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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.

Veterans, Savings, a Contentious Hearing

It’s rarely quiet in the legislative arena, and as past President Moe Biller was fond of saying, “The struggle continues.”  Senate bill 1950, which would have repealed a cut to cost-of-living adjustments for future military retirees, was defeated on...

Award on Applicability of TCOLA to Promotion Pay Anomaly Payments [pdf]

This is an NALC case in which the APWU intervened. The issue was whether the Postal Service's failure to pay Territorial COLA (TCOLA) as part of the promotion pay anomaly payments due under the June 13, 1990 Memorandum of Settlement of case number...

Two Wins, One Loss In Private-Sector Campaigns

APWU members ratified a “first contract” in late May for approximately 120 workers at the Cincinnati Mail Transportation Equipment Service Center. The workers at the private-sector MTESC operation are getting their first raise in six years.

Applying for Student Aid

Through Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, eligible students and their families can help fund post-secondary education via FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

Enforcing the Collective Bargaining Agreement in Small Offices

The USPS has begun implementing several policies in small post offices that we believe violate the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Although many of the disputes may eventually be decided at the national level, it is important that...

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