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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.
APWU Requests Investigation Of Private Contractors’ Use of USPS Property
February 28, 2008
APWU President William Burrus has asked USPS Inspector General David Williams to conduct an audit of the postal practice of permitting subcontractors to park trucks and store equipment on USPS property free-of-charge. The practice raises USPS...
APWU Continues the ‘Family’ Tradition
February 27, 2008
The Fort Wayne Area Local’s organizing drive last year yielded
135 new members.Organizing Committee Co-Chair Amy Sutcliffe,
left, and Stephanie DeBolt prepare a bulk mailing during the campaign.
In 2007, when the APWU launched a Women’s Organizing...
Latest CPI Increase Means $479 Annual Pay Hike
February 21, 2008
The Consumer Price Index rose in January, the last month of the most recent six-month Cost-of-Living measuring period under the 2006 National Agreement. The rise in the CPI gives APWU-represented employees an annual raise of $479.
The Cost-Of-Living...
New Law Enhances FMLA Leave for Military Families
February 21, 2008
Recent amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act will allow postal workers and others covered by the law to take up to 26 weeks of leave to help eligible family members recover from a military service-related injury or illness.
Some Custodial Employees To Receive Arbitration Payment This Week
February 20, 2008
The APWU has been notified by the Postal Service that approximately half of the eligible custodial employees will receive their share of a recent $48 million dollar settlement this payday, on Feb. 22, 2008. Each eligible employee will receive $2,700...