Month: December 2017

Web News Article #: 120-2017 On Wednesday Dec. 20, Congress voted to pass a tax bill designed to reward the super wealthy and major corporations with more money. Despite being an unpopular bill opposed by [..more..]

News Service Bulletin #: 08-2017

Web News Article #: 119-2017 In an award issued December 8, 2017, Das found that the “End of Day” button – a function the Postal Service added into the Retail System Software (RSS) point-of-sale system allowing postmasters [..more..]

Web News Article #: 119-2017 On Nov. 22, the MVS Division settled a longstanding grievance, QOOV-4Q-C 05171465, regarding Driver Safety Instructor (DSI) positions. In the dispute, the Union’s grievance sought to upgrade the DSI one [..more..]

Web News Article #: 120-2017 An APWU advocate was notified two days before a Mail Handler hearing on a dispute regarding scanning duties. The advocate did not have the proper time to prepare for the [..more..]

Web News Article #: 118-2017 Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the new leave year begins and ends as indicated below: Begins: PP 02-2018, Jan 6, 2018  Ends: PP 01-2019, Jan 4, 2019  

Web News Article #: 117-2017 The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) just issued their long-awaited proposal to change how much the Postal Service can raise postage rates of market dominant products. (Market dominant products include first [..more..]