postal clerks

Nov 1st

2015 USPS Plant Consolidation Schedule Updated October 31, 2014

A lot of changes in this update of USPS Plant Consolidation Schedule. Some dates for closing plants have been moved up or back by several months. For example: **date moved back** Madison P&DF – Milwaukee P&DC Wausau P&DF -Green Bay P&DC **date moved up** Kalamazoo P&DC to Grand Rapids P&DC back Lansing P&DC to Grand […]

Oct 30th

APWU: Questions and Answers on the 9,000 New Clerk Craft Jobs

10/30/2014 – The APWU and USPS have agreed to a set of Questions and Answers regarding the establishment of 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs that will be created as a result of a Sept. 5 arbitration award on the POStPlan and a Sept. 22 union-management agreement on implement of the ruling, Clerk Craft Director Clint […]

Oct 15th

USPS updates plan for involuntary reassignments in 2015

USPS notified APWU that an operational review has resulted in a reduction of the number of impacted full-time clerks in the Pacific Area . (Note: the list is subject to change )  Also the list for impacted employees in Tacoma, WA was omitted from the previous list of offices.

Mar 10th

USPS Withdraws Challenge, PSE Hours Count Toward Desirable Duty Assignments

Converted Unencumbered Regulars to be Assigned to Residual Vacancies The Postal Service has withdrawn a challenge to provisions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that require management to post newly created duty assignments using all available work hours — including hours worked by Postal Support Employees, Clerk Craft officers report. “I am happy to announce this […]

Dec 21st

A Look Back: St. Louis postal clerks sorting Christmas mail by hand

ST. LOUIS • With Christmas approaching in 1930 and the Depression settling hard, the Post Office downtown asked for 1,200 temporary helpers to keep up with the crush of holiday mail. More than 4,800 people applied. St. Louis Postmaster Athol Michener said it would be futile for more job-seekers to come downtown. The following year, […]