February 26, 2026 On Feb. 26, 2026, the Clerk Division and the Postal Service jointly agreed to a set of Questions and Answers (Q&As) to confirm their intentions in the recent Time and Attendance Collection System (TACS) settlement agreement. The Sept. 30, 2025, settlement agreement returned many of the time and attendance duties in TACS … Read more
“TACS entries and TACS allied duties are clerk craft bargaining unit work in all Postal facilities/installations Level 18 and above where clerks are employed,” the first line of the settlement agreement states.
Award The Service violated the National Agreement when it failed to comply with the September 5, 2018 Step 4 Settlement Agreement and the September 9, 2021 Settlement Agreement. Accordingly, the Arbitrator issues the following: Remedy 1) The Service is ordered to comply with the National Agreement, specifically, the September 5, 2018 Step 4 Settlement Agreement … Read more
From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Subject: Lead Clerk and TACS and Directive to the Field that Settlements are Final and Binding with Mandatory Compliance SETTLEMENTS ARE FINAL AND BINDING- COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY Please refer to the July 16, 2021 signoff from the USPS Vice Presidents (first attachment). I commend the USPS … Read more
It pays to be Union!! The California Area Local received the attached 10 Million Dollar settlement today. National Business Agent Chuck Locke secured the settlement for all Lead Clerks in the state of California. The best thing about this settlement it gives the Locals in the state of California opportunity to demand more Level 7 … Read more
In this dispute initiated by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), there were three issues considered. In case Q15C-4Q-C18000314 the issue was, “whether employees occupying Lead Clerk duty assignments and who perform timekeeping duties must be given access to the Enterprise Resource Management System (eRMS).” The issues in case #Q15C-4Q-C18273555 were 1) whether the February … Read more