APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement

“Hats off to Maintenance Craft Director Idowu Balogun and his team for leading the way in securing justice for our part-time regular maintenance members,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein.

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APWU/USPS concluded ET-11 Virtual LMOU Negotiations

May 3, 2021 The Maintenance Division recently concluded the negotiation for National Support Technicians Local Memorandum of Understanding on April 19, 2021, after several months of delays due to the COVID pandemic. The parties agreed to continue to explore Modified Work Week, even after the conclusion of the Negotiation timeframe. The only item that was…

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APWU: Questions and Answers for Maintenance POStplan Offices

From: Idowu Balogun <ibalogun@apwu.org> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 4:01 PM To: APWU National Officers Subject: APO and RMPO Q and A’s signed – 6-15-2020 Dear All, Find attached Questions and Answers for Maintenance POStplan Offices. Feel free to share with your list and post. Idowu Balogun, APWU | Director, Maintenance Division American Postal Workers…

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USPS Announces Potential Breach in Maintenance Exam 955 Materials

February 28, 2020 Recently, the Postal Service informed APWU of a potential breach in testing materials related to Maintenance Selection System Exam 955, stating the following: As a precautionary measure, a temporary hold on Exam 955 test scheduling has been issued until a full investigation has been completed. Individuals currently in process to complete testing…

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APWU: Agreement Reached on POStPlan Award Implementation!

On February 10, 2020, the Maintenance Craft and Postal Service signed off on the implementation of Arbitrator Goldberg’s Award on POstplan Custodial Staffing in (APO/RMPO) Installations in case number Q10T-4Q-C 15206030. The outstanding issue in implementing the Award was the process of returning custodial cleaning in POStPlan Installations to the Maintenance Division. In the settlement,…

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APWU: MS-1 TL 6 Handbook and related MMOs

Via Idowu Balogun, APWU Maintenance Division Director: Please find attached the book marked version as presented at last week’s Webinar. The current TL 6 and related MMOs are enclosed, published and updated. Based on several requests from the field, we are scheduled to repeat MS 1 Webinar on Friday September 13, 2019 at 3pm EST….

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APWU Requests 10 Maintenance Employee Witnesses for Interest Arbitration

A regular Full time Maintenance employee that is not on limited or restricted duties. A Maintenance employee who is not a Steward or Local Officer. A Maintenance employee who will be participating for the first time at the National Level Arbitration. The Individual must be available to Travel to DC within next two weeks to…

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