The following chart lists the 2024 pay periods. For the convenience of timekeepers, each biweekly pay period appears as two separate weeks with the beginning and ending dates indicated for each week. The leave year always begins the first day of the first full pay period in the calendar year. The 2024 leave year begins…
In the past I have been able to find a listing of each Postal holiday, the date which the sign-up sheet to work the holiday designated holiday/OT is available for employees to sign, and the date on which the sign-up sheet is taken down, but I cannot find one for 2024. Can someone post the…
June 17, 2021 On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the S. 475 Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. This law establishes June 19th of each year as a Federal holiday. President Biden then declared it would be observed beginning June 18, 2021, as the 19th falls on a Saturday. On June 19,…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday marking the birthday of the civil rights leader, will be observed Monday, Jan. 15. King was a leader of the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his death in 1968. The March on Washington, along with his many writings and speeches, are partially credited with ushering…
APWU Web News Article #: 99-2017 10/19/2017 – Each year, Veterans’ Day is celebrated on Nov. 11. For 2017, the holiday falls on a Saturday. There has been some confusion about when the Postal Service will observe the holiday because it has a six âbusinessâ day week. For clarification, USPS Retail and Delivery will be…
As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Day I reflect back on the contract negotiations when it was agreed that it would be celebrated as a holiday under the collective bargaining agreement. As the unions (APWU and NALC) prepared for the 1984 national negotiations it was agreed, without dissension, that the negotiators would seek…
