Category: National News
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Timeline for Local Implementation Extended 30 Days
March 20, 2020 Copied from APWU.org Due to the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic, APWUβs elected national officers have agreed to extend the timeline for Local Implementation for a period of 30 days beyond those specified in the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States Postal Service and the American…
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Pandemic: APWU Signs Leave Adjustments with USPS
March 18, 2020 Copied from APWU.org Our first priority during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak has been ensuring the health and safety of our members and that of the public. To that end, today the union signed two memoranda of understanding with the Postal Service temporarily expanding paid leave for PSEs…
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Union, Management Agree to Local Implementation Timeline
March 12, 2020 In the wake of the arbitration award on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the APWU and USPS have agreed to a timeline for local negotiations, Director of Industrial Vance Zimmerman announced. Local unions or management can open bargaining over changes to local agreements, in accordance with the schedule outlined…
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We Have a New Union Contract!!
Retroactive Back Pay and COLA Awarded March 11, 2020 The big news is in β 200,000 postal workers represented by the APWU have a new union contract! Neutral Arbitrator and Interest Arbitration Panel Chair Stephen Goldberg issued his binding decision on the terms of the new union contract between the American Postal…
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APWU Responds to White House Budget
February 12, 2020, from APWU.org On Monday, President Trump issued his budget for the next fiscal year. Among its proposals were the entirety of the recommendations of the 2018 White House Task Force on the Postal Service, which include service cuts, lower pay and for postal workers and accelerated outsourcing…
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Agreement Reached on POStPlan Award Implementation!
February 10, 2020 – from APWU.org On February 10, the Maintenance Craft Director, Idowu Balogun and the Postal Service signed off on the implementation of Arbitrator Goldbergβs Award on POstplan Custodial Staffing in (APO/RMPO) Installations in case number Q10T-4Q-C 15206030. The outstanding issue in implementing the Award was the process of returning custodial…