January 5, 2026 UPDATE: After a meeting with APWU President Jonathan Smith, the Postal Service has decided to delay the discontinuance of the NCED Per Diem Pilot until March 1, 2026, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion regarding this matter. During the 2024 contract negotiations, the APWU submitted a proposal to make per diem rights permanent … Read more
Terry B. Martinez for Assistant Director (A), Maintenance: First Name: Idowu Last Name: Balogun Email: balogun949@gmail.com Union/Local: APWU Maintenance Division Office held if any: Director
______________________________________ ______________________________________ APWU Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun was one of many distinguished guests who gave Tiffany Foster glowing tributes. He’s a funny guy – he made her dance. ______________________________________
According to the CBA, the total number of part-time employees who “may be hired” should not exceed 2.5 percent of the total number of Maintenance Craft employees covered by the agreement.
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 … Read more
October 18, 2022 After meeting with the Postal Service again and scheduling an NCED site visit, we can announce that the implementation date of the per diem MOU is November 7, 2022 and will be piloted for three years for all Crafts. The current GSA rates control the per diem amount, currently at $59.00 per … Read more
From: Idowu Balogun <ibalogun@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2022 Subject: FULL Per Diem Target date is November 1, 2022 for three years This year, we met three times, twice via zoom and once in person at Norman, OK. USPS has been working on renovating the Training Center to facilitate the transfer to per diem, with … Read more
The 2021-2024 National Agreement between the United States Postal Service and American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, amends the maintenance in-service examination process, to include that on an annual basis from March 1-31 career employees may submit a written request to be tested for maintenance craft eligibility ratings for all occupational groups (excluding NST ET-11). Due … Read more