Web News Article #: 108-2016 05/17/2016 – Employees in the same category who are performing the same work should get the same rate of pay. Thatâs the premise of an agreement between the APWU and USPS, says Motor Vehicle Service Craft Director Michael O. Foster. The May 12 agreement between the APWU and USPS stipulates…
Web News Article #: 085-2016 04/14/2016 – Postal Support Employees (PSEs) will soon be able to sign up for health insurance during their first year of employment, President Mark Dimondstein has announced. Currently, PSEs can enroll only after they complete their first 360-day appointment. The Postal Service will contribute at least $125 per pay period…
Web News Article #: 059-2016 03/17/2016 – The APWU and USPS have signed an agreement that prohibits the transfer of Postal Support Employees (PSEs) between installations or districts in the Motor Vehicle Craft, MVS Director Michael Foster has announced. âWe discovered that the USPS was allowing PSEs to transfer in various parts of the country…
Web News Article #: 042-2016 03/03/2016 – The APWU filed a national-level dispute on Feb. 24, protesting pay anomalies that occur when Motor Vehicle Service Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs) are converted to career positions. The pay irregularities occur in situations where the Postal Service hires PSEs for Level 8 positions and issues âpay exceptionsâ…
February 13, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service hopes to bring on 125,000 new employees this year, continuing a recent hiring binge caused by the agency’s blossoming package-delivery business. The agency hired 117,000 new workers during Fiscal Year 2015, virtually all of them into non-career positions, postal officials said Thursday in a document presented to the…
Lorraine Mirabella – January 9, 2016 For Ashley Worthington, life as a Postal Service worker used to come with too much uncertainty. As a “postal support employee,” she said she never knew when she’d work or how many hours. She never knew if her pay would cover her bills. To make ends meet, the single…
Hello Brothers and Sisters, The USPS has lost their mind this Christmas holiday. Besides forcing ALL our PSE’s in they are drafting regulars in on Christmas! I have been here since December 1983 and I never seen so many people drafted fo Christmas!! What is happening in your processing plant??
APWU News Bulletin 12/10/2015 – The APWU reached a major milestone in November: More than 25,000 Postal Support Employees (PSEs) â including some from every craft â have been converted to career over the last two years. âThis is a life-changing event for the workers who were converted and their families,â said APWU President Mark…
