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March 24, 2022
What…did you not vote on the CBA?
By now the fate of the contract is decided. You either exercised the power of your membership or let it go to waste. If you voted, thanks, because for over 180 years postal workers had very little, if any, say in their e...
March 24, 2022
We need Your Help! (Does Your Postal Facility Look Like This?)
We need Postal facilities fully restored with mail processing equipment, properly postal staffed, and we need our 2012 service standards back (94%-97% performance scores).
March 23, 2022
President’s Column: Team APWU – Bringing home the Gold!
Wow! Just months into 2022 and great news on two fronts: First: Our Collective Bargaining Agreement covering the wages, benefits, and working conditions of 200,000 postal workers has been overwhelmingly ratified with a 9...
March 22, 2022
Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman Steps Down; Charlie Cash Appointed to Fill Vacancy
APWU Industrial Relations Director (IRD) Vance Zimmerman has announced that he is stepping down from his position effective March 26, 2022. In accordance with the APWU National Constitution, President Mark Dimondstein fi...
March 22, 2022
Daleo Freeman Appointed as Human Relations Director
President Dimondstein has appointed Daleo Freeman to the vacant position of Human Relations Director. In accordance with the National APWU Constitution Brother Freeman’s appointment was approved by the National Executiv...
March 17, 2022
Implementation Dates for Pay Increases in New Contract Confirmed
On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, the Postal Service confirmed to the APWU important dates for implementation of the pay provisions of the 2021-2024 National Agreement. There were significant changes to the pay and leave pro...
March 16, 2022
List of Residual Vacancies Made Available for PTF Clerks’ One-Time Reassignment Opportunity
In accordance with the MOU, Re: PTF One-Time Voluntary Reassignment Opportunity, the Postal Service provided a list of available residual duty assignments for PTF clerks to choose from, within their own district. Attache...
March 14, 2022
We Need Your Help! (Does Your Postal Facility Look Like This?)
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 that helped manufacture a financial crisis at USPS was passed by Co...
March 14, 2022
Team APWU – Bringing home the Gold!
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Wow! Just months into 2022 and great news on two fronts: FIRST: Our Collective Bargaining Agreement covering the wages, b...
March 11, 2022
COVID-19 Impact on Mental Health
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of the American Postal Workers Magazine.) The mental health of Americans has always been a cause for concern. The APWU Health Plan is working hard to raise aware...
March 8, 2022
The Postal Service Reform Act Passes the Senate & Will Become Law
In a historic moment, the Senate passed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on March 8th. The House passed the bill last month with a vote of 342-92. The legislation will now go to President Biden’s desk, where he will...
March 3, 2022
PTF Clerks’ One-Time Voluntary Reassignment Opportunity Available in March 2022
Now that the APWU membership has voted to ratify the 2021-24 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), one of the first orders of business for the Clerk Craft is to activate the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that allows...
March 3, 2022
Dealing with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Training Seminar
The Industrial Relations Department in conjunction with the APWU attorneys will be conducting a seminar on Dealing with the National Labor Relations Board on April 5th 2022. The seminar will cover topics like the Duty of...
February 28, 2022
The New Union Contract is Ratified!
The main Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract) between the APWU and the USPS has been overwhelmingly ratified by the members. The contract was signed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Postmaster General L...
February 25, 2022
Arbitrator Sharnoff Award on APWU-NPMHU Jurisdictional Disputes over AFCS and AFCS 200
On January 31, 2021, Arbitrator Sharnoff issued a lengthy award on the APWU-NPMHU jurisdictional disputes over the AFCS and AFCS 200. The APWU successfully prevailed in protecting Clerk Work when Arbitrator Sharnoff affi...
February 20, 2022
Tentative Contract Agreement Ratification Ballot Count Extended to 2/28
In response to reports received of mail delivery delays in multiple cities and the fact Monday is a holiday, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) will begin the ballot count under the supervision of the Rank and Fi...
February 16, 2022
IT/AS Contract Extension Ratification
On February 15, 2022 the members covered by the IT/AS Collective Bargaining Agreement voted to ratify the terms of an extension which covers July 18, 2020 through May 17, 2022. The membership spoke loud and clear with 34...
February 10, 2022
FIRST COLA INCREASE TO BE $1,310.00
Every full-time career employee in every step and grade will receive an annual increase of $1,310 or 63 cents per hour. In percentage terms, the median percentage increase across all steps and levels for career employees...
February 8, 2022
Breaking News: Postal Service Reform Act Passes the House of Representatives – on to the Senate!
On February 8, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 (H.R. 3076) passed with overwhelming support in the House of Representatives by a vote of 342-92. “After 15 years of fighting for much-needed and long-overdue reforms,...
February 7, 2022
2021-2024 Tentative Agreement Available to Download from Website
All ballots/ratification packets have been mailed to eligible voters. Non-members of the union have also been mailed a ratification packet and a ballot that includes a PS-Form 1187 to join the union. Any non-member who r...
February 4, 2022
Latest COVID MOUs and Liberal Leave Policy Extensions until April 8, 2022
Today, President Dimondstein signed extensions on the COVID MOUs through April 8, 2022. The liberal leave policy has also been extended. They are listed, together with the full archive of MOUs and other resources on the...
February 3, 2022
Safety Ambassador Settlement
On January 28, 2022, the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO reached a settlement agreement with the Postal Service on the Safety Ambassador Program. The case was scheduled to be heard in national arbitration on Febru...
February 1, 2022
APWU POWER’s 20th Biennial National Convention Conducted by Zoom
The APWU POWER Coordinators invite you to our 20th Biennial National Convention by Zoom on March 25 and March 26, 2022 in celebration of Women’s History Month! The convention convenes on both Friday, March 25 and Saturda...
January 28, 2022
Canvass Process for PTFs and PSEs Made Easier in eReassign
Step 7 and Section B.2 of the MOU, Re: Residual Vacancies – Clerk Craft, for residual vacancies and PTF vacancies will now be available on eReassign, effective February 1, 2022. Once implemented, PTFs and PSEs will have...
January 21, 2022
IT/AS Tentative Agreement Extension Reached!
The American Postal Workers and the United States Postal Service have reached a Tentative Extension Agreement for the Information Technology/Accounting Service Collective Bargaining Agreement. The parties have agreed to...
January 14, 2022
USPS/APWU Reach Final Remedy Settlement on Major Clerk Craft Jobs MOU National Dispute
Clerk Division Director Lamont Brooks signed a settlement agreement to resolve the outstanding issue of the remedy in Case # Q10C-4Q-C 15174956. This issue remained pending based on the decision of Arbitrator Goldberg’s...
January 14, 2022
The Gift That Keeps on Giving…
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) One of the greatest gifts ever given to postal workers was not one delivered by Santa. It is our right to collective...
January 13, 2022
Biden Administration Taps USPS and Postal Workers for Distribution of COVID Test Kits
The Biden Administration has announced a program to mail at-home COVID test kits to every household that requests them. These kits could be mailed to as many as 160 million addresses. APWU members will be critical to the...
January 12, 2022
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Protect Voting Rights
Voting rights of the people are under attack and federal legislation is urgently needed to protect them. In order to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, the filibuste...
January 6, 2022
Voting Rights Legislation of the 117th Congress: What You Need to Know
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Ahead of important elections, Congress and the Biden Administration must strengthen and enshrine voting rights at th...