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April 30, 2021
Second Round of Payments for POStPlan Staffing
On April 26, 2021, the Postal Service informed the Clerk Craft that it had partially input the second round of payments required by the national-level award, dated June 17, 2017 authored by Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg...
April 30, 2021
Industrial Relations ZOOM Seminar: Emergency Federal Employee Leave (EFEL)
On April 29, 2021, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released their long-awaited guidance on EFEL. The Industrial Relations Department will be conducting a ZOOM Seminar to discuss the guidance on Thursday, May 6,...
April 27, 2021
APWU Opposes Management Plans to Reinstitute Plant Consolidations and Closures.
On Tuesday April 27, 2021 postal management informed the APWU of management’s intent to pursue consolidations and operational mail moves in 18 facilities nationwide.
April 24, 2021
APWU Prevails on Management Court Challenge to Victorious Arbitration Award on Union Leave for Political Activity.
In August of 2018, Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg struck down the Postal Service’s unilateral implementation of changes to ELM Section 510 and to PS-Form 3971 regarding union leave for political activity such as in relation...
April 23, 2021
At Senate hearing, USPS Board nominees express commitment to improving quality and reliability, upholding universal service obligation
UPDATE: Today, April 28th, 2021, the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a business meeting to consider pending nominations to the Postal Board of Governors. Following a roll call vote...
April 23, 2021
Remaining Level 6 Mailing Requirements Clerks Upgraded to Level 7
APWU Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Postal Service that upgraded the known remaining Level 6 Mailing Requirements Clerks (MRC) to Level 7. The MOU, dated April 20,...
April 21, 2021
APWU Statement on Derek Chauvin’s Conviction
Yesterday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in the May 2020 murder of George Floyd. Last year, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Executive Vice-President Debby Szeredy and Secretary-Treasurer...
April 19, 2021
Do Not let the Postal Service take your “Pulse!”
The APWU was notified by the USPS that they will be attempting, again, to take your “Postal Pulse” The survey period is schedule from May 11, 2021 to June 11, 2021. The APWU leadership urges you to not let the Postal Ser...
April 13, 2021
USPS Receives COVID-19 Financial Relief Following Success of #SaveThePostOffice Campaign
APWU members and our allies won an important victory in our fight to save the Post Office as the US Treasury Department last week released $8.648 billion to the USPS for COVID-19-related postal operating expenses and los...
March 31, 2021
Clerk Craft Prepares for National Negotiations
The APWU will begin negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in June. The current CBA is set to expire on September 20, 2021. As such, the Clerk Craft officers have begun preparing for negotiations on...
March 26, 2021
Extension with the Postal Service of the April 3, 2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk (MRC) Position Qualification
On March 23, 2021, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks signed an extension with the Postal Service of the April 3, 2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk (MRC) Position Q...
March 26, 2021
National Executive Board votes unanimously to cancel the 2020 National Convention
While we all cannot wait to gather together again, the leadership of APWU takes the health and safety of our members seriously. As a result, in an effort to keep our members safe, the National Executive Board voted una...
March 23, 2021
APWU Statement on the Release of the Postal Service’s 10-Year Plan
Today, Postal Service management issued a 10-year plan they are calling Delivering for America. The plan lays out a number of steps management hopes to take to bridge the projected $160 billion financial shortfall projec...
March 23, 2021
USPS and APWU Reach Function 1 and 4 Staffing Increase Agreement
Postal Management and the American Postal Workers Union signed another Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue to address the significant understaffing at mail processing facilities and post offices throughout the...
March 19, 2021
Latest COVID MOUs and Liberal Leave Policy Extensions
President Dimondstein signed extensions on the COVID MOUs today through June 4, 2021
March 18, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act: Update on Emergency Federal Employee Leave (EFEL)
Multiple questions have been submitted regarding the recently passed stimulus bill known as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Under section Title IV Section 4001 of the bill, funding for Emergency Federal Empl...
March 13, 2021
Biden signs $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Into Law
On Thursday March 11, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law, providing desperately needed relief to America’s working class and stabilizing communities across the country.
March 9, 2021
Imperfect Storm
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The mail system is in chaos. Postal workers are tired and frustrated. Customers are angry. Despite the courageous efforts...
March 2, 2021
Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Appointed
With national contract negotiations set to begin in June, President Mark Dimondstein has announced the names of union members who will serve on the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee. In accordance with the APWU...
March 1, 2021
APWU Pres. Dimondstein Testifies to Congress
On February 24, APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared at a hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform to discuss the financial issues facing the Postal Service and a draft legislative pr...
March 1, 2021
Vaccination Health
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Vaccines are part of a plan for overall optimum health. Unlike most medicines, which treat or cure diseases, vaccines can...
March 1, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination and You
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) People have questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. While this article provides a few of the most commonly ask...
March 1, 2021
Alleviating Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on postal employees. Many are working longer hours with a reduced work...
March 1, 2021
It Pays to Be Union
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On January 22, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its annual Union Membership Report. These figures are not based upo...
March 1, 2021
Using the JCIM to Settle Disputes
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Finalizing all the documentation around a contract is a long process. For the 2018-2021 contract, the APWU and the USPS f...
March 1, 2021
The Merger Guidelines: What are our Options?
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) When locals are faced with circumstances whether foreseen or unforeseen that result in the local being unable to provide...
March 1, 2021
Join President Dimondstein in APWU Live with the President Events!
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Starting in 2021, President Mark Dimondstein launched APWU Live with the President, a regular virtual event for members t...
March 1, 2021
What is Next?
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) We cannot afford to just clock in and clock out each day. We can step up and help fight together with our co-workers for...
March 1, 2021
Organizing to Protect and Enhance the Public Postal Service
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In the March-April 2020 American Postal Worker, this column focused on a few states that had expanded vote-by-mail option...
March 1, 2021
Beginning of President Biden’s Term Shows Positive First Steps for Workers
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During his campaign, President Biden assured the labor movement he would stand with workers. In his first days in office,...