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The raise will appear in paychecks dated Dec. 8, 2023. This latest wage increase caps off two years of strong raises secured in the 2021-2024 contract and follows record-breaking cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for career employees, which totaled $2.39 per hour, or $4,971 annually. COLAs are added to the base pay schedule, so PSEs will recoup these increases when they convert to career status.
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Federal workers will pay 7.7% more towards health insurance premiums in 2024
Next year, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program will feature new coverage of anti-obesity medication, as well as expanded access to mental health, assistive reproductive technology and gender-affirming care.
The government’s share of Federal Employees Health Benefits Program premiums will increase by an average of 5%, bringing the overall increase to 5.8%, according to the Office of Personnel Management. In 2023, feds were estimated to pay an average of 8.7% more on premiums than the previous year, and the overall average premium increase of 7.2% was the highest for the nation’s largest health insurance program since 2011.
On average, federal workers enrolled in “self-only” plans will pay an additional $8.05 per biweekly pay period, while feds in “self plus one” insurance plans will pay $16.73 more next year. Federal employees enrolled in family coverage will pay an average of $21.16 per pay period in 2024.
Under the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program, the average premium for dental plans will increase by 1.4%, while premiums for vision coverage will increase by an average of 1.1%.
The FEHBP’s annual open season, in which federal employees can choose from a variety of national and regional insurance carriers and coverage plans, will run from Nov. 13 to Dec. 11. More federal workers will be required to select a new plan than usual this year, as the overall number of options will reduce from 271 plan choices to 159. That’s because Humana is withdrawing both from the FEHBP and from employer-sponsored insurance as a whole over the next two years.
Beginning next year, OPM has secured additional benefits for FEHBP enrollees in the form of “comprehensive” coverage of FDA-approved anti-obesity medication and improved access to mental health and substance abuse disorder services, including telehealth, at low or no cost sharing. Additionally, the program will provide stronger coverage of treatments related to assisted reproductive technology like artificial insemination, as well as gender-affirming care for transgender and other gender diverse enrollees.
And insurers will expand coverage of prenatal and postpartum care, including childbirth education classes, group prenatal care, as well as home-based health care services both during pregnancies and postpartum.
Additionally, OPM announced that it is expanding eligibility for Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts to active-duty members of the military and active guard reserve members and their 400,000 dependent family members.
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DeJoy’s steps for more postal cuts draw flak
August 11, 2023 10:12 AM CDT BY MARK GRUENBERG
WASHINGTON—The latest steps by Trump-named Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to cut Postal Service costs by cutting service have drawn bipartisan flak from Capitol Hill and prior protests from USPS workers from Medford, Ore., to Newburgh, N.Y.
And from the Postal Rate Commission, too. DeJoy told the regulators last month his cuts are—in so many words—none of their business and to sit down and shut up. The panel, whose usual work is to consider and vote on postal rate hikes, refused. They plan to review his “reorganization.”
But then, such behavior is to be expected from DeJoy, a Republican big giver and denizen of the corporate class. Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a banker known for wrongful foreclosures during the pandemic, forced DeJoy on USPS as part of the price for sidelining right-wing attempts to privatize the U.S. mail. DeJoy’s sneered at congressional and other oversight ever since.
The latest saga has its origins in DeJoy’s ten-year plan to put the USPS on a sound financial footing. Past parts of the plan include slowing mail deliveries, closing smaller sorting centers in favor of mega-facilities, forcing workers to move or quit, and incessantly raising prices.
And, in one area where DeJoy and the nation’s postal unions agreed, both lobbied successfully for the section of a postal reform law which ended the $6 billion yearly pre-payment a prior GOP-run Congress and GOP President George W. Bush imposed on the Postal Service, to prepay future retirees’ health care costs.
Under DeJoy’s plan, the USPS was to break even this year, on paper, for the first time in at least 15 years. But DeJoy reported a $1.7 billion loss from April-June and forecast a $5.2 billion loss for fiscal 2023, which ends Sept. 30.
His latest cost-cutting move, launched last year in a test run in Georgia, closes “back office” functions in hundreds of post offices and forces Letter Carriers to drive dozens, if not hundreds, of round-trip miles to regional “Sort and Delivery Centers,” to pick up the mail they now sort in post office back rooms before heading out to deliver it.
Most individual post offices would stay open, but only to sell stamps and provide similar services. But not all: A post office in the rural Baltimore County, Md., town of Fort Howard, whose residents are mostly elderly and without cars, is scheduled to close by Sept. 30. Their postmaster told them about it. Now, residents walk to the post office—Fort Howard’s that small—to get their mail.
There’s no Letter Carrier route. They’d have to drive 14 miles roundtrip to Dundalk to get mail. They came out in 96-degree heat to sign a petition to keep the post office open, WMAR TV reported. Their congressman, Rep. Kwesi Mfume, D-Md., sought a meeting with DeJoy about it. No answer yet.
DeJoy’s also made it impossible to mail anything other than small first-class letters from the blue mailboxes on street corners. In 2020, he yanked out sorting machines for first-class flat mail. And new blue mailboxes have small letter slits at the top, not the pull-down doors able to take large flat envelopes and small packages.
As typical of a corporate chieftain, which is what DeJoy was in the private sector before becoming Postmaster General, his excuse is to cut costs and his method is to load the burden on workers. DeJoy said the move to the central sorting plants would save money and be more efficient.
Have to navigate distance
But distances to the sorting centers which Letter Carriers would have to navigate before even starting their routes would further slow down the mail. That prospect led to workers’ demonstrations in May in Medford, Ore., and elsewhere—and to separate objections from Reps. Paul Ryan, D-N.Y., and Pete Huizenga, R-Mich., whose mostly rural district includes Kalamazoo.
The Medford workers feared their jobs would be moved to Portland, 274 miles away. Kalamazoo residents fear being overwhelmed by mail trucks coming all at once to pick up pre-sorted letters from all over Southwest Michigan, Huizenga wrote DeJoy.
“Consolidating our area’s postal operations to a Sort and Delivery Center” there “threatens to disrupt the current standard of delivery experienced by Southwest Michigan residents,” Huizenga, who represents Kalamazoo and surrounding rural counties, explained.
“Mail carriers would be required to divert to this single center to pick up the mail before proceeding on their route. The workforce would be stretched thin, having to travel much farther to reach communities they serve.
“Residents, including the many older households, rely on prompt mail delivery for time-sensitive materials like medical bills and financial documents.” Besides, masses of vehicles from all over Southwest Michigan converging on one center would cause daily traffic jams, vexing residents.
Huizenga also told DeJoy local citizens and governments have been left in the dark about his plans: No timeline for back-office closures or for opening the sorting center, and no notice to local governments and citizens, much less consultation with them, as last year’s postal law mandates.
Ryan, who represents the Hudson Valley, not only wrote DeJoy, but took his protest public on May 17 in Rock Tavern, N.Y., joined by members of the Letter Carriers, the Postal Workers and the Rural Letter Carriers, three of USPS workers’ five unions. DeJoy wants to close the back-office operations in favor of a big sorting center in Newburgh, N.Y.
“Hudson Valley families deserve only the best service from their post office, but DeJoy is threatening reduced customer service, increased wait times, and post office closures,” Ryan said. “This is completely unacceptable for both postal workers and residents. I will keep fighting alongside my friends in labor to make sure every post office stays open, our postal workers are protected, and there are not any service delays.”
“The APWU is extremely concerned about the proposed transfer of the S&DC” to Newburgh, “specifically as it relates to diminished customer services, increased safety issues, and the possibility of selling and relocating post offices,” added Postal Workers Local 3722 President Diana Cline.
Specifically, a sorting center at Stewart Airport in the town of Newburgh would force Letter Carriers from counties on both banks of the Hudson River to come there to pick up their pre-sorted mail before delivering it. Those coming from the east bank would have to battle their way across the incessantly jammed Newburgh-Beacon Bridge—in morning rush hour—to get it.
Ryan said his constituents “emphatically oppose this change. Moving mail sorting away from our local post offices would surely lead to downsizing and reassignment which risks the wholesale closure of a branch. That is a disservice to Hudson Valley residents, and it is a disservice to hard-working union members across the region.
“Mail carriers from my district are also particularly concerned about the delays to service, added hours in commute time, and the destabilizing effects this plan will have,” Ryan said. It will add to carrier stress and burnout, he warned. He’s gotten no answer from DeJoy.
Greater New Jersey P&DC in Kearny to close in February
August 31, 2023
The Postal Service has announced that the Greater New Jersey P&DC in Kearny, NJ, will be closed early next year. The discontinuance is targeted for February 24, 2024.
The package volume processed in the P&DC will be moved to Jersey City’s Network Distribution Center (NDC), which will become the Regional Processing & Distribution Center (RPDC) for the region.
A town hall was conducted on August 24th with all non-bargaining employees. Impacted employees received a Specific RIF Notice dated August 29, 2023, with a RIF separation effective date of February 9, 2024.
The townhall presentation says the Greater Newark P&DC resides in a leased building, and the primary package equipment is outdated. Some equipment was damaged during the roof collapse that occurred in September 2021.
In 2022, the plant may have employed as many as 800 mail handlers, mail processing clerks, equipment operators, and other workers and supervisors
A LABOR DAY STORY
by Joe Cannavo
THE STRIKE THAT STUNNED THE NATION
BIRTH OF A UNION: APWU
The year was 1970. Congress just increased its salary by 41%. Postal Workers were furious. Full-time Postal Workers were being hired in at $118.76 a week while those working 21 years could earn no more than $162.34 a week. These salaries qualified Postal Workers for food stamps!!!! Postal Workers were not permitted to engage in collective bargaining and felt that benefits were poor and working conditions were unhealthy and unsafe. Moe Biller, who became the first APWU president said at the time that: “...post offices are like dungeons, dirty, stifling, too hot in the summer and too cold in winter.” At the time, Postal Workers were separated into eight (8) craft unions with no right to bargain collectively over wages and were forbidden to strike. After years of debating but not acting, the Senate in March 1970 voted a 5.4% increase for Postal Workers which was less than the rate of inflation. But the House said it would delay action on the wage increase. Again, Postal Workers were furious! On March 17, Letter Carriers defied the law in New York City, took a vote and went on strike. Clerks and other Postal Workers refused to cross the picket lines. Then, like wildfire, wildcat strikes among Postal Workers spread across the country. Within a week, over 200,000 Postal Workers from New England to California walked off the job. President Nixon vowed to “crush” the Postal Workers and called 23,000 Armed Forces personnel to NYC to process the mail without training or success. Courts were issuing injunctions and imposing fines and threatening jail time and discipline for strikers and Union leaders. But the strike continued. This strike shut down New York's financial district, it kept 9000 young men from receiving draft notices to serve in the Vietnam War, delayed tax refunds and the census. The Postal Strike of 1970 disrupted communication in the United States. And the Postal Workers defied the President of the United States who said there would be no negotiations until Postal Workers returned to work. They did not return to work. As a result, the Secretary of Labor entered into negotiations that brought the strike to an end after two weeks. And as a result of this strike, no Postal Worker was disciplined and the government agreed to a 6% wage increase retroactive to 1969 with an additional 8% with the enactment of the Postal Reorganization Act in April 1970. This Act allowed Postal Workers to reach the top of the pay scale in 8 years instead of 21 years. This Act gave Postal Workers' Unions full collective bargaining rights to negotiate wages, benefits and working conditions and significantly for Postal Workers today binding arbitration over wages and other national collective bargaining issues was included in the Act in lieu of the right to strike. And in July 1971, with this new formation of the Postal Service, five distinct unions of postal clerks, mail processors, maintenance, special delivery and motor vehicle workers merged into a new AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION. The APWU, with the merger of these crafts along with the Carriers, Mail Handlers and Rural Letter Carriers were now able to provide one strong unified voice in matters of collective bargaining negotiations and the nations political agenda regarding government , and most importantly, Postal Workers' rights.
Today, Postal Workers, probably more than any other group of organized workers, participate in the collective bargaining process by filing grievances; and they do so knowing they are well represented at every step of the grievance procedure. And any Postal Worker, reluctant to file a grievance, must look back at those Postal Workers in 1971 who:
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PRESIDENT SUSLAK REPORTS ON POSTAL SERVICES MISUSE OF APWU COVERED EMPLOYEES PERSONAL INFORMATION IN FILLING OUT POSTAL PULSE It had been brought to our attention that the Postal Pulse survey contained Employee Identification Numbers on them. The Postal Service has admitted that this is the case and they are blaming Gallup for the error.
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I wanted to provide an update involving the various self-service applications related to HR on LiteBlue. These include the payroll direct deposit and allots as well as eOPF (electronic Official Personnel File). As most are aware, in late 2022, some postal employees had their direct deposit and allotments misdirected to fraudulent accounts. At that time, the Postal Service shut down access to changing direct deposit and allotments. They also shut down eOPF because the Postal Service was concerned about the amount of Personal Identifiable Information (PII) that is in an eOPF. The Postal Service has since moved to Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to help with security. When MFA was instituted, the Postal Service turned the ability to change payroll direct deposits/allotments back on. However, after a few weeks, it was turned off again because another security risk was identified. Late last week, I met with the Postal Service on the issues related to Cyber Security and where they are headed. Below is an update on what I found out. Starting tomorrow, March 21, 2023, the Postal Service is implementing new security procedures to help with MFA and registering for MFA. Once the new MFA process are tested, the access to payroll changes will be reopened for all employees to use. It is expected to be available within the next 7-days. eOPF is another story. At this time, eOPF is not expected to be available for up to six months. Many records have handwritten documents with social security numbers and other PII. Based on standard best practices, documents with PII should not be transmitted over the internet. The Postal Service is currently identifying documents with this type of information and redacting this information. Once completed, eOPF will be reopened. In the meantime, employees can call HRSSC to request a copy of their eOPF. The Postal Service is currently taking the position that the first copy is free and any additional requests will be at the expense of the requester. Let me be clear, until eOPF is up and running, the APWU doesn’t agree that anyone should be charged for a copy of their personnel file. I am in continued discussions on eOPF access. I made it perfectly clear that anyone being required to pay for a copy of their OPF is unacceptable. Until LiteBlue is fully functional, employees can call HRSSC to address their direct deposit needs. Also, they should be allowed to use a postal computer to change direct deposit if they request to do so. If management denies anyone access to a computer, please email Lee Branca at lbranca@apwu.org so Industrial Relations Department can track these issues. As soon as I have been informed that the LiteBlue direct deposit/allotments have been reopened I will share with the field. In the meantime, the APWU encourages all employees who have not signed up for MFA do so. This is another level of security that will protect you from any bad actors on the internet. It will be required in order to access the LiteBlue self-service applications. The APWU fully supports the MFA initiative. The APWU has filed a national dispute on those who had their direct deposits stolen. However, local action should still be taken and I have attached information I previously sent out on that issue. The number of those who had their direct deposit stolen is less than 1% of our total membership, but an injury to one is an injury to all. The APWU will continue to pursue an appropriate remedy for those who had their direct deposits stolen. I will provide further updates when additional information is available. .
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Read More...The Debt Ceiling & Postal Workers January 20, 2023 No postal worker or federal retiree will see a gap or reduction in pension payments or healthcare coverage. The Treasury Department announced on Thursday that the United States government has hit its statutory “debt limit.
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Attached you will find a National Dispute that was filed on the theft of direct deposits. The APWU believes that management bears a significant responsibility for the loss of these direct deposits. We know that as early as 2013 the Postal Service was made aware of vulnerabilities in there computer systems that could lead to these types of problems. It was also brought to the attention of the Postal Service cyber team in early 2022 of the “fake” LiteBlue websites as well.
We are seeking all employees who lost pay through the theft of their direct deposit be repaid for lost monies due to these thefts. As more information comes forward on this issue, I will keep you informed.
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You Have the Right to File an OWCP Claim When Diagnosed with COVID-19 Currently, there is a spike of COVID-19 diagnosis throughout the United States. Postal Employees are not exempt from contracting COVID-19. Following national trends, there is also a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases at the Postal Service.
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Read More...If confirmed, new nominees would give White House-backed members a majority on the postal governing board. NOVEMBER 19, 2021 01:33 PM ET PRESIDENT BIDEN ON FRIDAY NOMINATED two NEW INDIVIDUALS TO SIT ON THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE’S GOVERNING BOARD, POTENTIALLY GIVING THE ADMINISTRATION MUCH GREATER INFLUENCE OVER THE AGENCY.
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Read More...2023 Scholarship Programs APWU SCHOLARSHIPS Read about the 2023 APWU Scholarships The E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship will award $8000 ($2000 annually) to ten recipients (one male and one female from each of the five postal regions) to apply towards their four-year college tuition.
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Read More...LAABOR HISTORY---Part 2 THE STRIKE THAT STUNNED THE NATION BIRTH OF A UNION: APWU The year was 1970. Congress just increased its salary by 41%. Postal Workers were furious. Full-time Postal Workers were being hired in at $118.76 a week while those working 21 years could earn no more than $162.34 a week. These salaries qualified Postal Workers for food stamps.
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Read More...After Pressure, Management Sets Retroactive Pay Date! August 5, 2022 Share this article Last week we announced the APWU was preparing collective actions in response to the unacceptable delay in retroactive payments won in the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
Read More...OSHA Vaccine Rule Applies to Postal Service Employees More information is to come from USPS and its unions.
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Read More...Postal Service Blames ‘Street Crime’ and Absenteeism for Mail Delays Lawmakers are looking to make it harder for the agency to slow delivery in the future, while auditor says fixing current problems will be a significant challenge. ERIC KATZ | OCTOBER 15, 2021 Just weeks after the U.S.
Read More...Subject: Annual Leave Carry Over and Lump Sum Payments at Retirement The Industrial Relations Department has been fielding multiple questions on the amount of annual leave someone would be compensated for when they retire. Attached are the two MOUs the APWU entered into with the Postal Service on annual leave during the pandemic.
Read More...CHECK OUR MEMBERS HOME TAB ON THE LEFT FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON A/L CARRY OVER AND PAY OUT UPON RETIREMENT .
Read More...Negotiations Update August 4, 2021 With our current union contract expiring on September 20, 2021, the APWU and postal management have now been engaged in negotiations for more than five weeks.
Read More...QUEENS AREA LOCAL PRESIDENT RON SUSLAK PLAYS KEY ROLE IN AFCS AND AFCS 200 IN MAJOR R I 399 AWARD TO KEEP JOBS FOR APWU CRAFT MEMBERS APWU: Arbitrator Sharnoff award on AFCS Jurisdiction Posted on February 3, 2022 Share Tweet From: Vance Zimmerman Read More... The APWU National Negotiating Committee will hold a webinar “town hall” with the members December 16th at 2:00pm. 6pm and 9pm EST.
Read More...BREAKING: APWU, USPS Reach Tentative APWU News Release – December 10, 2021 The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement, announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein.
Read More...REMINDER OPEN SEASON ENDS 12/13/2021.
Read More...THE 2022 FEHB PREMIUMS, PLANS AND COMPERISON INFO IS NOW AVAILABLE. THEY CAN BE FOUND ON OUR "HEALTH PLAN PREMIUMS TAB" ON THE LEFT SIDE OF OUR WEB SITE ALL THE INFO YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE YOUR OPEN SEASON DECISIONS AT YOUR FINGER TIPS.
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Open Season benefits enrollment period ends Monday, Dec. 12 Posted on December 9, 2022 USPS employees can change their health coverage or enroll in a new plan during open season. December 9, 2022 If you want to change your health benefits or enroll in a new plan, you must act now. The annual open season benefits enrollment period ends Monday, Dec. 12, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
Read More...THE A.P.W.U. AND THE USPS HAVE AGREEDED TO EXTEND THE ANNUAL LEAVE CARRYOVER AND THE BUY BACK ANNUAL LEAVE EXCHANGE. SEE THE FULL INFO USING THE "LEAVE INFO" TAB ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PAGE.
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Read More...By MICHAEL GENNARO Editorial Intern Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja urged federal employees to check their finances and reassess their benefits during the upcoming federal benefits Open Season, which runs Nov. 14 through Dec. 12. 2.5% of enrolled workers changed health coverage in 2021’s Open Season, with 0.
Read More...UNION MEETING MONDAY, October 24, 2022
Read More...PAY ADJUSTMENT UPDATE OCT 11 2022 We received word back from the Postal Service today on what the pay adjustment is on the checks coming out this week (October 14, 2022). The adjustment on this check is related to employees who used leave under the Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act.
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Read More...September 28, 2022 The Postal Service is offering a new commuter benefit option beginning in October. Employees who use micromobility modes of transportation — small, lightweight electric vehicles such as e-scooters, e-bikes and e-mopeds — can use post-tax dollars to save with partner discounts.
Read More...HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION You are here: HOME NEWS HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES SOCIAL SECURITY… The House Ways and Means Committee approved the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) on Sept.
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Read More...UPDATE FROM Charlie Cash APWU Subject: PSEs extra 50 cents per hour As you are all aware, the Postal Service had failed to program the additional 50 cents per hour for the PSEs. The Postal Service had informed me that they had found the problem and that the extra 50 cents would start being paid on July 30, 2022 (pay period 17-2022).
Read More...'There Needs to Be a Reckoning': Republicans Introduce a Bill to Make Feds At-Will Employees The legislation, along with recent talk of a renewed effort to implement Schedule F, makes clear that a “major assault” on the federal civil service is coming, regardless of who the next Republican presidential nominee will be.
Read More...The Battle for Retroactive Pay is On! This is an important update on our retroactive pay from the 2021-24 contract and a call to action on securing your hard-earned pay at the earliest possible date. for more info on the retro pay see 2021 CONTRACT INFORMATION TAB ON THE LEFT.
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Read More...OPM: If You Need to Travel for Medical Care, You Can Use Sick Leave The federal government’s HR agency confirmed that federal employees may use sick leave to travel to obtain reproductive health services, although the measure falls short of employee groups’ request for paid administrative leave after abortion ruling.
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Read More...PSE PAY INCREASE UPDATE!! Word was received late Friday night that the Postal Service has identified the issue that prevented the PSEs from receiving the additional 50 cents per hour pay on June 4, 2022. Unfortunately, they are going to have to do additional programming to complete to make sure they 50 cents is implemented.
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Read More...Q&As on 2021-2024 USPS/APWU National Agreement ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ON OUR CONTRACT TAB ON THE LEFT From: Lamont Brooks Read More... JUST SAY NO !!!!!! Starting June 14 through July 15 2022, the USPS is pushing its annual Postal Pulse Survey. The APWU leadership urges you to not let the Postal Service take your Pulse! Management surveys have been used as a weapon against the APWU during contract negotiations while not producing any real positive change for employees at the Postal Service.
Read More...MORE GOOD NEWS FROM YOUR POSTMASTER GENERAL NOT! USPS Plans to Close More Facilities and Repurpose Those That Remain As Louis DeJoy seeks to implement his vision, new confirmed board members could tip the scales for USPS governance. ERIC KATZ | MAY 20, 2022 The U.S.
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Read More...OPM is adding additional security to your Services Online account with login.gov Beginning on and after May 26th, 2022, you will notice a new process for signing into Services Online to better protect your personal information. To log in, you will be prompted to create a new username and password with login.gov.
Read More...Union Family, In March of 2020, almost 26 months ago, the APWU and the Postal Service negotiated a series of important “COVID MOUs
Read More...“Medicare and FEHB,” webinar to be held Tuesday, May 3" April 27, 2022 Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar to learn about the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and Medicare. The session, “Medicare and FEHB,” will be held Tuesday, May 3, at noon EDT.
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APWU President Mark Dimondstein called me last night concerning a rally in support of Amazon workers at the LDJ5 Amazon warehouse on Staten Island.
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Read More...For all APWU represented employees, in keeping with the intent of the AVP letter on liberal scheduling and leave, and the recent MOUs regarding Dependent Care Leave and noncareer leave, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, please implement the following guidance: ï?· Career, or non-career employees who are serving in their first 90 work days or 120 calendar days (for PSEs) will not have absences taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic cited or considered for disciplinary action or involuntary separation.
Read More...UNION MEETING MONDAY, April 25, 2022
Read More...It’s official. Just moments ago, President Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act into law. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. This is the greatest legislative victory for postal workers in a generation – and it’s all because of you. “This is a historic achievement for our union,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
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POSTAL SERVICE UPDATES MASK WEARING POLICIES
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Read More...Implementation Dates for Pay Increases in New Contract Confirmed o Effective: November 20, 2021 o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022 1.
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Read More...Government Executive Postal Reform Will Finally Become Law After Senate Passes Long-Sought After Legislation By Eric Katz March 8, 2022 The Senate on Tuesday by a 79-19 vote passed a sweeping reform of the U.S.
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MORE INFO ON THE 2021 CONTRACT INFO TAB ON THE LEFT The main Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract) between the APWU and the USPS has been overwhelmingly ratified by the members. The contract was signed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on February 28, 2022. Ninety-Four percent (94%) of the members who voted, voted “Yes.
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Read More...Tentative Contract Agreement Ratification Ballot Count Extended: In response to reports received of mail delivery delays in multiple cities and the fact Monday is a holiday, the American Arbitration Association (AAA), will begin the ballot count under the supervision of the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Sub-Committee, on Wednesday, February 23rd, 9:00am ET and conclude on Monday, February 28th , 5:00pm ET. All ballot(s) received during this time period will be counted. Hopefully this gives everyone the opportunity to receive, complete and return their ballot(s).
Read More...FIRST COLA INCREASE TO BE $1,310.00 IF YOU VOTE YES ON CONTRACT RATIFICATION! On February 10, 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for the month of January 2022. January was the final month of the six?month measuring period used for determining the cost of living allowance (COLA) for those covered by the National Agreement.
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Read More...APWU REACHES SETTLEMENT ON SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM On January 28, 2022, the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO reached a settlement agreement with the Postal Service on the Safety Ambassador Program. The case was scheduled to be heard in national arbitration on February 3rd and 4th. However, with the settlement, the hearings were cancelled.
Read More...INTERESTED IN A NEW CAREER OPPOUNITY THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS OPENING FOR CUSTODIANS AND DATA COLLECTION CLERKS CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO BE PUT ON THE LIST @media only screen and (max-width: 730px){ .pdfview{height:500px !important} Data Collection In Service Register__ 20221.pdf @media only screen and (max-width: 730px){ .
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Read More...Free college for union members and their families UNION PLUS FREE COLLEGE BENEFIT The Union Plus Free College Benefit makes it possible for you and your family members to earn a certificate, an associate degree, and your bachelor's degree, completely online – for FREE. CLICK ON THE SCHOLARSHIP TAB ON THE LEFT
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Read More...NEWS & INFORMATION Take action: CALL your representative to include H.R. 82 in year-end omnibus package Congress is in the final stages of negotiating a year end omnibus Fiscal Year 2022 spending package. Please contact your representative and ask them to include the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) in this package.
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Read More...UPDATED INFO ON RETURN TO WORK DEC 31 2021 FOR THE LATEST INFO ON COVID SEE OUR COVID TAB ON THE LEFT
Read More...QAL PRESIDENT RON SUSLAK GIVES US THE LATEST NEWS ON THE POSTAL SERVICE\REFORM ACT 2022
Read More...ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!!! WE NOW HAVE THE FULL TENATIVE AGREEMENT AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO READ AND HELP YOU MAKE YOUR VOTING DECISION ON THE NEW 3 YEAR COLLECTIVE BARGINING AGREEMENT JUST CLICK ON THE 2021 CONTRACT INFORMATION TAB ON THE LEFT.
Read More...UPDATE !!!!!!! UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEAD CLERKS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT AND TRAINING AS RESULT OF GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT
Read More...FOR YOUR CONVIENCE THERE IS A 2022 LEAVE CHART AVAILABLE
Read More...MEETING NOTICE THE FEBRUARY 2023 MONTHLY MEETING OF THE QUEENS AREA LOCAL, A.P.W.U. WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 27th 2023 AT 9:00 PRECEDING THE MEETING WILL BE THE INSTULATION OF OFFICERS BY OUR VERY OWN A.P.W.U.
Read More...NOW POSTED NY-ISC JFK FEBRUARY 2023 BIDS SEE THE JFK BID POSTING TAB ON THE LEFT
Read More...JFK CLERICAL BIDS RESULTS EFFECTIVE FEB 11 2023 ARE NOW POSTED SEE THE JFK BID POSTING TAB ON THE LEFT
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Read More...JFK JANUARY 2023 CLERICAL BID RESULTS ARE NOW POSTED SEE THE "JFK BID POSTING" TAB ON THE LEFT
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Read More...CSRS AND SS recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their benefits in 2023. That’s a historic increase and welcome news for American retirees and o.thers - but it’s tempered by the fact that it’s fueled by record high inflation that’s raised the cost of everyday living.
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