From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 Subject: Arbitrability on NACI cases All, Some of you may have grievances pending on employees who have an âunfavorableâ NACI background come back after an employee has completed their probation/evaluation period and they are then âseparatedâ from the Postal Service. The Postal Service then makes the…
February 3, 2022 On January 28, 2022, the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO reached a settlement agreement with the Postal Service on the Safety Ambassador Program. The case was scheduled to be heard in national arbitration on February 3rd and 4th. However, with the settlement, the hearings were cancelled. On October 26, 2017, the APWU…
April 24, 2021 In August of 2018, Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg struck down the Postal Serviceâs unilateral implementation of changes to ELM Section 510 and to PS-Form 3971 regarding union leave for political activity such as in relation to voter registration and get out the votes efforts. The changes required employees taking Leave Without Pay (LWOP)…
August 17, 2020 Today, pursuant to Article 15, Section 3.F of the National Agreement, NALC initiated a national-level grievance regarding the Postal Service’s unilateral implementation of the delivery initiative called Post Office Sortation Equipment Reconciliation (SER). On July 31, 2020, USPS notified NALC of the SER initiative and characterized it as a “review” which would…
From: Lynn Pallas-Barber <lpallas@apwu.org Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 5:47 PM To: Regional Coordinators; NBAs Cc: Lamont Brooks; Sam Lisenbe; Michael Foster; Idowu Balogun; Javier Pineres; Terry Martinez; Vance Zimmerman; Debby Szeredy; Mark Dimondstein Subject: Initiating disputes Article 19 and Article 15 – Name change 299 facilities. Brothers and Sisters, Please find attached the Notification…
Article 19 of the National Constitution states the following in part: SEC. 3. (a) LEAVE. All officers and full-time appointed representatives shall be allowed thirty (30) days annual leave with such sick leave as may be necessary. What happens when a national officer secures a doctorâs note/or not and stops reporting for work and is…
Web News Article #: 20-2018 02/28/2018 – On February 27, 2018, the Postal Service and the APWU Maintenance Division signed an agreement resolving national level disputes in case numbers (Q10T-4Q-C 14171644 and Q10T-4Q-C 16481407). The outstanding issue revolves around Arbitrator Goldbergâs REMANDED Decision of September 13, 2017: âThe issues of whether the revisions to the…
Via Sam Wood, President – Southwest Florida Area Local / APWU This is an excellent Award by Arbitrator Morris in this Fort Myers case. APWU Advocate Jim DeMauro did an outstanding job in arbitrating this case. Our local’s witnesses (Dan Gray & Dave Grant) assisted in this important win. I am sure this case can…
