […]
07/25/2016 – With temperatures soaring, many Motor Vehicle Service Craft employees have complained about management’s failure to maintain functioning air conditioning systems in their trucks – and the APWU has addressed those complaints at the national level, Craft Director Michael O. Foster reports. “The timely repair of air conditioning has been an issue since the […]
May 15, 2014 – The APWU and USPS have reached a Step 4 settlement [PDF] that resolves a discrepancy between the Collective Bargaining Agreement [PDF] and Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) [PDF] regarding the conversion of MVS Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs) into residual vacancies, Motor Vehicle Craft Director Michael O. Foster has announced. Article 39.2.A.11 of […]
Portions of the letter dated April 26, 2013 sent by USPS to APWU: Pursuant to Article 32.1.8 and the Memorandum Of UnderstandIng (MOU) “Re: Consideration of National Outsourcing Initiatives,” notice Is hereby given that the Postal Service Is considering subcontracting the highway movement of mail in approximately 162 Postal Vehicle Services (PVS) sites nationwide. Significant […]