Postal Service echoes Enron abuses

"...The need for reform at the top and a complete overhaul of the current USPS culture is evident when you look at the scandals revealed recently, including the Bob Bernstock scandal in July,..."    

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OSHA Fines USPS For Safety Violations at Kansas City BMC

"...The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Postal Service $191,000 in fines for exposing employees to serious and repeat safety hazards at the Bulk Mail Center (BMC) in Kansas City, KS...."    

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Acting Postmaster charged with obstructing mail

"...a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service based in Maine, said an “officer in charge” is an acting postmaster. “It’s the temporary head of that facility while there is a search going on for who will take over as the permanent postmaster of the facility,” he said...."    

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Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day Delivery, New Business Model

"...“Postal management has intensified its financial problems by offering excessive worksharing discounts to major mailers and by subcontracting work at exorbitant costs,” Burrus said. Worksharing discounts are given to mailers that pre-sort and pre-barcode their mail, he said, but the discounts exceed the costs the Postal Service avoids when the work is performed by mailers. “Subcontracting is another important source of waste and inefficiency,” he noted.

“We call for a thorough investigation by the Office of the Inspector General into the expanding role of subcontracting and the inflated costs associated with them,” he said.

“Furthermore, we reject any effort to pollute the collective bargaining process with threats of draconian work-rule changes.” Contract negotiations will begin in August. ..."    

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Early Out: APWU and USPS to Meet July 8, 2008

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APWU, USPS to Meet July 8 Over Possible 'Early Out' Offer

"...The union learned unofficially on July 3 that the Postal Service had requested authority from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to offer early retirement to 40,000 postal employees.

No specifics of any early-retirement plan are available. “As information is provided, we will share it with our members,” Burrus said.

The meeting, which was rescheduled from July 7, is being held at the request of the APWU. As Burrus reported in an Update for union members last week, the union interprets the National Agreement as requiring bargaining over early-retirement offers. A written demand for notification has been sent to postal management..."    

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