When Complement Managers Make Contact, Union Calls Foul

(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As this issue goes to press, there is no sign that management is stopping or postponing the Network Rationalization Plan and the quest to systemically...

What Does the Year Hold for Us?

(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The USPS welcomed 2015 by reducing service standards so it can complete its so-called “Network Rationalization Plan.” The plan calls for the closure...

It's Left Up to Us

Logic, common sense and the Postal Service’s irresponsible decisions tell us that management will not manage the USPS out of its manufactured financial crisis. The four postal unions – the APWU, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the...

Maintenance Defeats Improper Excessing

Maintenance craft officers recently settled an important dispute, stipulating that the Postal Service cannot declare an installation “non-maintenance capable” and then use the designation to justify excessing Maintenance Craft employees who work on...

Arbitrator Rules: Excessed Employees Must Meet Minimum Qualifications Before Reassignment

The APWU won an important arbitration award on June 24, when Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service must determine – prior to excessing employees across craft lines – that the employees meet the minimum qualifications for the...

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