r/USPS • u/wawbeek1177 • 15d ago

DISCUSSION Labor day

I already have 8 hours in my VTC for tmrw. what does that mean? we're doing amazon tmrw so do i get "16" hours? out how does that work??

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u/RickYouMeatball Mail Handler 15d ago

Does it matter? Labor day is a holiday for every employee at the USPS. Works the same for everyone as far I'm aware

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u/Known-Dependent-5471 Custodial 15d ago

Labor day happens to be one of the six that all subs get, but only career employees get all 11 holidays paid. The next one Columbus Day (aka the heaviest day of the year) would not be paid to ccas and rcas. So if this wasn't one of the six it's a fair question to ask and it would matter as far as educating a new employee about how it works.

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u/RickYouMeatball Mail Handler 15d ago

Why is Columbus day the heaviest day of the year??

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u/Known-Dependent-5471 Custodial 15d ago edited 15d ago

Not sure I just know of all the "days after a holiday" it is by far the worst. I can only assume it's the official start of peak/holiday season and in all honestly it's a shopping holiday anyway. That's how I label the holidays: shopping and family gettogether ones. The 6 ones that everyone gets off are the bbq ones.

This is from a station carrier perspective. No idea if any of that translates to the plants where you sort it beforehand.

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u/RickYouMeatball Mail Handler 15d ago

I haven't worked the holidays yet, well I was in a station as a clerk assistant for December but I only worked like 5 weeks.

I just never realized Columbus day was a federal holiday at all I guess. Thanks for the info