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News Article | April 2, 2019

Closing the Gender Pay Gap

(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Research & Education Department Director Joyce B. Robinson Because women earn less than men, they must work longer for the same amount of pay. In 1996, The National Committee on Pay Equity originat...

News Article | April 2, 2019

Stay Strong Going Into Arbitration

(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Organization Director Anna Smith With contract negotiations going into interest arbitration, staying united and strong is essential at every level. Reminding not only ourselves but our non-member c...

News Article | April 2, 2019

What’s to Come in Interest Arbitration

(This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman  Our efforts to reach a new contract are now entering the next phases of mediation and interest arbitration. In mediation, an impartial mediator engage...

News Article | March 29, 2019

Postal Employees and Retirees See Threats to Pay and Benefits in White House Budget

The White House released its plans for the fiscal year 2020 budget this month. It once again attacks workers, calling for deep cuts to salaries, retirement and health benefits. It also echoes parts of the Postal Task Force December 2018 report that calls for the elimination of union negotiated colle...

News Article | January 16, 2019

Auto Workers Laid Off

(This article first appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman  Recently, General Motors (GM) and Ford announced massive layoffs and plant closings. GM announced that about 15,000 workers will be laid off in 2...

News Article | January 16, 2019

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 System. The Task Force was created by an executive order...

News Article | December 20, 2018

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.

News Article | November 16, 2018

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 spread the word about the consequences of a postal co...

News Article | November 13, 2018

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 1, 2018 (Pay Period 25-18- Week 2) and ends Decemb...

News Article | November 2, 2018

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 Availability (AC/EA) crackdown while they impose s...

News Article | November 2, 2018

Reduce Inequality with Conversions to Career

(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Clerk Division Director Clint Burelson  The single most effective bang for the buck method to significantly reduce inequality at the Postal Service is to convert a Postal Support Employee (PS...

News Article | October 3, 2018

Back-Pay Processing

(This article first appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)  By Support Services Division Director Steve Brooks  You may be, or have been, an employee whose postal employment was in jeopardy due to a disciplinary action. I know employees in this circumsta...

News Article | August 10, 2018

Seventh and Final COLA under the 2015 Contract Agreement Announced

In accordance with the 2015-2018 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract), career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 31 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective September 1, 2018. It will appear in paychecks dated September 21, 2018 (Pay Period 19-201...

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