Service Cuts Disrupt Workers’ Lives
January 13, 2015
When postal officials lowered “service standards” on Jan. 5, they didn’t just slow down America’s mail: They set in motion a process that is causing serious disruption in the lives of thousands of hard-working postal employees. As management...
e-Team Report, Jan. 12, 2015
January 12, 2015
New Congress Convenes
The 114th Congress convened last week, with Republicans assuming full control of the body for the first time in 8 years.
Republicans captured control of the Senate and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will lead a...
Mitch McConnell Raises the Possibility of a Grand Bargain with President Obama
January 12, 2015
In his first major speech since becoming the new Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) challenged President Obama to work with him, hinting that he is interested in a “Grand Bargain.” McConnell outlined an ambitious plan that includes...
New MOU to Create Hundreds of Career Jobs in Level 4 POStPlan Offices
January 12, 2015
An addendum to the Sept. 22, 2013, POStPLAN Memorandum of Understanding will place a number of career jobs into Level 4 post offices, which otherwise would have been staffed exclusively with Postal Support Employees (PSEs). The offices in question...
Who Qualifies as a ‘Medical Officer’ with Authority to Sign CDL Health Cards?
January 10, 2015
The APWU has received clarification from the Postal Service regarding who qualifies as a “medical officer” with authority to sign Department of Transportation health cards for postal employees with Commercial Driver’s Licenses. The APWU sought...