From the National Postal Mail Handlers Union: Effective on September 6, 2014, all career Mail Handler craft employees are scheduled to receive both the second and fourth of seven possible cost-of-living (COLA) adjustments as outlined in Articles 9.3 and 9.7 of the 2011 National Agreement. These two COLA increases are based on: 1) the upward […]
The MOU reads in part: Re: Article 12.1 – Probationary Period – Bidding The parties agree to the following regarding bidding during a ninety calendar day probationary period: Full-time career mail handlers who are serving a probationary period pursuant to Article 12.1 of the National Agreement and applicable memoranda of understanding are eligible to bid […]
According to the Office of Inspector General, “In September 2013, the Postal Service approved $33.1 million to implement the National Recycling Program. The funds will cover capital improvements and expenses related to recycling operations.” According to USPS the National Recycling Program involves backhauling recyclables from Associate Offices (AOs) to its servicing Processing and Distribution Center […]
(July 22, 2014) President [John F.] Hegarty addressed the Delegates of the APWU’s 2014 National convention sanctioning a message of solidarity between our Unions. When commenting on the recently signed Postal Union Alliance, Hegarty said, “We are not divided on the issues — those who would do us harm cannot divide and conquer.” President Hegarty […]
(June 30, 2014) The Union was notified this afternoon that the Postal Service plans to reinstitute the “Network Rationalization Plan” starting next year, in January 2015. You will recall that many of the plant closings and consolidations were put on hold earlier this year, in February 2014, when the Postal Service announced in the Federal […]
Portland Communities and Postal Workers United www.StopStaples.com June 20, 2014 Dozens of protesters, carrying signs and banners, stormed a local Staples this afternoon and attempted to present a petition, signed by 500 Portland residents who have pledged to boycott the office supply stores. When management of the store on NE 122nd off Glisan refused to […]
Mr. Canjar, 39, quit his job last summer as a U.S. Postal Service mail handler to become a dairy farmer. “Everybody thought I was nuts,” Mr. Canjar said as he paused near a manure-storage tank on his 200-acre farm near the Elmhurst Reservoir. “Some people said I wouldn’t make it six months.” More than nine […]
St. Louis, MO – ANTHONY DAVIS, president of Mail Handlers Local 314, was indicted for his alleged embezzlement of approximately $40,660 of union funds. Davis, O’Fallon, IL, was indicted by a federal grand jury April 23, on one count of embezzlement of Labor Union funds. He appeared in federal court Monday afternoon, April 28. If […]
NALC Delivers Halt To Excessing of Certain Clerks Omar Gonzalez, APWU Western Regional Coordinator The Letter Carriers’ Union prevailed in arbitration securing an award by Arbitrator Nolan prohibiting the Postal Service from reassigning any clerk craft employee who does not meet the definition of full-time employee under the NALC contract into a full-time carrier craft […]
Effective on March 8, 2014, all career Mail Handler craft employees are scheduled to receive the first of seven possible cost of-living (COLA) adjustments as outlined in Article 9.3 of the 2011 National Agreement. This COLA increase is based on the upward change in the relevant Consumer Price Index (CPI) Base following release of the […]