Lessons of a $56 Million Settlement

(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) At the end of the summer, the clerk division announced the criteria for distributing the $56 million monetary portion of the settlement that...

Clerk Officers Outline Criteria for Disbursement of $56 Million Payout for ‘Global Settlement’ of Violations of Article 1.6.B

In a conference call with local and state presidents, the APWU’s Clerk Division officers outlined the criteria for distributing the $56 million lump-sum penalty portion of the settlement that resolves a decades-long dispute over postmasters and...

‘Pecking Order’ Set for Filling

The APWU and USPS have agreed on a “pecking order” for filling newly created positions in POStPlan Installations. A recent arbitration award will result in the creation of 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs in six-hour and four-hour offices affected by the...

Updated Computer Program Goes Live July 22

A highly-anticipated computer program – Version 2 of the Maximization Duty Assignment Tool (MDAT) – will launch on Tuesday, July 22.

APWU, USPS Reach Agreement On Filling Residual Vacancies

An important March 20 agreement between the APWU and USPS outlines a procedure for filling residual vacancies in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Crafts, and will result in the conversion of Postal Support Employees to career status and the...

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