NALC and USPS agree to an alternate route evaluation and adjustment process

May 10, 2022 NALC and the Postal Service have agreed to several memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to establish an alternate route evaluation and adjustment process for the remainder of 2022 and all of 2023. MOU Re: Technology Integrated Alternate Route Evaluation and Adjustment Process 2022 – 2023 (TIAREAP) establishes a process that utilizes information made…

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APWU: Bulk Mail and Mailing Requirements Clerk Position Qualification MOU Extended

On May 6, 2022, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks and the Postal Service agreed to extend the MOU, Re: Bulk Mail and Mailing Requirement Clerk Position Qualification. The extension will continue through November 4, 2022. The parties had originally agreed to the MOU on April 3, 2020 in order to provide a virtual learning and…

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APWU: Updated Q&As for MOU, Re: Residual Vacancies – Clerk Craft

April 8, 2022 On March 30, 2022, the APWU and USPS agreed to an updated version of the Questions & Answers for the MOU, Re: Residual Vacancies – Clerk Craft. During the 2021 contract negotiations, the parties made improvements to the MOU which necessitated new Q&As being added to the previous April 8, 2020 version….

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NALC: Maximum Annual Leave Carryover Amount of 520 Hours Extended into Leave Year 2023

March 28, 2022 The NALC and the Postal Service have agreed to a memorandum of understanding (M-01979) that increases the maximum allowable annual leave carryover amounts outlined in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). For leave year 2023, regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-NALC National Agreement may carry over 520 hours…

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APWU-USPS MOU: Re. COVID-19 Test Kit Fulfillment Pilot

“APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman and Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks jointly worked with the Postal Service to secure a Memorandum of Understanding that defines the project as “new work” and ensures that the “fulfillment” work associated with packaging and labeling the packages for this temporary project is determined as clerk…

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MTSC Updated Influenza and Coronavirus Cleaning Contingency

Covid-19 Cleaning Update – December 21, 2021 COVID-19 Cleaning Clarification – January 7, 2022 *Date on above file is incorrect. It should be 2022 (see letter below).

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APWU: Extension of Bulk Mail Tech and MRC Position Qualification MOU

October 7, 2021 On October 1, 2021, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks signed another extension with the Postal Service of the original April 3, 2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk (MRC) Position Qualification. This MOU was agreed to by the parties in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic…

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APWU: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirement Clerk Position Qualification

June 9, 2021 On June 7, 2021, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks reached agreement with the Postal Service to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirement Position Qualification. The MOU, which was originally dated April 3, 2020, is extended through August 6, 2021. The MOU was agreed to because…

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