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

September 23, 2024
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-...

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: APWU and USPS 'Stop The Clock' to Continue Bargaining

September 21, 2024
As the current contract was due to expire at midnight, September 20, 2024, APWU and USPS agreed to 'Stop The Clock' to continue bargaining for a new contract workers deserve.

Leave My Leave Alone

September 18, 2023
You earn leave, it’s yours! Pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Articles 3,5,10,19 management must comply with the leave regulations outlined in Chapter 510 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Far too often, managers...

2010 MVS Jobs MOU Arbitration Decision

September 18, 2023
The Motor Vehicle craft has received National level Arbitrator Brent’s ruling in case Q10C-4Q-C 4256800, interpreting the language from the MVS Jobs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). In this MOU, the parties agreed to return a minimum of 600 Postal...

2023 Bulk Mail Centers (BMC) Conference, Kansas

September 18, 2023
The Bulk Mail Center (BMC) Conference convened on Monday, April 17, 2023, at the Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa in Riverside, MO. The conference was chaired by Terry B. Martinez, BMC Coordinator, and hosted by Michelle Fitzpatrick, Kansas Kaw Valley...

Surviving the USPS “Alphabet Soup” with the Help of RI-399

September 18, 2023
The number of changes and additions to the USPS dictionary of acronyms can be overwhelming, such as S&DC, RPDC, LPC, and Transfer Hubs, to name a few. This is nothing new and we have survived these types of reorganizational movements in the past...

Fighting for the Issues that Matter: Social Security Fairness, Citizen Power, and More!

September 18, 2023
Your Legislative Department continues to press forward on the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82/S. 597). The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal both the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). These...

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