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President Dimondstein To Hold Town Hall
Meetings
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08/12/21
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On August 24,2021, join APWU President
Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman
and other members of the National Negotiating Committee as they
give the latest news and updates from contract negotiations with
the United States Postal Service.
The virtual meetings will be held at
14:00, 18:00 and 19:00 and are open to all APWU Members.
To register, click
HERE
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APWU Hosting Retirement Planning
Webinars
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08/12/21
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The APWU Retiree Department is
sponsoring 2 virtual retirement planning workshops on Monday,
September 27, 2021.
Covers benefits offered to CSRS, CSRS offset and FERS
employees when they retire. Learn how your annuity is
calculated, which deductions are made from annuity checks
and how your Social Security Supplement benefits are
determined. Learn the rules for health insurance, life
insurance, and long-term care insurance, and survivor
benefits. We will discuss the rules for your earned annual
leave and sick leave balance. Learn your rights to an
individual on-the-clock retirement counseling session
provided by the USPS.
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET: TSP: A to Z
Overview of the Thrift Saving Plan (TSP)
which will include tax benefits, contribution rules,
transfers, rollovers, loans, withdrawal options, and taxable
distributions.
The workshops are
open to all APWU
members.
You will be asked to provide: first name, last name, email
address, phone number, MAL members would type "Pennsylvania
State" in the box for "Local". For “position in local” you can
enter “member”. Once your membership is verified and you will
be sent a link to join the workshop.
You must be off-the-clock to participate.
click
HERE to register
USPS.gov email addresses cannot be used to register.
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Cost-of-Living Increase Announced
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08/12/21
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In accordance with the 2018-2021
Contract, career APWU employees represented by the APWU will
receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective August 28,
2021. It will appear in paychecks dated September 17, 2021.
The COLA for full-time employees will
be an increase of: $1,935 per year
($74.40 per pay period / $0.93 per hour).
The
hourly rates for part-time employees will be adjusted
accordingly.
The APWU is the only postal union with
full COLA where all career employees receive the same amount.
Other unions have accepted stepped COLAs (or “Diet” COLA) where
the amount each employee receives is based upon their years of
service. COLAs are in addition to general wage increases.
Postal Support Employees (PSEs) do not receive cost-of-living
increases, but have several general wage increases under the
2018 contract.
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APWU Health Plan Virtual Health
Fair for New Employees
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07/09/21
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The APWU Health Plan will conduct
Virtual Health Fairs, exclusively for upcoming round of PSE
conversions. The Member Education department will brief
employees on the benefit highlights for both the High Option and
Consumer Driven Option plans. Most importantly, there will be a
Q&A period to ask the Health Plan staff questions concerning
benefits.
Below is the schedule for the New
Career Employee Virtual Health Fairs. Please circulate this
information to the PSE’s that are being converted. Click the
link to register and attend.
Once registered, you will get an email
confirmation with a GoToWebinar link and dial-in information. On
the day before the virtual health fair date you selected, we
will email you a reminder and include the dial-in information
with instructions.
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July 19, 2021: 1pm - 3pm |
August 04, 2021: 3pm - 5pm |
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August 13, 2021: 12pm - 2pm |
August 23, 2021: 3pm - 5pm |
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September 09, 2021: 230pm - 430pm |
September 17, 2021: 10am - 12pm |
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