August 22, 2023 Time is running short for APWU retirees who are interested in temporary work as: Repeat Annuitant – Holiday Clerk Assistant – 2023 Holiday Clerk Assistant – 2023 Final Repeat Annuitant – Holiday Transportation Assistant – 2023 Retirees can be rehired as temporary Annuitant Holiday Assistants again this year and work until December…
The NRLCA has been a weak union since the 1978 contract when it agreed to an annual pay cut for rural carriers of $2000 rather than go to national arbitration like the other postal unions. After the NALC severed bargaining ties with the APWU in 1994, NALC President Vince Sombrotto tried to get the rural…
August 22, 2023 USPS has licensed a new Postal Inspection Service-themed detective game. True Crime Stories by Big Potato Games, for ages 14 and up, encourages budding postal inspectors to use strategy to solve mysteries. “The latest licensed USPS product is the first collaboration with the Postal Inspection Service and spotlights the nation’s oldest federal…
August 21, 2023 All USPS employees on Maui have been accounted for after wildfires engulfed large swaths of the Hawaiian island this month, the worst natural disaster in the state’s history. Seven postal workers lost their homes, and the homes of two others were damaged. The town of Lahaina — once the capital of the…
Resolutions In accordance with the APWU Constitution and Bylaws [PDF], resolutions must be received by Saturday, September 2, 2023, to be considered at the conference. There will be no exceptions. Resolutions are accepted from local or state affiliates, or from Members-at-Large (MALs). Resolutions from local or state affiliates must be submitted online by a form…
Background Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are powered industrial vehicles modified to enable driverless operation. Beginning in June 2019, the Postal Service spent [redacted] to purchase and deploy 350 AGVs between October 2019 and April 2022. These AGVs move wheeled or palletized mail transport equipment for processing and dispatch operations within a facility. The Postal Service…
August 18, 2023 “The parties agree that the current staffing at the Oshkosh Carrier Annex will be shifted back to the Oshkosh P&DC. Meaning that the PS4852 (Oshkosh Annex custodial staffing) will simply now fall under the Maintenance manager. This is the way it once was, both parties agree that it’s more efficient and easier…
August 15, 2023 ORDER The National Labor Relations Board orders that the Respondent, United States Postal Service, Tallahassee, Florida, its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall 1. Cease and desist from (a) Discriminating against employees who engage in activities on behalf of National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 1172, AFL–CIO. (b) In any like or…
