USPS: Virtual Career Fair for Front-line Supervisor Jobs on June 12

June 9, 2022 The Postal Service will offer its next virtual career fair for front-line supervisory positions on June 12 at 1 p.m. Eastern time. USPS is offering the fairs through “Focus on the Front,” an initiative to fill more than fill 1,700 Executive and Administrative Schedule Level 17 supervisory jobs. The fairs are designed…

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BREAKING: APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement

APWU News Release – December 10, 2021 The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement, announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. The Tentative Agreement was reached on December 9th and, in accordance with the APWU Constitution, was presented by the National Negotiating Committee…

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APWU: Maintenance Webinar as presented April 27, 2020

From: Maintenance Webinar <maintwebinar@apwu.org> To: Maintenance Webinar <maintwebinar@apwu.org> Cc: APWU Maintenance Division Officers Subject: April 27, 2020 Webinar as presented Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2020 2:21 pm Attachments: Maintenance Updates April 27, 2020.pdf (3461K), APO RMPO Calculation.xlsx (11K) Dear All, Thank you for registering and or participating in yesterday’s “Maintenance Update.” We discussed the following…

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APWU-USPS MOU on Maintenance Temporary Sub-Contracting

From: Idowu Balogun <ibalogun@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 4:01 PM To: Maintenance Division Officers Subject: Maintenance MOU Temporary Resources for COVID-19 Cleaning Dear All, After several days of meeting between the Postal Service and Maintenance APWU at the HQ level. The parties agreed to the Maintenance Temporary Resources. These are agreed upon required steps…

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APWU: New MS-1 Settlement and Implementation

August 12, 2019 On Aug. 8, the Maintenance Craft reached a settlement with the USPS regarding Handbook MS-1, TL-5 and TL-6 Revisions and Related Maintenance Management Orders, originally grieved by current Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun. On Sept. 13, 2017, Arbitrator Goldberg remanded the MS-1 revisions case nos. Q10T-4Q-C-14171644/ Q10T-4Q-C-16481407 back to the APWU and…

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USPS to hold final Open Season webinar December 5

The Postal Service will hold its fourth and final webinar during this year’s open season Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 4-5 p.m. EST. The webinar will include updates on what’s new and information on the tools and resources available to employees. Participation is voluntary and off-the-clock. Additionally, employees can participate in an online virtual benefits fair…

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NARFE: April 4 Legislative Webinar – ‘Fed Up(date) with the 115th Congress’

Next week, the NARFE Legislative Department will host a webinar on congressional action relating to issues affecting the federal community. The webinar will bring you up to date on upcoming budget battles and advancing postal reform legislation and how each could impact all federal and postal employees and retirees. It’s important to know the threats…

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APWU: Bid Tracking System Goes Live March 9

Web News Article #: 40-2016 03/01/2016 – The Bid Tracking System (BTS), which helps local unions ensure that all jobs are filled, will go “live” on March 9. Here’s how it works: Once a bid sheet comes in from management, local users enter the new position into BTS to easily keep track of all the…

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