PSE Overtime Rates to Increase, Retroactive Pay Adjustments to Be Made
The Postal Service method of calculating overtime rates for PSEs violates the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Department of Labor has found. The Postal Service has based overtime pay, which is paid at one-and-a-half times an employee’s hourly...
Union Fights USPS Abuse of PSEs in Small Offices
“The Postal Service is abusing Postal Support Employees in small offices and systematically violating contractual restrictions governing PSEs, Clerk Craft Director Rob Strunk has declared. “And we intend to do something about it.
PSEs Have Rights When Issued Discipline
The APWU and USPS have reached an agreement that clarifies the rights of Postal Support Employees (PSEs) when discipline is issued, Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris has announced. In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (...
Cost-of-Living Raises Set for March
Career APWU members will receive a $207 annual increase in pay beginning next month, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced.
ALSO: APWU President Cliff Guffey is calling on union members to ask their senators and representatives to co-sponsor a...
APWU Suit Prompts USPS To Postpone MVS Subcontracting in CA
A Nov. 9 hearing in federal court in California has prompted the USPS to postpone subcontracting all Postal Vehicle Service operations in the state until early next year, after arbitration on the matter.