How do your holiday packages get delivered? USPS offers tour of Birmingham package sorting plant

  How do your holiday packages get delivered? USPS offers tour of Birmingham package sorting plant

"...Some people refer to this as the most wonderful time of the year. For those working at the United States Postal Service package sorting facility in Birmingham, it's the busiest time of year and it's not over yet.

Not too far away, WVTM 13 found people dropping off holiday cards and gifts to be mailed at the downtown Birmingham Post Office. ..."

Reference: www.wvtm13.com
 

Mail Handler Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) set at $978

  Mail Handler Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) set at $978

Effective August 26, 2023 (Pay Period 19-2023), all career Mail Handler craft employees are scheduled to receive a cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment as outlined in Article 9.3 of the 2022 National Agreement. This is the second of six possible COLA increases under the terms of the current agreement. This COLA increase is based on the upward change in the relevant Consumer Price Index (CPI) following release of the July 2023 Index, using the July 2022 CPI index as a base. The resulting calculation provides an annual increase of $978 for all Steps in Table 1 and for Step P of Table 2. The remaining Steps in Table 2 will receive the proportional COLA increase percentages as outlined in Article 9.3 of the National Agreement.

Reference: NPMHU via NPMHU Local 317
 

Postal Mail Handlers, Local 317 | UnionFacts.com

  Postal Mail Handlers, Local 317 | UnionFacts.com

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NPMHU and USPS Reach Agreement on Pilot Program to Return Terminal Handling Services (THS) Work to the Mail Handler Craft

  NPMHU and USPS Reach Agreement on Pilot Program to Return THS Work to the Mail Handler Craft

The 2019 National Agreement includes a MOU on subcontracting, part of which states the following: “Under the 2019 National Agreement, the parties commit to re-establishing their Subcontracting Committee and continuing their discussions about the possibility of returning mail handler work from the Surface Transportation Centers (STC), Mail Transport Equipment Service Centers (MTESC) and the bedloading project. The Committee will consider all relevant factors when discussing the issue outlined above, to include cost, operational efficiency, availability of equipment, and qualification of employees. In addition, any MHA employees utilized as referenced in paragraph 1 will not count against existing non-career caps.”

Based on this MOU, the parties at the National level have been engaged in ongoing discussions about these subjects as well as other subcontracted work. Most recently, discussions have been focused on the Terminal Handling Services which has been subcontracted in most locations since 2001.

We are pleased to announce that the National parties have reached their first agreement on insourcing or returning some of the terminal handling service work to the mail handler craft starting with a one-year pilot program in certain postal facilities. The first installation where the THS work will be returned to postal operations at the West Valley P&DC in Phoenix, AZ. The details of this pilot program is outlined on the attached Memorandum of Understanding.

Although much of the information obtained and being discussed by the NPMHU is subject to nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, should you have any questions on these matters, please do not hesitate to contact the National CAD.

Terminal Handling Services Staffing Pilot – July 13, 2022 (pdf)

Reference: NPMHU via NPMHU Local 317 | Alabama