Any Modifications to the 110 HCR Subcontracting Awards Must be Discussed at National Level 11/22/2016 – According to correspondence between the Postal Service and APWU, all discussions to modify any of the 110 Highway Contract Route (HCR) subcontracting must be done at the National level. In the award summary, Arbitrator Shaym Das stated, “By agreement, […]
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, […]
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 U.S. Postal Service missed the opportunity to save more than $2 million annually in transportation-related costs in southern Florida because management did not have surface visibility (SV) system data it could rely on to identify unnecessary transportation and driver workhours, our recent audit found. The SV system tracks mail as it moves through the […]
White River Junction — A jury deliberated for less than 30 minutes on Wednesday before finding a North Pomfret man not guilty of attacking the Hartford Village postmaster in April 2012. Brian Bowles, 41, was acquitted of the simple assault charge by a 12-person jury at the end of a one-day trial at Windsor Superior […]
USPS OIG audit: Voyager Card Program for Highway Contract Routes – Unidentified and Unrecovered Fuel Overpayments The purpose of this alert1 is to bring to your attention the need for the U.S. Postal Service to immediately reconduct the highway contract routes (HCR) Voyager reconciliation for the 2009-2010 fuel year and recover an estimated $9.9 million […]