Web News Article #: 9-2017 – 01/17/2017 Information Technology/Accounting Services Group The APWU and USPS started negotiations in mid-November for an Information Technology/Accounting Services group successor collective bargaining agreement. The current extension agreement is set to expire on January 20, 2017. In the last few months, many economic and non-economic proposals were exchanged and debated….
PRESS RELEASE 1-10-17 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has voted to release for public input a proposed enforcement guidance addressing unlawful harassment under the federal employment discrimination laws. The proposed Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful Harassment is available for input until Feb. 9, 2017 at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EEOC-2016-0009. This proposed…
January 16, 2017 Non-career employees, or temporary workers who do not receive full employee benefits and privileges, make up a significant part of the U.S. Postal Service’s workforce – about 130,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2016. The USPS uses non-career employees throughout its operations. However, turnover is a problem with temp workers, particularly for the…
Friends of the US Postal Service — Attached is the Winter, 2017 newsletter of Communities and Postal Workers United. Please print (2-sided), distribute and share widely in postal work places and community gatherings. Solidarity! Jamie Partridge CPWU organizer 503-752-5112
Subject: Understanding Climate Control Date: 1/13/2017 5:30:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time From: jrobinson@apwu.org Dear APWU sisters and brothers, it has recently come to my attention that several months ago there was quite a buzz on the 21st Century Face Book page concerning an article that I wrote in the November/December issued of APWU’s magazine on…
Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report to the President and Congress
Published on Jan 13, 2017 President Mark Dimondstein salutes APWU members and supporters for their work to stop the USPS-Staples deal. Your 21cpw site administrator / retiree activist, as well as other Stop Staples committee members and activists, also received a personal thank you letter from APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
By Kellie Lunney – January 12, 2017 All insurance carriers participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program in 2018 should continue their efforts to effectively manage prescription drug use among beneficiaries while trying to rein in escalating costs, the Office of Personnel Management advised in its annual call letter to FEHBP carriers. OPM wants…
