About the Support Services Division
The Support Services Division represents APWU bargaining unit members at Information Technology/ Accounting Service Centers, Operating Services facilities, Mail Equipment Shops and Material Distribution Centers, as well as professional nurses employed by the Postal Service. The Division also includes APWU-represented workers who are employed in the private sector, including mail haul drivers and Mail Transport Equipment Service Center employees.
Support Service Resources
Collective Bargaining Agreements
Virtual Bargaining During a Pandemic
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine)
The year 2020 has been a trying year for the Support Services Division. The pandemic has changed the way we do business. This is especially true for contract negotiations. Normally we would conduct negotiation meetings face to face, break off into committee meetings, and conduct small group sessions.
We have utilized the Zoom meeting process to some degree, but it has proven to be challenging. There are technical issues that come up, and the process of exchanging physical proposal documents and counterproposals is slowed down using this process.
This year we had three separate collective bargaining agreements and extension agreements expiring. We also had a wage-only renegotiation for a private sector unit and an initial agreement negotiation for a newly organized group of employees at the Human Resource Service Center in Greensboro, NC.
Latest News
January 22, 2021
APWU Advocates for Prioritization of Postal Workers in National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
On January 20, following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, the APWU got to work...
November 17, 2020
Virtual Bargaining During a Pandemic
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) The year 2020...
July 1, 2020
Serving the Country in Trying Times
(This article first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) These are trying...
May 20, 2020
How the Support Services Division is Adapting to COVID-19
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) We are living in...