Form Fill PS Form 1767 added!
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We have added a digital PDF
version of PS Form 1767 "Report of Hazard, Unsafe
Condition or Practice" to the forms page of the website.
Members can complete this form online, save it, and
email it to their Postmaster / Supervisor. Members
are free to download the form.
You can view the form
HERE or by going to the
forms
page
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OPEN SEASON - Postal Service Health
Benefit Program Info
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Open Season is fast approaching. The Postal
Reform Acto of 2022 requires the creation of a new health
benefit program, within FEHB, that will be exclusive to US
Postal Service employees. This new program, the Postal
Service Health Benefit Program (PSHBP) will still be
part of FEHB and will still be administered by the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
During Open Season 2024,
all employees and retirees
will: a) Be moved
into a PSHBP plan, b) Choose
a PSHBP plan, or c) be placed
into a PSHBP plan. You control which happens to you.
All employees should receive a letter in October informing them
if their current health plan is being offered in the new PSHBP.
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If your current FEHB plan is
offered in PSHBP, and you want to stay with that plan, you
will not have to do anything. You will be slotted in
that same plan PSHBP.
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If your present plan is
not offered in PSHBP,
OR you want to
change plans, you will make a selection.
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If your present plan is not offered
in PSHBP and you do not
make a selection, OPM will
place you in the cheapest plan that does not
have a deductible and you will be stuck in that plan until
the nest Open Season.
All employees should receive a letter
in October informing them if their current health plan is being
offered in the new PSHBP.
The USPS has been
providing information about the changes which also include the
requirement to enroll in Medicare when you turn
65, or stop working (whichever comes first). An
informational booklet was sent to all employees in August.
If you did not receive this booklet you can find it
HERE.
The USPS is also
conducting virtual meetings to deiscuss PSHBP and Medicare
Integration. These meetigns are open to all employees and
retirees. The meetings are held twice per month, two times
per day usually at 1200 pm and 400 pm. You can participate
on your computer, cell phone, landline or tablet.
TEXT "PSHBP" to
39369
to receive
notifications of virutal meetings on PSHBP / Medicare
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COLA - Effective September 07, 2024
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The sixth, and final, Cost of Living Adjustment
(COLA) under the 2021-2024 contract will be effective September
07, 2024 and will add $ 0.47 per hour ($977 per year) to the
base rate of all career APWU represented employees.
In
total, the six COLAs, achieved through our contract, have
increased APWU represented employee’s base rate pay by $
6,302. These combined COLAs are the equivalent of an
8.5% pay increase for top step employees and 11.6% increase for
new career employees. Next time a non-members tells you the
Union does nothing for them, ask them how they like that COLA
increase the Union secured.
This is
also a good time to mention that the APWU is the only postal
union that provides full COLA for all employees! The Letter
Carrier and Mail Handler unions, for whatever reason, negotiated
a graduated, or “stepped”, COLA formula that is based on years
of postal service. Senior carriers /mailhandlers in pay table
one and top step of pay table 2 get the full COLA amount.
It’s worth repeating: The APWU is the only postal Union that
ensured full COLA for all career employees.
Full COLA for all career employees is fundamentally right and
something the APWU will continue to fight for. National
President Mark Dimondstein pledges that, “We will continue
to fight to maintain full COLA provisions during contract
negotiations.” In light of the fact that Postal Support
Employees (PSEs) do not receive cost-of-living increases, they
have received several additional increases. COLAs are added to
the base pay schedule, so PSEs will recoup these increases when
they convert to career status.
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PSEs/PTFs and Rural Mail Counts
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The USPS is conducting Rural Carrier mail counts
and the PPWU would like to take the opportunity to remind
members of some considerations for mail counts.
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PSEs cannot perform
rural mail counts: In 2011, the
USPS determined that PSEs do
NOT get an EAS higher level, and therefore are
unable to participate in counting in the National
Rural Mail Count in September. Post Offices with
PSE’s can use them as backfill to replace career
clerk employees assigned higher level to count for
the 2 weeks or Postmasters in offices where they
(PSE’s) have replaced the PMR’s. The PM’s, in turn,
can now count while the PSE covers the PM duties.
PSEs cannot be compensate at EAS pay rates.
Therefore, they cannot volunteer to perform mail
counts.
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Have Travel & Mileage Questions?
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The PPWU has put together s short
slideshow discussing Travel and Mileage pay for PPWU members.
The presentation was breated by Central Business Agent Timothy
Thompson and was presented to the members in attendance at the
August 7th Virtual Informational Meeting.
PPWU President Kim Miller is providing that Travel & Mileage
presentation here as a resource for PPWU members to use to
maximize their benefits. You can download it
HERE. If you have additional
questions regarding travel or mileage pay, contact your Area
Business Agent.
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NEW
FORMS PAGE ADDED! - Check it out in the
menu (above)
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PPWU Scholarship Extended!
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PPWU Human Relations
Director Donna Welch has reported that no applications
have been received for the 2024 John T Boxler
Scholarship. After discussions with PPWU President
Kim Miller, the Executive Board of the Pennsylvania
Postal Workers Union has voted to extend the deadline to
apply for the John T. Boxler scholarship. The new
deadline is September 30, 2024.
You can read the rules, and download an application
HERE.
The Extended deadline to
submit an application for the scholarship is September
30,
2024
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A/L Carryover & Exchange Limits Raised
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As
they have done for the past few years, the USPS and APWU
have agreed to increase the contractual limits for
Annual Leave Carryover and Annual Leave Exchange
Program. These limits will apply to
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Annual
Leave Carryover: APWU career
employees may carry over 520 hours of accumulated
annual leave from leave year 2024 to leave year
2025.
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Annual Leave
Exchange: APWU career employees will
be allowed to sell a maximum of eighty (80) hours of
annual leave prior to the beginning of leave year
2025 provided the following two (2) criteria are
met:
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The employee must be at
the maximum leave carryover ceiling at the start
of the leave
year, and
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The employee must have
used fewer than 75 sick leave hours in leave
year 2024.
These MOU will
expire with the conclusion of the 2025 Leave Year.
Read the Agreements
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2024 Constitution & Bylaws Posted
(click here to read)
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DeJoy pushes onward with "some" Network
Plan Changeses
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In a new letter to
Senators, PMG Louis DeJoy has indicated that, despite the pause
in implementation of operational changes, he plans to move
forward with several Regional Distribution Center (RDC) and
Sortation & Distribution Center (SDC) projects. The SDCs,
scheduled for September 2024 implementation. These planned
SDC changes include the Wilkes-Barre, PA SDC and the York, PA
SDC.
Additionally, DeJoy
made it clear, to the Senators, that he is going to continue
pushing forward with planned changed to transportation.
In, what can only
be described as a, "nyah nyah!" (sitcking his tounge out) at
Congress move Dejoy now claims that any "pause" in Network Plan
changes was his
choice and was
already part ofof his
plan and has nothing to do with Congressional objections.
In this most recent letter, DeJoy claims that waiting until
January 01, 2025 to implement these changes was part of his
original plan and that it fits in with his already determined
schedule. Instead of being a flex, it comes off more
as a Pee Wee Herman "I meant to do that!" moment.
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USPS Pauses Network Plan Consolidationsns
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Postmaster General
Dejoy has announced that the USPS is pausing some planned mail
consolidations that are part of his 10-year Network
Modernization plan. This action comes in response to a
letter signed by 26 Senators expressing concern that the Network
Plan is deterioirating service to the American People.
Additionally, DeJoy also indicated that he would not move
forward with any consolidation plants with first informing
Congress.
APWU Preisdent Mark
Dimindstein commended the "union ranks, our community allies
and many friends in Congress who have made and will continue to
make their voices heard loud and clear."
The APWU has
requested a full, and accurate, list of consolidations that will
be put on hold, as well as any potential impact on excessing of
employees from one facility to another.r.
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Election of Officers for 2024 - 2026
Termrm
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Nominations for officer positions within the PPWU were
held on Saturday, May 4, 2024 during the PPWU
Convention. Each office saw only one nominee with
the exception of Motor Vehicle Craft Direct which had
two nominees. The unopposed nominees were elected
by acclimation. Voting for the Motor Vehicle
Director was held on Sunday, May 5th with all MVS
delegates present at the convention casting a vote.
The duly elected officers for the PPWU are:
President |
Kim Miller |
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Motor Vehicle
Craft Director |
Gerald Hill |
Vice President |
Keving Gallagher |
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Maintenance
Craft Director |
David Smith |
Secretary-Treasurer |
Jim Snyder |
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Clerk Craft
Director |
Charlie Kukulski |
Human
Relations Director |
Donna Welch |
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Support
Services Director |
George Jendry |
Publicity &
Legislative Director |
Andy Kubat |
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Southeast
Business Agent |
Michael K Crum |
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173 -
176, 179, 189 - 196 Zip Offices |
Northeast
Business Agent |
Chad Beer |
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180 - 188 Zip
Offices |
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Central
Business Agent |
Timothy Thompson |
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166,
168 - 172, 177 - 178 Zip Offices |
Southwest
Business Agent |
Tom Molanik |
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150 - 157, 159 Zip
Offices |
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Northwest
Business Agent |
Joe Pcola |
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158,
160 - 165, 167 Zip Offices |
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DAY OF ACTION EVENT
October 01, 2024
Harrisburg P&DC 10 am
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Check out our new
FORMS page for FMLA,
OWCP, Grievance, and other forms |
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Lindsey
Bugianesi
Career - Nicholson
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Amanda
Dostaler
Career - Friendsville
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John
Figallo
PSE - Olyphant
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Wanda
Geist
Career - Kempton
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Christopher Hammond
PSE - Rehrersburg
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Geraldine
Kocher
PSE - Strausstown
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Brittani
Schortye
Career - Bechtelsville
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Sherri
Van Lone
PSE - Lake Como
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Natasha
Ditzian
PSE - Dilliner
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Tamara
Johnson
Career - Sheffield
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Shaun
Sayer
PSE - Hawley
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Erica
Schaffer
PSE - Clarks Summit
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Mark
Wasilewski
Career - Pine Grove Mills
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