NPMHU

Mar 24th

NPMHU: USPS Clarifies “Lockdown” and “Shelter-in-Place” Restrictions for Postal Workers due to coronavirus

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 […]

Mar 23rd

USPS Issues Statement regarding MOU on Liberal Changes of Schedule and Leave

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 […]

Mar 19th

Thirteen Postal Workers have tested positive for coronavirus

The purpose of this message is to provide you with the latest information regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) as it exists at the time of this writing, on March 19, 2020. Circumstances regarding this crisis are rapidly changing with new developments constantly occurring. It doesn’t need to be said that this an extremely serious situation There […]

Mar 18th

Postal Unions Urge Elected Leaders to consider impact of coronavirus on USPS

Postal Unions Urge Leadership to Support the Postal Service In a document to Senate Democratic leadership, NPMHU, along with NALC, NRLCA, and APWU, urged elected leaders to consider the impact of COVID-19 on the United States Postal Service. As the United States economy is experiencing historical losses, the unions reminded Congress, the Postal Service is […]

Mar 11th

Postal Service Releases Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Influenza Plan

The Postal Service is establishing interim measures more specific to the COVID-19 outbreak to be taken by management and employees based upon the presence or absence of COVID-19 cases in the immediate community and among employees or their families. The mitigation measures are based on current advice from CDC and other responsible federal agencies in […]

Dec 20th

Postal coalition and labor stakeholders seek repeal of USPS prefund mandate in 2020 appropriations

Postal coalition and labor stakeholders collectively seek relief in 2020 appropriations December 12, 2019 – On behalf of Postal Service business and labor stakeholders – who collectively generate $1.5 trillion in sales, and support more than 7 million private-sector jobs, and more than 600,000 Postal Service employees – we respectfully request language to repeal the […]

Oct 21st

Postal Unions concerned new USPS Postmaster General will push for privatization

Five members of USPS Board of Governors will pick new Postmaster General The prospect of Postmaster General Megan Brennan’s retirement early next year is alarming some postal union leaders, who are concerned that talk of privatizing the service comes at a time when only one of the four major postal unions has a labor contract […]

Sep 23rd

Yet Another Impasse at the Postal Service as Two More Labor Contracts Expire

Two contracts covering more than 250,000 U.S. Postal Service employees expired on Friday, with parties unable to agree on provisions such as pay rates and layoff protections. USPS and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union have agreed to extend talks, though the union said the number of tentative agreements the two sides have so far […]

Sep 16th

Mail Handlers: RI399 Settlement to be Paid on October 4, 2019

On June 26, 2018, the NPMHU, APWU and USPS reached a tripartite agreement Re: Update of Regional Instruction (RI) 399 Procedures. With certain exceptions, the MOU effectively withdrew and administratively closed all cross-craft grievances that were pending in the RI- 399 process prior to September 1, 2017.  The Update MOU also provided for monetary payments […]

Dec 1st

Will Postal Workers Get National Day of Mourning to honor George H W Bush?

George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, whose long life in the public sphere was defined by service to his country, has died. He was 94. His wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush, died in April and Mr. Bush was hospitalized the day after the funeral to be treated for an […]