USPS OIG Report: Trends in the Postal Service’s Workforce Composition
The Postal Service is facing a possible retirement wave, with many employees currently eligible to retire or approaching retirement eligibility in all five crafts.
Tag: career employees
APWU Maintenance Craft Q&A: In-Service Examinations, Register & Eligibility Ratings
January 23, 2023 On January, 18, 2023, the parties signed off National questions & answers on the In-Service Examinations, Register and Eligibility Ratings MOU. As a reminder, on an annual basis during the month of March, all career employees have the opportunity to request to be tested for Maintenance Craft eligibility ratings and placement on…
USPS: Processing operation ready for peak season
November 8, 2022 The Postal Service’s processing and distribution operation has added thousands of employees and more than 100 package sorting machines and other pieces of equipment in preparation for this year’s holiday delivery season. More than 5,300 precareer employees have been converted to career status and more than 15,000 temporary employees have been hired…
Many Career Entry Level Positions Are Available Nationwide
The USPS has quietly posted hundreds of CAREER, mostly Part-Time Flexible, city carrier, rural carrier, custodian, and clerk jobs at https://about.usps.com/careers/. The USPS must be having a hard time recruiting and keeping noncareer people. Attached is a list of the current career entry level job openings. The career jobs being offered say the same thing:…
USPS: Retail and Delivery Operations to hold virtual job fair July 27
Retail and Delivery Operations will hold a virtual job fair on July 27. There will be a morning session at 11 a.m. EDT and an afternoon session at 3 p.m. EDT. The fair will allow Postal Service employees to explore retail and delivery career opportunities as the organization continues to align itself to achieve the…
POStPlan PMR/PSE 818 Violation Remedy Payments Scheduled for June 12, 2020
The first-round payments for the POStPlan PMR/PSE Usage Remedy have been scheduled to be paid on Pay Period 12-2020 (paycheck dated June 12, 2020). The remedy amounts as identified by the APWU will be included on current employee paychecks. Those individuals who are no longer working for the Postal Service will have a check mailed…
APWU: Highlights and Significant Changes contained in Contract Award
LENGTH OF CONTRACT Three Years: September 21, 2018 to September 20, 2021 CAREER EMPLOYEE GENERAL WAGE INCREASES Three annual general wage increases totaling 3.4% over the life of the Agreement. 1.3% effective November 24, 2018 (Retroactive) 1.1% effective November 23, 2019 (Retroactive) 1% effective November 21, 2020 COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS (COLA) Semiannual COLAs for career employees…
APWU: Seventh and Final COLA under 2015 CBA Announced
Web News Article #: 78-2018 08/10/2018 – In accordance with the 2015-2018 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract), career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 31 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective September 1, 2018. It will appear in paychecks dated September 21, 2018 (Pay Period 19-2018), and will total $645.00 per…