Category: National News
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Communities and Postal Workers United (CPWU) Fall 2024 Newsletter
The CPWU works to fight against plant and facility closures, downsizing, elimination of jobs, etc. Visit their website here, and please read the following newsletter in PDF format:
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President Mark Dimondstein Updates Members on APWU Contract Negotiations
[Re-posted from APWU.org] Greetings APWU Family! With our main Collective Bargaining Agreement expiring on September 20th, I wanted to give you a status report. Simply put, the work of negotiations is proceeding. Over the summer, your negotiating committee and many of your officers and staff have been laser focused on negotiating…
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An Update on the Social Security Fairness Act
Re-posted from APWU.org. Stand up for Social Security Fairness! Time is running out to get the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) passed. We are asking every APWU member to call Monday, September 9th and demand our representatives sign the discharge petition (HR 1410). Call the APWU Legislative Hotline at 1-844-402-1001 to be connected to your…
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Department of Labor Obtains Landmark Federal Court Injunction Protecting Employees Who Report Workplace Injuries From Employer Retaliation
[Taken from DOL.gov. A massive victory for postal workers! Hopefully OSHA can get this injunction implemented nationwide as the Postal Service’s retaliation against injuries is rampant everywhere.] SEATTLE β The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgement from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in…
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Annual Leave Carryover and Exchange for Leave Year 2025
On June 12, 2024, APWU and USPS signed two MOUs renewing the Annual Leave Exchange and Annual Leave Carryover once again. This allows employees to sell up to 80 hours of annual leave (under certain conditions) and rollover 520 hours of annual leave into next year. View the two MOUs…
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Leave My Leave Alone
[Taken from APWU.org. Article by Omar M. Gonzalez, September 18, 2023.] You earn leave, itβs yours! Pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Articles 3,5,10,19 management must comply with the leave regulations outlined in Chapter 510 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Far too often, managers ignore or misapply…