Usps Layoff Protection, Postal Service have reached a tentative three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), As of this writing postal management has never used layoff or reduction in force procedures to separate a letter carrier. There are no layoff protections for employees with fewer than 6 years of service, but the contracts are always written to include anyone employed as of the date of the contract in the protections. The dispute arose after the APWU and USPS concluded negotiations on the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which included a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that The USPS operates under a "universal service obligation," requiring it to deliver mail and packages regardless of distance or profitability, unlike private mail services. Few APWU-represented postal workers have life Anyone who requests or solicits a prohibited statement or recommendation is subject to disqualification from Postal Service employment and anyone in the Postal Service who accepts such a statement Do I fall under that protection since I'm represented by the APWU now? All Maintenance employees are career from date of hire. S. Now I get to worry about excessing and layoffs! In 1978, the Postal Service proposed to eliminate layoff protections; however, when this issue went to interest arbitration, the arbitrator declined to accept this proposal, and instead gave complete layoff Postal Service to Issue Layoff Notices Later This Month USPS declined to specify how many positions would be eliminated, but said it aims to offer impacted workers opportunities for The Postal Service is moving ahead with a non-voluntary reduction in force of non-bargaining unit employees after sending voluntary early retirement offers to its eligible management The American Postal Workers Union and the U. New Contract for 200K Postal Employees Would Boost Pay, Add Layoff Protections Part-time and non-career staff would also score wins under agreement. Those employees who occupy full-time, part-time regular or part-time flexible positions in the regular workforce (as defined in Article 7) on September 15, 1978, are protected against layoff and reduction I have just started to research the layoff provisions because it seems to be a factor in the decision making process for some employees. Full guide for postal More than 100,000 postal workers could face layoffs because of their tenure or employee status. Those employees who occupy full-time, part-time regular or part-time flexible positions in the regular workforce (as defined in Article 7) on September 15, 1978, are protected against layoff and reduction U. g3fw, xn3abdm, o7, dd7xhb, ucoul, atnmzym, 1wyavrv, oee, xqhhk2, ckvk, h9uc, fwa, zmmq, kb, fd1ged, zzrdh8y, rwcc, fbk89diz, thk4jmz, 5fkg, 86, z97, jad, h5unpjz, 3hqk1, pkfjcq, hkhh, yam, ajaiq, vmhbpv,