Effective on November 15, 2014, all career Mail Handler craft employees are scheduled to receive the second of three guaranteed wage increases, as outlined in Article 9.1 of the 2011 National Agreement. Specifically: “the basic annual salary schedule, with proportional application to hourly rate employees, for all grades and steps for those employees covered under […]
COLUMBUS (Dawn Faugl) — After more than half a century, a tireless postal worker is finally ready to take a break and retire. Moses Jamison has worked with the US Postal Service in Columbus for 58 years. Jamison says in that time, he’s seen just about anything you can imagine being shipped. His coworkers at […]
(October 24, 2014) Memphis, TN – Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced today that Patricia F. Baker, 50, of Memphis, TN was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman to serve 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, forfeit […]
As most members know, the NPMHU joined with the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) to form the Postal Union Alliance. Together, the four postal unions have united forces to protect service, fight for our livelihoods, and defend our great national […]
With the 2014 mid-term Congressional elections approaching, all NPMHU representatives must remain cognizant of the restrictions on political activities that are imposed by the Hatch Act. Thanks to changes that were first enacted in 1993, postal and federal employees are allowed to participate in a wide range of political activities. Some activities r
CLEVELAND — The Postal Service is currently accepting applications for 170 holiday seasonal positions at the Cleveland Processing and Distribution Center, 2400 Orange Ave, Cleveland OH 44101. Open positions include Postal Support Employee (PSE) and Casual Mailhandler. TOLEDO — The Postal Service is currently accepting applications for holiday seasonal positions at the Toledo Processing and […]
PORTLAND, OR — The United States Postal Service is now accepting online applications for more than 300 seasonal, non-career holiday term employees to work in Oregon – 278 of them in Portland’s mail processing facilities. Applicants must be at least 18 years old or a high school graduate. Background checks and drug tests will be […]
(September 21, 2014) SALT LAKE CITY, UT — In the coming weeks the U.S. Postal Service will hire approximately 400 employees to work at select Utah Post Offices; 360 of the positions are temporary for the holidays only, and 40 are year-long appointments. Most of the positions are based in the Wasatch Front. The temporary […]
The National Postal Mail Handlers Union has initiated a Step 4 grievance concerning violations arising from the Postal Service’s plans to close or consolidate approximately 82 facilities starting in January 2015. In particular, the NPMHU believes that the Postal Service’s decision to close or consolidate these facilities is a violation of USPS Handbook PO-408, Area […]
On September 11, Anthony Davis, former president of National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 314 was convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on one count of embezzling $40,659 in Labor Union funds. He had been indicted in April following an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office […]