(05/04/12) The APWU and USPS agreed to job descriptions for new Lead Clerk positions on May 4, and agreed to the process for posting and bidding the new positions. The new positions were negotiated as part of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The process for establishing the new positions in outlined in series of Questions and Answers. [PDF]

Lead Clerk positions will be established as follows:

Lead Sales & Service Associate [PDF]

Lead Mail Processing Clerk [PDF]

Lead Customer Service Clerk [PDF]

They will earn one level higher than others in their group.

To be awarded a Lead Customer Clerk or Lead Mail Processing Clerk position, employees must have a minimum of one year’s experience in the functional area. Lead Sales & Service Associates must have a minimum of one year’s experience working on the window.

Lead Clerks can perform all of the tasks of a supervisor except issue discipline and grant leave. They may work alone or as a working leader, with or without supervision, and will have the latitude to determine when a supervisor should be involved in their activities.

Lead Clerk positions will be posted as senior-qualified duty assignments.

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2012 – The following comments were made by Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and Postmaster General & CEO Patrick R. Donahoe during today’s open session meeting of the Board of Governors. Remarks as delivered may vary from prepared text.

Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Chairman, Postal Service Board of Governors

“For the past several years the Board of Governors has sought legislation that would improve the Postal Service business model. We have emphasized that business-as-usual is unacceptable. The long-term financial stability of the Postal Service depends upon gaining greater flexibility to adapt to the changing realities of the modern marketplace. This can only be accomplished through legislative change coupled with aggressive actions by Postal management. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today joined a bipartisan group of 43 Senators in a letter urging the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to extend its current moratorium on post office closures until after a postal reform bill is signed into law. The current moratorium is scheduled to expire on May 15.

“Communities across West Virginia and the nation are facing great uncertainty about the future of their post offices,” Senator Manchin said. “Right now there are 3,700 post offices that could face closure nationwide when the current moratorium expires, including 150 in West Virginia. In our rural areas, these post offices are more than just places to send and receive mail – they are truly the lifelines of their communities and the only way a town is able to stay connected. I will continue doing everything in my power to ensure that the Postal Service does not balance its books on the backs of our rural communities.” Read the rest of this entry »