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The USPS notified the APWU
that it had received
authority, from OPM, to
offer Voluntary Early
Retirment (VER) to eligible
clerks who have 25 years of
service, or 20 years (if
they are 50+ years of age).
Eligible clerks will receive
a packet in the mail
containing offer details and
an annuity estimate.
If you have moved, you
must update
your address with the USPS
or you may not receive your
packet!
THERE IS NO MONETARY
INCENTIVE ("BUY OUT") WITH
THIS OFFER
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Several
new employees have
joined
the ranks of the
APWU. We would
like to recognize
each of these new
members and thank
them for recognizing
the need to be part
of the struggle
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Jennifer
Schott |
PSE |
Milanville |
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Michael
Failla |
PSE |
Tyler Hill |
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Shannon Ryba |
PSE |
Kelayres |
Take a moment to
introduce yourself
to these new
employees and
welcome them into
the APWU |
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APWU SCORES
BIG WIN ON "END OF DAY" BUTTON
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Arbitrator Shyam Das found
in favor of the APWU again
in the union’s on-going
efforts to enforce the
Global Settlement Memorandum
of Understanding (GSMOU) and
the Global Settlement Remedy
Agreement (GSRA) for
implementing the GSMOU.
In an
award issued December 8, 2017,
Das found that the “End of Day”
button – a function the Postal
Service added into the Retail
System Software (RSS)
point-of-sale system allowing
postmasters to enter and exit
the system without fully closing
out – did not satisfy the
requirement in the Global
Settlement Remedy Agreement that
postmasters are allowed to
perform bargaining unit work for
only 15 hours per week, to be
counted from the start to the
“end of day.”
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Several
new employees have
joined
the ranks of the
APWU. We would
like to recognize
each of these new
members and thank
them for recognizing
the need to be part
of the struggle
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Jenny
Davidovich |
PSE |
Sayre |
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Zane
Naylor |
PSE |
Montrose |
Introduce yourself
to these new
employees and
welcome them into
the APWU
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EDUCATIONAL
SCHOLARSHIP
OPPORTUNITY
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PPWU President Mike
Stephenson announced
the creation of a
scholarship program
designed to help
smaller locals
educate their
officers and
stewards. The
scholarship is
available to locals
of less than 100
members and will
include travel
expense, lodging,
and per-diem.
The schoalrship will
not
cover "lost time".
Three (3)
scholarships will be
available. See
announcement
letter
for full details
Applications must be
submitted, in
writing, to the PPWU
President no later
than January 31,
2018 and will be
applied towards the
2018 Tri-State
Training in
Pittsburgh, PA
(April 18-19, 2018).
You
can download an
application
here.
The PPWU hopes this
can be an ongoing
program and will use
2018 to determine
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Several
new employees have
joined
the ranks of the
APWU. We would
like to recognize
each of these new
members and thank
them for recognizing
the need to be part
of the struggle
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Kala Brown |
PSE |
Dimock |
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Grace Meyers |
PSE |
Markleton |
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Renata
Gernavage |
PSE |
Quakake |
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Tina Mooney |
PSE |
Carbondale |
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Michelle
Hermany |
PSE |
Landford |
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Corie Ward |
PSE |
Virginville |
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Take a moment to
introduce yourself
to these new
employees and
welcome them into
the APWU |
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On Thursday, Oct. 26, the
House of Representatives
voted to approve the
Senate’s budget resolution.
With both chambers in
agreement, there is now a
budget which lays out limits
for 2018 federal government
spending. Tens of thousands
of postal and federal
workers called on their
lawmakers over the last few
months to reject any
resolution paid for by
hurting the livelihoods of
dedicated civil servants.
You called to oppose: moving
the Postal Service “on
budget,” increasing employee
pension contributions,
ending the Social Security
supplement and eliminating
pensions for new hires.
None of these
disastrous provisions were
included in the final budget
and we credit
your activism
and the
collaboration with the
Federal-Postal Coalition
with their exclusion.
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