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News Article | June 13, 2014
Potential Participants in Class-Action Settlement Should Exercise Caution, APWU Warns
APWU members who are potential participants in the settlement of a class-action discrimination case against the Postal Service must make a decision by June 19, but they should exercise caution in doing so, warns Human Relations Director Sue Carney.
News Article | May 20, 2014
MVS Craft Questions & Answers on Filling Residual Vacancies
The APWU and USPS have agreed to a set of Questions & Answers [PDF] regarding the May 15 Step 4 settlement and March 20 agreement on the conversion of Motor Vehicle Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs) into residual vacancies.
News Article | February 18, 2014
Finally! USPS Provides Documentation
Ten months after the APWU won an arbitration case protesting violations of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the USPS has provided the APWU with documentation — thousands and thousands of pages of documentation — necessary to determine the remedy, announced Director of Industrial Relations Tony M...
News Article | January 16, 2014
OTDL Employees on Penalty Overtime To be Priority-Scheduled over Casuals
In a decision issued Nov. 19, 2013, Arbitrator Shyam Das sustained the APWU’s position that full-time employees on the Overtime Desired List (OTDL) must be scheduled for overtime ahead of casual employees on overtime, even if the OTDL employees would earn penalty pay.
News Article | November 1, 2013
Union Wins Call Center Case
In a decision issued Oct. 28, Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled that the USPS must upgrade all Customer Care Agents two levels and must make them whole for all pay and benefits they lost as a result of the improper ranking of their positions.
News Article | October 17, 2013
Union Wins ‘Global Settlement’ Remedy Case
In a decision issued Oct. 16, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that APWU members are entitled to retroactive pay for time postmasters or supervisors performed craft duties in excess of limits outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. “This decision is an important victory for the APWU,” said Direct...
News Article | August 16, 2013
First 399 Clerk Craft PSEs to be Converted to Career Status
In response to demands from the APWU, the Postal Service agreed on Aug. 14 to convert 399 Clerk Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs) to career status. The conversions will be the first in mail processing.
News Article | August 15, 2013
$937 Cost-of-Living Raise Set for September
Career APWU members will receive a $937 annual increase in pay in September, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced. “This substantial raise is the result of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which preserved cost-of-living adjustments for our members,” he said. ALSO: The APWU won a m...
News Article | August 2, 2013
Arbitrator: MOU Requires Union Agreement When Exceptions to PSE Wage Rates are Needed
In a victory for the APWU, Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg issued an award on July 25 that will help protect our members’ interests if the Postal Service proposes to increase hourly rates for Postal Support Employees (PSEs) when it is necessary to do so to recruit or retain them.
News Article | June 20, 2013
Article 12.5.B.2 Decision Received
In an award dated June 17, 2013, Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg rejected the union’s argument that the USPS was required by Article 12.5.B.2 to cobble together the work hours of PSEs in installations within a 50-mile withholding area in order to create duty assignments to minimize the impact of excessi...
News Article | June 7, 2013
Telephone, Electronic Grievance Discussions
The APWU has reached agreement with the Postal Service on a Memorandum of Understanding re: Step 1 Discussions dated June 5, 2013, that clarifies the union’s right to file a grievance by telephonic and/or electronic means.
News Article | June 7, 2013
Management Takes Initial Steps To Comply with ‘Global Settlement’ Award
After stonewalling for more than two months, the Postal Service has taken initial steps to enforce an arbitration ruling that was a major victory for the APWU.
News Article | April 1, 2013
Enforcing the Award
The 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement and a ruling of Arbitrator Shyam Das impose strict limits on the amount of bargaining unit work postmasters and supervisors may perform.
News Article | March 30, 2013
Union Wins Huge Arbitration For Clerks in Small Offices
The union won a major arbitration victory on March 29, when Arbitrator Shyam Das issued a long-awaited decision that will affect Clerk Craft jobs in small post offices. The ruling settles a long-simmering dispute about the amount of bargaining unit work postmasters and supervisors may perform in Lev...
News Article | March 13, 2013
PSEs Have Rights When Issued Discipline
The APWU and USPS have reached an agreement that clarifies the rights of Postal Support Employees (PSEs) when discipline is issued, Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris has announced. In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), management has the right to discipline or remo...