Maintenance Division

APWU Maint. Div. Secures $15 Million PTR Settlement Agreement

About the Maintenance Division

The Maintenance Craft is a diverse and complex division of the APWU, comprised of approximately 40,000 employees. In addition to the three national officers who work at the union's headquarters in Washington, DC, representation is provided by nine Maintenance National Business Agents (NBAs) and three all-craft NBAs.

Idowu Balogun

Director, Maintenance Division

(202) 842-4213

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October 6, 2025 to October 8, 2025

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APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement

(This article appeared in the November/December 2024 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)

In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-Time Regular (PTR) employees in the Maintenance Division. On September 20, 2024, the APWU and the USPS reached a settlement agreement. If you were a PTR maintenance employee from Fiscal Year 2018 through Dec. 31, 2023, you may be eligibile for payment:

PER DIEM UPDATE - EFF. DATE NOVEMBER 7, 2022

After meeting with the Postal service again and scheduling an NCED site visit, we can announce that the implementation date of the per diem MOU is November 7, 2022 and will be piloted for three years for all Crafts.

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