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In a Needed Step to Improve Service, Postal Management to Slow Down Consolidations
May 15, 2024
In response to union, community, and political pressure, Postmaster General (PMG) DeJoy, in a letter to Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), has agreed to pause, at least until January 2025, a number of the planned mail consolidations that are part of the “...
GSA Per Diem Rate Now Covers Daily Cost at NCED Eatery Effective March 15, 2024.
May 14, 2024
The General Services Administration Per Diem Rate of $59 Now Covers Daily Cost of Meals at National Center for Employee Development’s “3 Squares Eatery,” Effective March 15, 2024.
Second Significant COLA Increase of 2017 Announced
August 11, 2017
In accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 13 cents per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective September 2. The increase is the result of an increase in the...
Information Technology/Accounting Services Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS
July 28, 2017
The American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service reached a tentative agreement for bargaining unit employees in the Information Technology and Accounting Services Centers (IT/AS). This agreement is subject to ratification by the...
Locals Inform Public About Proposed Job and Service Cuts
July 27, 2017
This Postal Heritage Day, two APWU locals celebrated the USPS’ 242nd birthday by holding informational pickets informing the public about the proposed job cuts by USPS management through reversions, abolishments and excessing – further disrupting...
Update on the Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs
July 27, 2017
Following strong resistance from the APWU – and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) – USPS management agreed to a five-month delay in implementing forced reassignments and excessing of employees out of their installations.