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Union Wins Settlement
Automatic Disqualification of Diabetics Lifted
(02/13/08) Motor Vehicle Services employees won an important pre-arbitration settlement Jan. 31, when the Postal Service agreed to rescind a policy that prevented insulin-dependent diabetics with valid Commercial Driver’s Licenses from operating postal vehicles that weigh 26,001 pounds or more. [read more]
USPS Must Maintain All Factory Equipment,
Including Air Conditioning
An e-mail [PDF] from USPS headquarters dated Oct. 3, 2001, instructs managers in the field that former Emery vehicles incorporated into the postal fleet are now considered postal vehicles and must be maintained in a manner consistent with all postal vehicles. “All vehicle component systems, including air conditioning, are to be kept operational and functional,” it notes.
Included is a letter from MVS Craft Director Robert Pritchard to USPS headquarters dated Sept. 18, 2001, outlining management’s failure to repair air conditioning in trucks.
Idling
A letter [PDF] from the USPS to MVS Craft Director Bob Pritchard Nov. 15, 2000, explains management’s refusal to allow drivers of Mack trucks to idle the vehicles for longer than five minutes.

ABOUT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE DIVISION
Robert C. Pritchard, Director
Michael O. Foster, Asst. Director
Phone: 202-842-4240
Fax: 202-842-8517
The Motor Vehicle Craft is composed of APWU members who transport mail and maintain postal vehicles. It is – and always has been – the best-organized craft in the APWU. Approximately two thirds of MVS members are...