National Postal Mail Handlers Union ratify 2022 National Agreement

March 13, 2023 The terms of the 2022 National Agreement between the NPMHU and the U.S. Postal Service were officially ratified on March 13, 2023. The certified results show that over 84% of the membership approved the new contract, with the final vote tally at 6,617 in favor of ratification and 1,237 in opposition to…

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USPS and Postal Police Officers Association reach deal

January 5, 2023 USPS and the Postal Police Officers Association have reached a tentative agreement on a 66-month contract, covering more than 360 postal police officers represented by the union. The tentative agreement is subject to a ratification vote by the union membership, a process that will take several weeks. Upon ratification, the agreement will…

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USPS: NRLCA approves new contract

March 17, 2022 The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association membership has ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Postal Service. The contract covers more than 132,000 rural carriers represented by the union. Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, semiannual cost-of-living adjustments, measures designed to stabilize work schedules, increased flexibility to use…

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USPS-APWU three-year labor contract ratified

February 28, 2022 The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) membership has ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Postal Service. The contract covers more than 200,000 employees represented by the union. Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, semiannual cost-of-living adjustments, continued operational flexibility through the use of an expanded postal support…

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Do APWU Retirees have a right to vote?

02/12/2022 I am a retiree and I retired in 2007. I have been paying full per-capita dues to the APWU since September 1973. I have been waiting for my ballot to arrive so I could vote on the new agreement. Becoming impatient I emailed Mark Dimondstein the following: “Still no ballot for me and much…

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