APWU: ‘Pecking Order’ Set for Filling New Positions in POStPlan Offices

10/09/2014 – The APWU and USPS have agreed on a “pecking order” for filling newly created positions in POStPlan Installations. A recent arbitration award will result in the creation of 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs in six-hour and four-hour offices affected by the POStPlan. The pecking order is based on the arbitration award and the subsequent […]

USPS hiring over 170 for holiday season at three Ohio facilities

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 […]

USPS in Oregon and Texas hiring over 300 holiday temp employees

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 […]

USPS in Utah to hire 360 holiday temp employees and 40 city carrier assistants

(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 […]

USPS ‘Post Plan’ update: Staffing will change at some Remotely Managed Post Offices

The type of employees who perform work in some Remotely Managed Post Offices (RMPOs) where hours have been adjusted through the Post Plan will change. Post Offices that are open six hours a day will be staffed by career employees who will work six-hour schedules. The employees will replace part-time non-career employees who currently work […]

USPS hiring holiday help in Indiana

The U.S. Postal Service  is looking to hire nearly 40 seasonal employees at the Evansville (Indiana) Processing and Distribution Facility to handle extra holiday mail during November and December. Salary $12 per hour for Casuals; $15.26 per hour for PSE Mail Processing Clerks Appointment is not to exceed 90 days Casuals load, unload and move […]

NAPUS: Decision is Reached on POStPlan Arbitration

(September 22, 2014) NAPUS and the LEAGUE have received Steven Goldberg’s arbitration decision on POStPLan. Both organizations are deeply disappointed with the decision and are still working through the details of the arbitration document. Clearly this will have an impact on PMRs in 4-hour RMPOs, vacant 6-hour RMPOs and 6-hour Postmaster positions in the future. […]

Letter to the Editor: The Life of A Postal Support Employee (PSE)

A perspective from A Postal Support Employee (PSEs) as told to PostalReporter.com Hi I’m a Postal Support Employee at name and postal facility withheld upon request. It seems this position is merely an effective way of underpaying and overworking people unbeknownst to the crooked policies of the USPS. My tour has literally 30 to 40 […]

USPS Proposes Revisions to Handbook DM 901, PSEs to work in Registry Cage

Excerpt of USPS Notification to APWU President Dimondstein: Dear Mark: The Postal Service proposes revisions to Handbook DM 901, Registered Mail. Sections 7-3.2.1 and 7-3.2.3 are being revised to identify the use of postal support employees to perform work in the registry cage by changing the word “career” to “qualified and eligible“. Click Here for June […]

APWU: New Code on Form 50 Reflects Bigger Deduction for Retirement

June 3, 2014 – Several people have inquired about the designation “FERS-RAE” on the Form 50s of employees who were recently converted from Postal Support Employee to career. The new designation reflects that the employees were hired as career employees on or after Jan. 1, 2013, and are covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System […]