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January 1, 2016
Arbitrator Blasts Management In BMC Staffing Case
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU won an important grievance involving maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbi...
January 1, 2016
Arbitrator Blasts Management In BMC Staffing Case
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU won an important grievance involving maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbi...
December 18, 2015
Maintenance Division Files Suit to Enforce eWHEP Staffing Award
The APWU filed a complaint in federal court on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMC), Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The complaint asks...
November 24, 2015
Peak Season Exception Period
The reporting period for the 2015 Peak Season Exception Period began on Nov. 14, 2015, and ends Jan. 8, 2016. The three consecutive pay periods will be the weeks of Nov. 14, 2015, to Dec. 25, 2015, or Nov. 28, 2015, to...
November 1, 2015
Management’s New BEM Motto: Run to Failure!
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Postal Service has notified the APWU of management’s intent to move forward with proposed changes to the MS-1...
October 20, 2015
Arbitrator Hammers USPS in Maintenance Staffing Case
The APWU won an important grievance involving Maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbitrator Ira Jaffe issued a stinging rebuke to the Postal Service.
September 1, 2015
The End of the Fiscal Year and Custodial Hours
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We are quite likely still heading for Interest Arbitration for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. And while th...
September 1, 2015
The End of the Fiscal Year and Custodial Hours
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We are quite likely still heading for Interest Arbitration for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. And while th...
July 1, 2015
Old Ideas on Vacancies Die Hard
National Day of Action event in Jacksonville, FL. (This article first appeared in the July-August 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) It seems some old perceptions and misunderstandings die hard, even whe...
February 18, 2015
Custodial Implementation Schedule as of Feb. 14, 2015
The Postal Service and APWU settled a custodial staffing dispute in July, with staged gradual implementation as one of the requirements.
January 12, 2015
New MOU to Create Hundreds of Career Jobs in Level 4 POStPlan Offices
An addendum to the Sept. 22, 2013, POStPLAN Memorandum of Understanding will place a number of career jobs into Level 4 post offices, which otherwise would have been staffed exclusively with Postal Support Employees (PSE...
December 23, 2014
Is Sub-Contracting Cheaper? Really?
As we prepare to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, one of the most important issues to resolve is what constitutes a “fair cost comparison of all reasonable costs.” It’s fair to say that this is a key issu...
December 23, 2014
Winning ‘Automatic’ Remedies for Staffing Violations
Hopefully, every local applied the procedures outlined in the July 9, 2014, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding implementation of the MS-47 - TL-5 Handbook at the conclusion of fiscal year 2014. The agreement inc...
December 22, 2014
Season’s Greetings!
October 27, 2014
APWU, USPS Settle Custodial Subcontracting Dispute
The APWU and Postal Service have reached an agreement that prohibits management from subcontracting cleaning services based on an employee’s voluntarily transfer from an office where USPS custodians are employed. The Oct...
October 14, 2014
Maintenance Defeats Improper Excessing
Maintenance craft officers recently settled an important dispute, stipulating that the Postal Service cannot declare an installation “non-maintenance capable” and then use the designation to justify excessing Maintenance...
September 22, 2014
APWU Wins Major Victory on Staffing ‘POStPlan’ Offices
The APWU has won a major victory on staffing in post offices affected by the “POStPlan” – a victory that will result in the creation of at least 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs within 90 days. In a ruling dated Sept. 5, Arbit...
September 11, 2014
Dispute on Custodial Staffing Settled; More Than 3,150 PSEs Converted
The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement on July 9 that resolved a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and resulted in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees. It was not a...
July 11, 2014
Maintenance Craft Settles Dispute on Custodial Staffing; Will Convert More Than 3,150 PSEs
The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement July 9 that resolves a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and results in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees, Maintenance Craf...
July 1, 2014
Progress on PSEs; Attacks on BEMs, Custodians
The Maintenance Craft has made significant progress recently on issues of concern to Postal Support Employees (PSEs). The Memorandum of Understanding on Filling Residual Vacancies, which was signed by President Dimondste...
May 25, 2012
Maintenance Agreement Protects Staffing
The APWU and the USPS reached a settlement on May 25 that will protect staffing, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced.
May 1, 2012
APWU, USPS Settle Dispute On Covering Custodial Absences
The APWU and Postal Service have settled a grievance regarding the proper procedure for covering absences of custodians, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced.
April 13, 2012
February 1, 2012
Movement on Maintenance Craft Jobs Memo
Finally, there is some movement in the Maintenance Craft on implementation of key provisions the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced.
January 13, 2012
Beware of Risks in USPS Campaign For Voluntary Transfers to Letter Carrier
The APWU is warning union members of risks associated with a management campaign to encourage career Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Craft employees to volunteer for reassignments to the Letter Carrier Craft.
April 8, 2011
Vote on Tentative Contract
March 14, 2011
APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, union President Cliff Guffey announced today. ALSO: Highlights of the new Collective Bargaining Agreemen...
November 20, 2006
APWU Wins Major Maintenance Arbitration Case
The APWU won a major victory last week when Arbitrator Shyam Das sustained a grievance protesting USPS custodial staffing policies. “This landmark award will help the APWU protect the custodial workforce,” said Maintenan...