White House Targets Postal Workers
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
On Dec. 4, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department released the long-awaited report by the White House’s Task Force on the United States Postal...
New Leave Year Begins Jan. 5
The 2019 new leave year begins and ends as indicated below:
Begins: PP 02-2019, Jan 5, 2019
Ends: PP 01-2020, Jan 3, 2020
You can find the 2019 Pay & Holiday Calendar and the 2019 Leave Chart on the pay Information page.
Watch and Share our New Ad: The US Postal Service - Keep it. It's Yours!
We’re ramping up our campaign to stop the White House’s proposal to sell the USPS to private corporations — and we’re asking every APWU member to join the fight. We partnered with the National Association of Letter Carriers to produce a new ad to...
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...
Is the Postal Service Sick?
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
By Western Regional Coordinator Omar Gonzalez
33,400+ employees are absent daily claims management, triggering their Attendance Control Employee...