Category: National News
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Do Not let the Postal Service take your βPulse!β
April 19, 2021 Taken from APWU.org The APWU was notified by the USPS that they will be attempting, again, to take your βPostal Pulse!β The survey period is schedule from May 11, 2021 to June 11, 2021. We must once again clearly state our objections. Do not let the Postal Service…
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Extension with the Postal Service of the April 3, 2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk (MRC) Position Qualification
March 26, 2021 Taken from APWU.org On March 23, 2021, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks signed an extension with the Postal Service of the April 3, 2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk (MRC) Position Qualification. This MOU was agreed to by the parties in…
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APWU Statement on the Release of the Postal Serviceβs 10-Year Plan
March 23, 2021 Taken from APWU.org Today, Postal Service management issued a 10-year plan they are calling Delivering for America. The plan lays out a number of steps management hopes to take to bridge the projected $160 billion financial shortfall projected over the next ten years. There are elements of…
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USPS and APWU Reach Function 1 and 4 Staffing Increase Agreement
Over 1,000 PSEs to be Converted March 23, 2021 Taken from APWU.org Postal Management and the American Postal Workers Union signed another Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue to address the significant understaffing at mail processing facilities and post offices throughout the country. Under the terms of the new agreement, 874…
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USPS Receives COVID-19 Financial Relief Following Success of #SaveThePostOffice Campaign
April 13, 2021 Taken from APWU.org APWU members and our allies won an important victory in our fight to save the Post Office as the US Treasury Department last week released $8.648 billion to the USPS for COVID-19-related postal operating expenses and losses. The money came from a $10 billion…