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...

APWU Arbitration Award Restores Rules for Employees Using Leave Without Pay to Campaign

APWU members can continue to volunteer in political campaigns under the long-standing leave-without-pay rules in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM).  A national arbitrator rejected changes the Postal Service made to the Leave Without Pay...

Can We Trust USPS Management?

(This article first appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)  By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors  Can we ever trust USPS management to live up to their agreements and obligations? On August 18, 2016,...

MS-1 Settlement Reached

(This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Craft Directors  On Feb. 27, 2018, the USPS and the Maintenance Division reached a resolution regarding the MS-1 Handbook revisions that...

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