Category: National News
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One-Time Voluntary Transfer Opportunity for Part-Time Flexible Employees Begins September 1
From APWU.org. In compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), “Re: PTF One-Time Voluntary Reassignment Opportunity,” the Postal Service will provide a list of available full-time residual duty assignments for Part-Time Flexible (PTF) clerks to select within their own district. This applies to PTF clerks who were on the rolls…
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Maintenance Division Wins Arbitration Award Protecting Employees in ‘Pending Qualification’ Status
From APWU.org. The APWU has won a major national arbitration decision protecting the rights of Maintenance Craft employees. On August 13, Arbitrator Margo R. Newman ruled that positions awarded to promoted employees who are in “pending qualification” (PQ) status to receive additional training are not vacant duty assignments and therefore cannot…
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APWU Announces Dates for Retroactive Payments
From APWU.org. The Postal Service has provided tentative dates for the additional negotiated pay provisions in the 2024-2027 National Agreement and the date of the retroactive payment for the pay increases due for the “stopgap” period of November 16, 2024, to August 22, 2025. It was previously announced that the…
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2025 Postal Health Benefits Open Season at Risk: Federal News Network
“Staffing vacancies and funding losses at the Office of Personnel Management are putting the near-new Postal Service Health Benefits program at risk of an “operational failure,” according to OPM’s inspector general office.” Read the rest here at Federal News Network.
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APWU Takes on Wall Street and Postal Privatizers
Reposted from APWU.org. On July 24, hundreds of postal workers, labor allies, and members of the community took to the streets of New York City in a high-spirited rally to tell Wall Street bankers, billionaires, and anyone who wants to privatize our postal service that “The U.S. Mail Is Not…
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APWU Members Ratify 2024-2027 National Agreement!
Reposted from APWU.org. “Today, APWU members overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying the 2024-2027 National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the APWU and the USPS,” announced APWU President Mark Dimondstein. 95% of the members who voted, voted “Yes!” in favor of ratification. The vote tally was 34,867 votes for ratification and…