December 24, 2020 – Linked here, please find a new MOU just signed by the NPMHU and the Postal Service to provide for additional Mail Handler staffing, in large part by converting 5,288 Mail Handler Assistants to full-time regular career employment no later than March 13, 2021. Also attached is a 4-page chart listing the […]
12/18/2020 According to the Postal Service, the requirement for employees to use face coverings or masks continues when social distancing of six (6) feet cannot be maintained in public, or in public-facing settings when required by state or local orders or directives. Throughout the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the Postal Service has continued to fulfill its […]
12/4/2020 – Please find linked below a copy of a new Memorandum of Understanding signed today in order to accommodate the hundreds of MHAs hired under the Memorandum of Understanding “Temporary Exception Period-COVID-19” dated March 26, 2020 and the subsequent extensions of this MOU. December 4, 2020- Reappointment Opportunities for MHAs Separated for Lack of […]
Mail Handlers and postal workers from around the country continue to courageously perform essential federal service under the extraordinary circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. When I last reported to you regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) on April 28, 2020, there were1,234 postal workers who were confirmed to be COVID-19 positive and 847 employees presumed to […]
May 6, 2020 Please find enclosed a copy of the above reference document from the Postal Service regarding the Criteria for Return to Work for Employees with Confirmed case of COVID-19. source: NPMHU
March 24, 2020 Please find enclosed a copy of the above-reference document from the Postal Service regarding employee exemption from state “lockdowns” “shelter-in-place,” general quarantines, and other restrictions imposed by state and local governments. According to the Postal Service, employees traveling for work in areas with local travel restrictions should make sure they carry their […]
Please find linked below a copy of the above-reference document from the Postal Service regarding the signed Memorandum of Understanding temporarily expanding the use of Sick Leave for Dependent Care to allow employees to use their sick leave for unexpected childcare needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to allowing Sick Leave […]
Celebrating Mr. Rogers 12/9/2019 Theodore Rogers is looking forward to what will probably be his last holiday season at the Cardiss Collins Processing and Distribution Center in Chicago. “It’s just wonderful and nice what we do at the Postal Service for folks to celebrate Christmas,” said Rogers, who plans to retire next year. Along with […]
We are pleased to provide a linked copy of a National Arbitration Award issued by Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg on August 6, 2018 in a case concerning the use of Union LWOP for political activities under the National Agreement. The matter was heard in June 2018, briefed in July 2018, and decided earlier this week. The […]
7/19/2018 NEWARK, N.J. – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail handler today admitted stealing approximately 16 packages containing marijuana, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Akeem Cauthen, 30, of Newark, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of theft of mail. […]