APWU Enters Mediation
In our continuing efforts to get the contract the members deserve, the APWU invoked mediation on April 3, 2019 – sending a letter to the Acting Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and to the Postal Service. The Federal...
Frequently Asked Questions
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
With negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the USPS and the APWU now at an impasse, we are heading into interest...
Arbitrator Rejects APWU Challenges to Roof Maintenance
In a decision issued on Friday, January 4, 2019, Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service did not violate the National Agreement in 2011 when it decided to subcontract roof maintenance and repair work. The Union contended that...
Day of Mourning to Be Observed December 5
President Donald Trump proclaimed Dec. 5 as a national day of mourning upon the death of President George H. W. Bush, the Postal Service announced today.
“Out of respect for President Bush, the nation’s 41st commander-in-chief, and to honor his vast...
2018 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period
Reminder, in accordance with Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a consecutive four-week period each year during December.
This year, the December period begins December...