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Over 60 Labor Leaders Urge Congressional Leaders to #SaveThePostOffice
May 25, 2020 Taken from APWU.org On May 11, over 60 Labor leaders sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, copying both the Postal Board of Governors and the Postmaster General, urging them…
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Payment of Retroactive Pay Increases
May 13, 2020 Taken from APWU.org EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE NATIONAL AGREEMENT Retroactive payments for the pay increases under the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement, have been scheduled for pay period 18-2020, paycheck dated September 4, 2020 – barring any issues…
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Reponse to President Trump’s remarks today that he will block coronavirus aid for the U.S. Postal Service
April 24, 2020 Taken from APWU.org President Trump’s shameful comments today that the Postal Service “is a joke” and that USPS “should raise package prices four to five times” current levels is no laughing matter to the American people. His…
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APWU Responds to Washington Post Expose of White House Plot to Destroy the Public Postal Service
April 23, 2020 Taken from APWU.org “It’s a power grab to destroy the public Postal Service. Shame on them,” responded APWU President Mark Dimondstein to shocking reports from the Washington Post that the Trump Administration is attempting to use the coronavirus crisis…
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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 – it is once again the public’s highest…
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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. “The APWU extends our…
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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…
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Employees to See Pay Raise
April 9, 2020 Taken from APWU.org Under the new 2018 – 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…
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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%)…
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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…
