HCRs

Nov 24th

USPS OIG says 31% of postal contract drivers did not always have a valid security clearance

USPS OIG: Security Clearances for Postal Service Contract Drivers This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of Security Clearances for U.S. Postal Service Contract Drivers (Project Number 14YG008HR000). Our objectives were to determine whether Postal Service officials issued security clearances to contract drivers in accordance with policy and assess controls over the contract […]

Oct 14th

USPS failure to notify APWU of HCRs renewals 212 times is not ‘isolated incident’

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, […]

May 8th

NLRB Issues Complaint Over USPS Failure to Provide Info to APWU

May 8, 2014 – In response to two charges filed by the APWU, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against the Postal Service on April 30, asserting that the USPS “has been failing and refusing to bargain collectively and in good faith,” by refusing to provide information to the union. The Postal […]