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Leave in Light of School Closings

THIS JUST IN FROM APWU PRESIDENT, MARK DIMONDSTEIN

This morning we initiated discussion with the Postal Service regarding their leave policy as it relates to new hardships of child/family care placed on many of our members due to school closings in many states.

The Postal Service stated they are working on implementing a “liberal” leave policy.  We made some concrete proposals and the Postal Service promised to get back to us today.

The union view is that at a minimum, “liberal leave” should mean that no leave usage is held against employees and LWOP should be available to those who do not have leave balances to cover the time.

Please disseminate this to your local and state officer lists and please let us know any concrete problems that are arising from the field on this issue.

We will follow up on the progress of our ongoing discussions with management at the HQ level.

Thanks for all your continuing diligent work as this pandemic is deeply affecting the health, economy and way of life for millions, with no end in sight.

 

In Solidarity,

 

Mark Dimondstein, President
American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO

Hatch Act from the APWU HQ Legislative Department

The attached flyer has an easy to understand list of what is (and isn’t) considered in compliance while on and off duty as it relates to political activity and social media. DOWNLOAD IT AND POST IT IN YOUR FACILITY!! If you have any questions, please direct them to Judy Beard in our Headquarters Legislative Department.

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USPS is Testing Self-Driving Trucks

Our President of South Jersey Area Local, Rob Armentani, had this to say:

“The link below is on the APWU website posted June 14 concerning the USPS pilot of driverless tractors driving from Dallas to Phoenix with live mail. We are requesting our members, families,friends, and the community to go to the FMCSA website and make comments. We are concerned with the federal government relaxing the safety standards and regulations on driverless trucks. We are asking that you encourage your network to submit comments that cautions the government about these types of vehicles and their impact on the trucking industry.

Comments are allowed until July 29 but we want to start as soon as possible.”

https://apwu.org/news/usps-testing-self-driving-trucks