NEXT MEETING 
Sunday, September 10, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

Teamsters Union Hall
3614 Lehigh Street, Whitehall,  PA 18052
 
 
 

APWU Workplace Enviornment Surveys:  Did You Complete Yours?

    Postal workers, like all workers, deserve a job where we can show up, safely do our work, and clock out knowing that we put in a good day’s work. But a vicious cycle of toxic work culture and short staffing is hurting postal workers and the communities we serve.  We are speaking up together to demand dignity and respect from postal management so that we can end the short-staffing crisis, stop toxic management practices, and keep delivering a strong public Postal Service.

     How can get involved? 

  • Wear a sticker!  Three stickers are available in the designs above.  Let management know how you feel!  (note:  clerks should not wear the stickers while working the window)

  • Take the Workplace Environment Survey!  This is not USPS's silly "Voice of the Employee" which should be boycotted.  This survey was prepared by, and for, the APWU to give members accross the country a chance to tell us the good, bad, and ugly, about their facility.  The more surveys submitted, the better picture we will get and we can identify problem offices and managers.  You can submit the survey anonymously, but we do need to know what office you work in.  You can complete the survey online!  Click here to take the survey online!

  • Record a Video!  Take a minute to record a video sharing how ending hostile workplaces in USPS facilities can help you deliver better services.  Click here to record a video!

Net-to-Bank (Direct Deposit) & Allotments Available on Liteblue / PostalEase 

    Charlie Cash,  APWU Director of Industrial Relations, reports that access to Net-to-Bank and allotments is once again available on liteblue.  Both features were locked as a result of the hacking scams going around in late 2022.  The USPS has re-opened these options for a short time in January 2023, but quickly closed them again as there were still concerns about security.  Employee should now have full access to make changes to their allotments or direct deposit.

eOPF access blocked - Employees Can Request Hard Copies

     The USPS has blocked access to employee personell folders (eOPF) on liteblue due to concerns about security.  The documents in an employees OPF contain sensitive information (i.e. social security numbers, former addresses, maiden names, date of birth, high school attended, etc...)  Some of this information is the kind used for security questions to reset passwords for online accounts.

     The Postal Service has employed an Artifical Intelligence (AI) program to scour the eOPF documents of all employees.  The AI program is redacting, and obscuring, sensitive information.  However, the AI program cannot identify hand-written information.  As a result, the USPS must review the eOPF for every employee and manually redact any information the AI program may have missed.  The USPS indicates it may take six months, or more, to complete this process.  Until that time, the eOPF feature will be unavailable.

      The USPS has indictaed that employee may request printed copies of their eOPF, at no charge, by contacting their district office:  From the USPS "Employees may request a copy of their eOPFs in person or in writing to their district Human Resource Office.    If the request is made in writing, they will be requested to provide proof of identity.  No charges will be assessed of active employees for requested copies of hard copies of their eOPFs while the eOPF system remains unavailable due to security upgrades."  The Postal Service has provided the following contact information for eOPF requests.

District Contact email Phone Address
PA-1 Lori Price lori.a.price@usps.gov 412-359-7687 1001 California Ave
Pittsburgh, PA  15290-9998
DE-PA2 Julie Campbell julie.campbell@usps.gov 215-863-5034 3190 S 70th St
Philadelphia, PA  19053-9994

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON LITEBLUE SCAMS!!

APWU members are warned of two scams that have been occuring involving liteblue.  The first involves scammers that call employees and claim to be Postal Inpectors.  The inform the employee that their liteblue access has been locked and, in order to unlock it, the employee needs to verify their identify by providing the employee ID number and liteblue password.  If the scammers get the info, they log on to the employee's account and change thjeir direct deposit information to send their paycheck to another bank account.

The second scam affects people who use Google searches to log on to liteblue.  When they do a Google search for liteblue, some of the results that come up lead to fake liteblue sites.  The scammers hope you input your information so they can steal it.

More detailed information is on the APWU website.  Read it HERE

 

Maintenance LMOU Updated

We have completed negotaitions and signed-off on the 2021 - 2024 Maintenance Craft Local Memoiradum of Understanding for the Lehigh Valley P&DC.  We are in the process of having new LMOU books printed for every Maintenance Craft member at the plant.  Until they are ready, we have posted a copy of the new LMOU HERE.  Feel free to look it over and ask any questions you may have.

 

We are also planning to set up a number of Zoom meetings, with maintenance craft employees, to go over the changes int he agreement.  Keep an eye on the bulletin board for dates / times of meeting

 

PTF / PSE CANVASSING MOVES ONLINE

Effective February 01, 2022, the USPS will be moving all PTF/PSE Canvassing bids online as part of eReassign on litbelue.  Both the APWU and USPS realized there were problems with the current canvassing processes because some offices failed (refused?) to share the printed canvassing notices with their employees.  This resulted in many PTFs missing out on the opportunity to change offices, and PSEs were denied the opportunity to convert to a career position.

This new, digital, process will remove that obstacle and grant all employees equal opportunities to bid.  Postmasters in all offices have been instructed to give a service talk and post notices about this new process.  In anticipation of the fact that some will "forget" to do it, you can view the posting HERE.

 

PRE-PRINT COPY OF NEW CONTRACT

The APWU has released a pre-print copy of the tentative agreement.  This is a draft version which is pending proofreading and final editing before being printed and sent out to all members for the ratification vote.  You can get a head start on preparing for the vote if you want to review the document HERE

 

COVID-19 INFORMATION & RESOURCES PAGE ADDED

With COVID surging across the District and the country, we have created a separate page for COVID related resources, information, and forms.  This information includes:

  • Information about filing and OWCP claim when you are out of work due to COVID

  • Step-by-step instructions for filing a claim using the web-based e-Comp site

  • Links to carious documents, tutorials, Memorandums of Understanding, and other COVID stuff

Check out the COVID-19 page now. 

 

2022 LOCAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

JANUARY 09, 2022 FEBRUARY 06, 2022
APRIL 10, 2022 MAY 15, 2022
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 NOVEMBER 06, 2022
The Local will also be hosting
Area Informational Meetings in:
March 2022 - (Date / Location TBD)
June 2022 -  (Date / Location TBD)
October 25, 2022 - Stroudsburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
COVID INFO PAGE
RMD CALL OFF
877-477-3273
TTY 866-833-8777
USPS EMERGENCY HOTLINE
888-363-7462


 
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