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News Article | September 16, 2020
It Pays to Be Union! Retroactive Pay and COLAs in Recent Paychecks
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) As this issue goes to press, most APWU members received their retroactive pay in their paychecks dated September 4. This retroactive pay is the back pay entitled from the 2018 and 2019 pay increa...
News Article | September 16, 2020
National MVS Assistant Director Javier Piñeres Retires from APWU
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Effective August 31, national MVS Assistant Director Javier E. Piñeres retired after nearly two decades as an APWU officer. Javier began his postal career in 1984. He served the San Jose Area Loc...
News Article | July 1, 2020
Temporary Resources for COVID-19 Related Cleaning Requirements
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) In order to accommodate those installations staffed by Maintenance Craft Custodians where supplemental cleaning resources are needed due to COVID-19 related absenteeism, or where postal custodians decl...
News Article | May 20, 2020
COVID-19 Emergency Considerations for Fiscal Year 2020
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parties agree the following conditions will be applied when determining any MS-47, TL-5 Line H liabilities for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20):
News Article | April 10, 2020
Date Announced for PSE Conversions
The Postal Service has informed the APWU of the date that Postal Support Employees (PSEs) who have been employed in 125 workyear or larger offices for more than 2.5 years (30 months) will be converted to career status.
News Article | March 17, 2020
What’s New in Support Services?
(This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The APWU National Postal Professional Nurses came to terms with the Postal Service on a successor collective bargaining agreement (CBA) just before Christmas 2019. The terms were subsequently ratified...
News Article | March 16, 2020
The CATs Next Life
With the successful conclusion of the interest arbitration process, it is time for the CATs to continue Fighting Today for A Better Tomorrow beyond the 2018 Contract Campaign.
News Article | March 12, 2020
Union, Management Agree to Local Implementation Timeline
In the wake of the arbitration award on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the APWU and USPS have agreed to a timeline for local negotiations, Director of Industrial Vance Zimmerman announced.
News Article | March 11, 2020
We Have a New Union Contract!!
The big news is in – 200,000 postal workers represented by the APWU have a new union contract!
News Article | January 23, 2020
Starting Strong, Looking Ahead
(This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Happy New Year! It was a great way to end last year when 250 non-supervisory postal workers at the Human Resource Shared Services Center in NC overwhelmingly voted to join the APWU. Welcome to...
News Article | December 23, 2019
Tentative Agreements reached for National Professional Postal Nurses (NPPN) and the Information Technology/Accounting Services (IT/AS) units.
The American Postal Workers Union and U.S. Postal Service have come to tentative terms on Collective Bargaining Agreements for the National Professional Postal Nurses (NPPN) contract and the Information Technology/Accounting Services (IT/AS) contracts, announced Support Services Director Steve Brook...
News Article | November 20, 2019
‘Gaining Strength from Our Past, to Fight for Our Future!’
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Gaining Strength from Our Past, to Fight for Our Future was the theme that kicked off Post Office Women for Equal Rights, APWU POWER’s, 40th Anniversary and 19th Biennial National Convention in...
News Article | November 19, 2019
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
News Article | November 19, 2019
Labor News
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
News Article | November 19, 2019
Negotiation/Arbitration with the USPS
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Most postal workers would be surprised to learn that during negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the top management officials did not meet with the union to discuss and...