The two-tier workforce began in 1975 when 90-day casuals were booted out of the APWU bargaining unit. It was a self-defeating move. It is now hard to justify having different wages, benefits and work rules for one merged bargaining unit. The APWU contract today is a nightmarish mishmash for someone new. First Name: Don Last…
Web News Article #: 126-20160 06/20/2016 – Postal Support Employees (PSEs) represented by the APWU have until June 30, 2016, to enroll in health insurance through the USPS Health Benefits (USPSHB) Plan. Coverage will be effective on July 9, 2016. Under the terms of an agreement between the APWU and management, the Postal Service will…
Do you remember the days of postal cronyism? A time when postmasters and managers filled post offices with those who were connected . Getting a job wasn’t about your abilities, but about “who you knew.” You don’t remember those times? Well, neither do I. Â That’s because a long time ago, our union fought to abolish…
Project Title: Noncareer Employee Retention Start Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Estimated Report Release Date: October 2016 Employee turnover costs the Postal Service thousands of dollars per employee. Retaining employees within the organization eliminates the administrative costs of hiring new employees, training, and the impacts on performance associated with learning a new job. Although turnover…
In 2014, a MOU was signed by the APWU and the Postal Service regarding the filling of residual career vacancies.  The MOU states that 5 PSEs must be made career regulars before a single existing career employee can transfer into an office with a residual vacancy. PSEs are now given super seniority for open positions,…
The Postal Service has announced on Liteblue that all PSEs and non-career rural carriers (except ARCs) can enroll in the USPS Non-Career Employee Health Benefits Plan during the Special Enrollment Period that runs from May 16, 2016 to June 30, 2016. It will be effective July 9, 2016. CCAs and MHAs are not eligible. Iâve…
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…
