U. S. Postal Service: Little Progress Made in Addressing Persistent Labor Management Problems

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Reviews the Postal Service's (USPS) efforts to improve employee working conditions and the overall performance of the USPS since the 1994 report which identified persistent labor-management relations problems and recommended improvements. Determines the status and results of the USPS's progress in implementing 10 specific recommendations and identifies approaches that could help the USPS and its unions and management assoc. achieve consensus on how to deal with these problems. Appendices include a description of the grievance/arbitration process and comments from USPS management assoc. and labor unions and assoc.
 

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Page 43 - ... redirect postal management away from the traditional authoritarian practices toward a style that would encourage employee involvement Our progress toward that goal is evidenced by the three agreements.
Page 93 - Again, thank you for the opportunity to participate in this hearing, and do not hesitate to contact me should you have any additional questions. Sincerely, GEORGE VRADENBURG, III.
Page 15 - In our 1994 report, we highlighted issues associated with the grievance/arbitration process, including the high number of grievances that had been filed and the inability of supervisors or installation heads and union stewards to resolve them at the step 1 and 2 levels. The Postal Service's national grievance arbitration database showed that in fiscal year 1994, a total of 65,062 grievances...

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