June 10, 2016 Employee turnover costs the Postal Service thousands of dollars per employee. Retaining employees within the organization eliminates the administrative costs of hiring new employees, training, and the impacts on performance associated with learning a new job. Although turnover cannot always be avoided, the Postal Service can reduce it by doing the right […]
6/2/2016 PITTSBURGH — A former employee is suing the U.S. Postal Service, citing alleged violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act and wrongful termination. Tiffany Alder filed a complaint on April 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against USPS alleging that the former employer allegedly violated the Family […]
03/17/2016 – The APWU and USPS have signed an agreement that prohibits the transfer of Postal Support Employees (PSEs) between installations or districts in the Motor Vehicle Craft, MVS Director Michael Foster has announced. “We discovered that the USPS was allowing PSEs to transfer in various parts of the country without negotiating with the union,” […]
The U.S. Postal Service’s Alabama District is accepting applications for temporary holiday employment as Postal Support Employee (PSE) Mail Processing Clerk, PSE Tractor Trailer Operator, PSE Motor Vehicle Operator, and City Carrier Assistant. Casual (CEP) employment is offered on a supplemental basis. Online applications will be accepted September 3 – 8, 2015. Non-career, temporary positions […]
February 25, 2015 – KALAMAZOO, MI — The U.S. Postal Service anticipates job openings in Greater Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan. With that in mind, the service, which has been in the news in recent months for its plans to close its Kalamazoo Postal Processing Plant on 9th Street in Oshtemo Township, will host an informational […]
From the National League of Postmasters: LEAGUE Headquarters received copies of the letters sent to current PMRs and PMR annuitants regarding the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the APWU on the POStPlan arbitration. The notices let both the PMR and the PMR annuitants know that they could still be used in 2-hour offices if […]