Category: National News
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Postal Service is Highest Rated Federal Agency – Again
April 16, 2020 Copied from APWU.org As the heroic role of postal workers in the midst of a pandemic grabs headlines (MSNBC, Boston Globe, NY Times), the Postal Service has taken one more accolade β it is once again the publicβs highest rated federal agency in an annual survey released by Pew Research…
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Mourning Postal Workers Lost in COVID-19 Pandemic
April 16, 2020 Copied from APWU.org The worldwide COVID pandemic has tragically claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in the United States, including over thirty-five postal workers and a number of APWU members. βThe APWU extends our deepest sympathies to the families of our members who have…
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Date Announced for PSE Conversions
April 10, 2020 Taken from APWU.org 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. Over 2,500 current PSEs will be…
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Employees to See Pay Raise
April 9, 2020 Taken from APWU.org Under the new 2018 β 2021 National Agreement, employees will receive four retroactive pay raises. The current rates went into effect on February 29, 2020 and will be reflected for the first time in earnings for Pay Period 09-2020. Pay Period 09 begins Saturday, April 11.…
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New Pay Scales Available
March 27, 2020 Copied from APWU.org The 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement interest arbitration award, issued March 10, 2020, granted three general wage increases and retained Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs). There are four retroactive increases: two general increases November 24, 2018 (1.3%) and November 23, 2019 (1.1%) and two COLAs August 31,…
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Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act
April 2, 2020 Taken from APWU.org The Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act (FFCRA) extends to postal employees some additional leave benefits due to the Coronavirus and the illness it causes–COVID-19. APWU represented employees, both career and non-career, are entitled to the leave provisions enacted by the FFCRA. Two new leave types are…