The National Executive Council has taken the first steps toward reducing the number of national union officers by voting to keep vacant four soon-to-be unoccupied positions. At a meeting at the end of March, the council voted by a two-thirds majority to approve a recommendation by President Cliff Guffey to keep vacant the positions of […]
James Bilbray Will Serve as Vice Chairman WASHINGTON — During today’s meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Mickey D. Barnett was elected chairman and James H. Bilbray was elected vice chairman. Barnett, the Board’s current vice chairman, will succeed Chairman Thurgood Marshall, Jr., who has served as chairman since December 2011 and […]
Mickey D. Barnett Will Serve as Vice Chairman WASHINGTON — At yesterday’s meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Thurgood Marshall, Jr., was elected chairman and Mickey D. Barnett was elected vice chairman. Marshall, the Board’s current vice chairman, will succeed Chairman Louis J. Giuliano, who has served as chairman since January 2010 […]
After USPS implemented changes to the unpopular Mystery Shopper Program, some postmasters and managers are second-guessing the decision. PR note: Three clerks in my office were disciplined for not asking all the questions under the old format. Although it is agreed that clerks cannot be disciplined for failing a Mystery Shopper Survey, Bay-Valley District management […]
Ex-President Burrus’s open letter “To APWU Members” on the proposed APWU contract: The union negotiators have performed their constitutional duties in finalizing a tentative agreement for your decision. This decision will shape postal employment for decades far into the future. The benefits received for efforts involved in postal employment have accumulated over 200 years, with […]
Sherry Rios, a South Jersey mail carrier, is fighting to get her job back after being fired for what she said was a split-second decision to help a boy in danger. View more videos at: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com.
Bargaining Over New Contract Continues Negotiators for the APWU and the USPS met again on Monday, Dec. 6, in an effort to hammer out a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. At face-to-face meetings at USPS headquarters and in telephone conversations, the parties discussed job security, limits on excessing, pay and workforce structure, APWU President Cliff Guffey […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey announced that the union and Postal Service have extended their Collective Bargaining Agreement through Tuesday, Nov. 23, at noon. The contract was scheduled to expire Nov. 20. “We do not have a new contract,” Guffey said, “but we believe there is still potential to negotiate an agreement. The union and management […]