APWU Negotiates New Health Benefit for PSEs

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…

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APWU, USPS Resolve Dispute Over PSE Transfers in MVS Craft

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. “We discovered that the USPS was allowing PSEs to transfer in various parts of the country…

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Postal Service hiring holiday workers in Kentuckiana District

September 4, 2014 The U.S.Postal Service is accepting applications for holiday seasonal positions at a handful of mail processing facilities in the Kentuckiana District. Open positions will include support workers and processing clerks. Approximately 155 temporary holiday positions will be available in Louisville, 45 in Lexington, 50 in Evansville and 10 in Paducah for the…

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25 Fort Meyers P&DC Postal Support Employees Prevail in Arbitration

Via Sam Wood, SWFAL President: Thanks to SWFAL-APWU’s Arbitration Advocate Jim DeMauro for doing another outstanding job in this case! Thanks also to Technical Advisor’s NBA Mike Sullivan and SWFAL-APWU Clerk Craft Director Paul McAvoy. Special thanks to SWFAL-APWU Vice President Dan Gray for presenting evidence and excellent testimony in front of the arbitrator. The 25 Postal Support Employees (PSE’s) at…

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APWU: New MOU to Create Hundreds of Career Jobs in Level 4 POStPlan Offices

Web News Article #: 004-2015 01/12/2015 – An addendum to the Sept. 22, 2013, POStPLAN Memorandum of Understanding will place a number of career jobs into Level 4 post offices, which otherwise would have been staffed exclusively with Postal Support Employees (PSEs). The offices in question are open four hours per day. The specific numbers…

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APWU: Pay Raise, Dues Increase Set for Nov. 15

Web News Article #: 200-2014 11/10/2014 – APWU-represented postal employees will receive an increase in their annual salaries effective Nov. 15, which will be reflected in paychecks dated Dec. 5. The increase will apply to all employees covered by the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the APWU and the USPS. Beginning Nov. 15, career employees…

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Signed MOU Regarding Pecking Order for Newly Created Positions in POStPlan Installations

From: “Clint Burelson” <cburelson@apwu.org> Subject: Signed MOU Regarding Pecking Order for Newly Created Positions in POStPlan Installations Date: 10/9/2014 Sisters and Brothers, Attached is a recently signed MOU [PDF] regarding the Pecking Order for Newly Created Positions in POStPlan Installations. The parties agreed to release the document at 9:00 a.m. today. The pecking order agreed upon…

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