NPMHU – Retroactive Salary Adjustments Delayed
We were just notified that there will be a delay with retroactive salary adjustments in connection with the implementation of the 2022 National Agreement.
Month: August 2023
OSHA investigating heat safety complaint at Grand Island Post Office
In an email statement, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it opened the investigation Tuesday in connection with a complaint related to heat safety.
Billing Data Caught the Eye of USPS OIG Analyst
Through an investigation, OIG agents discovered that a pharmacy was paying doctors to prescribe an expensive medication, send the prescription for that medication to be filled at that pharmacy, and then pay the doctors for their “business.”
Automation underperforming for US Postal Service, watchdog says
WASHINGTON — Early results of the U.S. Postal Service’s push to modernize mail and package processing reveal that the agency is falling far short of performance goals, according to its watchdog unit.
Watchdog says USPS doesn’t have a system to identify lessons learned
The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have “a formal way to capture lessons learned” during a project and disseminate those findings, despite already having the information to do so, a government watchdog found.
U.S. Postal Service Faces More Financial Losses—How Can It Stem the Tide?
The U.S. Postal Service recently announced quarterly financial losses of $1.7 billion, as well as declines in the volume of First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and packages. Financial challenges like this are nothing new.
GAO – U.S. Postal Service: Better Incorporating Leading Practices for Project Management Could Benefit Strategic Plan Implementation
USPS’s policies for implementing Strategic Plan projects fully or substantially met six of 11 selected GAO leading practices for project management. However, GAO found that USPS’s implementation policies partially or minimally met five leading practices
‘It was a death trap.’ These workers died in triple-digit heat. Now their loved ones demand change
Gates’ late husband, Eugene, had worked for the US Postal Service for 36 years. In June, he left home for his usual delivery route in the Lakewood, Texas, area.
USPS OIG – Postal Service’s Use of Automated Guided Vehicles
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are powered industrial vehicles modified to enable driverless operation. Beginning in June 2019, the Postal Service spent [redacted] to purchase and deploy 350 AGVs between October 2019 and April 2022.
APWU – Postal Support Employees now eligible for dental and vision benefits (FEDVIP)
There’s some exciting news for PSEs. Postal Support Employees are now eligible for the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).