08/25/2016 – The new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) included a historic win for the Maintenance Craft. “We have negotiated our way to an all-career workforce,” Maintenance Craft Director Steven G. Raymer, said at the National Convention. “There used to be casual employees, Transitional Employees, and there aren’t anymore. More recently, there used to be Postal […]
Maintenance Division Files Suit to Enforce eWHEP Staffing Award 12/18/2015 – The APWU filed a complaint in federal court on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMC), Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The complaint asks the court to direct the Postal Service to comply with […]
10/20/2015 – The APWU won an important grievance involving Maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbitrator Ira Jaffe issued a stinging rebuke to the Postal Service. Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer praised the ruling. The arbitrator directed the USPS to rescind Maintenance Management Order 112-10 (MMO 112-10) and restore the […]
USPS has updated notifications to APWU and NPMHU of its intent to involuntarily reassign Clerks, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) and Mail Handlers in the Pacific Area covering California and Hawaii. There is very little impact to management employees. note: This summary created by PostalReporter.com and compiled from letters sent to the unions named above […]
(November 28, 2014) There is probably one Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) offer for each area. This special VERA appears to be for the mail processing plants scheduled to close in 2015. There is no incentive. As a matter of general interest, HRSSC is sending special Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) opportunity letters to eligible employees USPS […]
10/27/2014 – The APWU and Postal Service have reached an agreement that prohibits management from subcontracting cleaning services based on an employee’s voluntarily transfer from an office where USPS custodians are employed. The Oct. 27 agreement settles a Step 4 dispute. The union and management agreed that voluntary transfers are not considered “voluntary attrition,” which […]
USPS Lead Automotive Technician for 12 years
09/19/2014 – The APWU and USPS settled an important dispute, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced, stipulating that the Postal Service cannot declare an installation “non-maintenance capable” and use the designation to justify excessing Maintenance Craft employees who work on Building Equipment. The work at issue is primarily that of Building Equipment Mechanics (BEMs), […]
WASHINGTON – A new report requested by Sen. Chuck Grassley on a tip from an Iowa whistleblower confirms the U.S. Postal Service mishandled $18.4 million in contract payments to maintain and change the locks on Postal Service-owned mailboxes in the Western Area including Iowa. “The whistleblower came forward with his concerns, I asked for an […]
USPS Office of Inspector General Audit Report: Award of the Diebold, Inc. Contract This report presents the results of our audit of the award of the Diebold, Inc. (Diebold) contract (Project Number 13YG007SM000). The report responds to a request from Senator Charles E. Grassley to review the U.S. Postal Service’s award of the Diebold contract. […]