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
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By Idowu Balogun – May 14, 2024 The General Services Administration Per Diem Rate of $59 Now Covers Daily Cost of Meals at National Center for Employee Development’s “3 Squares Eatery,” Effective March 15, 2024. It is with great pleasure that we bring you this information. Maintenance Division leadership has been in extensive communications with … 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
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 … Read more
APWU News Article – August 3, 2021 President Dimondstein signed extensions on the COVID MOUs today (August 3), through September 30, 2021. The liberal leave policy has also been extended (see letter below). The latest documents can be found below. They are also listed, together with the full archive of MOUs and other resources on … Read more
The Postal Service’s training and conference properties in Maryland and Oklahoma are working to recoup lost revenue as result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Bolger Center in Potomac, MD, and the National Center for Employee Development (NCED) in Norman, OK, both have hotels and restaurants, in addition to conference rooms. Before the pandemic, both properties … Read more