May 30, 2023 Clerk Craft Award NoticeJune 1, 2023General Information / Local NewsClerk Craft Award Notice for May 30, 2023 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website.
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Your June/July issue of your American Postal Worker MagazineJune 1, 2023General InformationCheck out your preview of the latest issue of the American Postal Worker, Geraldine. Remember – if you’re not receiving your magazine, make sure you update your address in the Member Portal
New Issue Preview:
What’s ahead for APWU:
We’re kicking off a campaign that demands dignity and respect from postal management so that we can end the short staffing crisis, stop toxic management practices, and keep delivering a strong public Postal Service.
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Officer Columns
Working people, including postal workers, routinely pay taxes. We don’t have massive write-offs, offshore tax havens, untaxed stock incomes, tax avoidance trust funds, or high-priced lawyers. But the billionaire U.S. oligarchs and corporate America do – all used to evade paying their fair share of taxes. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, 26 top billionaires didn’t come close to the 20-30 percent tax rates postal workers pay… The people who can afford the most pay the least!
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The USPS has never put forth its best effort to protect postal workers from hostile work environments. Employees often experience management failures to resolve cases. They watch management harassers move from one postal facility to another and these cases are often closed as inconclusive. Now an Office of Inspector General (OIG) Report entitled “U.S. Postal Service’s Response to Sexual Harassment Complaints,” shows that training, tracking, and documenting cases have been found to be inconsistent, incomplete, and inadequate.
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To ensure local and state union officials meet Department of Labor (DOL) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax deadlines, the Secretary-Treasurer’s department provides training on how to complete and electronically file the required Labor-Management (LM) report and provides the information and IRS links to assist in electronically filing the IRS 990 report.
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Labor News:
Postal workers were “fired up, and ready to go” on Friday, April 28, to demand dignity and respect on our Workers Memorial Day National Day of Action. As well as rallying, postal workers wore stickers, and filled out surveys to say “Enough is enough!” to a culture of bullying and toxicity from managers that makes our lives miserable, damages morale, and forces dedicated workers out of the service, contributing to a historic level of employee turnover. See pictures from our National Day of Action in April!
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Your next issue of the APWU magazine is arriving soonMay 23, 2023General InformationAre you ready for the latest magazine issue of The American Postal Worker, Geraldine?
This issue is packed with exciting content about how APWU members took action to demand dignity and respect on Workers Memorial Day, and insightful articles about the labor movement and events in our union.
You’ll find articles from our national officers, photos from APWU actions, as well as some games and chances to win APWU gear!
A few more of this month’s highlights include:
Info about our new history center in APWU headquarters
An APWU strike that got results
Updates from the Young Workers Conference and the National Presidents Conference
You have two opportunities to win free APWU gear on page 13. Members who correctly answer the three quiz questions and email their response to communications@apwu.org will be entered to win a $50 credit to the APWU Store. Also, three lucky members, who have their names published on the page and email to claim the prize, will win a $50 credit. Don’t delay – replies are due by June 5!
In solidarity,
The American Postal Workers Union
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End of USPS COVID ProtocolsMay 17, 2023General InformationEarlier this year Congress voted on and the President signed a bill that ended the COVID National Emergency in the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic over as well and stated that countries should now manage COVID-19 the same way it does any other virus. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ramped down their activities related to the pandemic as well.
Many activities related to the pandemic we had become accustomed to–include daily tracking and requiring labs to report positive tests, regular free COVID tests, mask requirements, reporting, etc. have come to an end. Many states have regulations in place that outside a health emergency they are not allowed to report positive disease testing outside their states.
With the end of the health emergency and the regulations that come with it, the Postal Service has ended all of its COVID protocols and policies. The attached memorandum was sent to the field this past weekend by the Postal Service. The memo provides this information:
Employees are no longer required to report positive findings of COVID-19 or potential exposure.
COVID-19 tracking for the Postal Service has been ended and past reports are being archived.
Clearance is no longer required for return to work
All social distancing requirements have been terminated. Including for Driver Safety Instructors.
All standard work instructions preventing contact with other employees within six feet are no longer in effect.
There is one important line in this document all should note: “Ill employees will continue to be advised to remain at home.”
Although the emergency is terminated we all must understand the COVID-19 and other communicable diseases are still with us. Many employees are susceptible to these illnesses causing them to become severely ill and threaten their lives. The APWU implores sick employees to stay home to prevent the spread of any communicable disease and it is our position that discipline related to staying home when ill should be fought vigorously. Employees should continue to test when experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and mask up. All employees must respect those who choose to continue to mask and ask others to keep their distance.
The APWU is a family. Family respects and cares for one another.
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2024 Annual Leave Exchange MOUMay 15, 2023General InformationThe parties agree that APWU career employees will be allowed to sell back a maximum of eighty (80) hours of annual leave prior to the beginning of leave year 2024 provided the following two (2) criteria are met:
1. The employee must be at the maximum leave carryover ceiling at the start of the leave year, and
2. The employee must have used fewer than 75 sick leave hours in leave year 2023.
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2024 Annual Leave CarryoverMay 15, 2023General InformationThe parties agree that for leave year 2024, regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-APWU Agreement may carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave
year 2023 to leave year 2024.
In all other respects, the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) provisions for payment of leave are not changed because of this Memorandum.
This MOU will expire December 31, 2024.
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May 10, 2023 Clerk Craft Vacancy NoticeMay 10, 2023General Information / Local NewsThe May 10, 2023 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice has been posted on the Bid Postings page of this website.
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May 1, 2023 Clerk Craft Award NoticeMay 9, 2023General Information / Local NewsClerk Craft Award Notice for May 1, 2023 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website.
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April 29, 2023 Clerk Craft Award NoticeMay 1, 2023General Information / Local NewsClerk Craft Award Notice for April 29, 2023 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website.
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