It is once again Open Season for Clerk and Motor Vehicle Craft employees to sign up to take tests and join the Maintenance Craft In-Service Register.   The In-Service register is used to fill jobs in the Maintenance Craft after the in-craft bidding and Maintenance e-Reassign has been exhausted. 

     Employees can sign up to take the test for:

      The APWU is alunching a new safety campaign and it involves everyone.  As the frontline APWU members in your office, you know better than anyone the conditions you have to deal with every day.  It may be leaky pipes, burned out light, no heat/cooling, dirty conditions, or even a toxic work enviorenment.

      The Union's fight to ensure a safe workplace can do nothing without your help.  Your APWU steward may not be aware of unsafe conditions in your office. The Union needs you raise issues of concern so that we can investigate and address problems. To assist you, the APWU has created:

• A safety fact sheet with important information that you should be aware of, and

• A facility condition checklist you can use to evaluate your office.  This form can be completed and sent to your PPWU Area Business Agent.

       There is also a "form fill" version of PS-FORM 1767 that you can use to report safety hazards.  You can type directly into the form and print it out (If like me you have terrible handwriting!) or you can download the form and fill it out by hand.

These are all available on the PPWU forms page on this site.

      Career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $0.12 per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective March 7, 2026.  It will appear in paychecks dated March 27 (Pay Period 07-2026). The value of the COLA for full-time employees in each step and grade will increase annual pay by $250, and the hourly rates for part-time employees will be adjusted accordingly.

       This is the third COLA under the 2024-27 Contract.

       The APWU has an excellent article on their website explaining what COLA is, how it is calculated, and why it is so important.  You can read it here 

     The PPWU is now accepting applications for the 2026 John T. Boxler scholarship.  We have made some changes to the scholarship program to expend eligibility.  The scholarship is now open to childdren and grandchildren of PPWU members in-good-standing.  Scholarship rules and applications are available on the Scholarships page

     The USPS has announced a tentative date for the retro-active back pay owed to employees under the 2024-2027 Contract.  The payment date has been set at April 10, 2026.  The APWU believes the back pay calculations can be completed sooner that April 10, 2026 and is pressing the USPS on this issue.

     The retro-active pay will caover all paid hours from Nov. 16, 2024 to Aug. 23, 2025.  We cannot tell you how much the back pay will since people's total paid hours may be different.  Someone who worked overtime will get more, while someone who used LWOP will get less.

      Dates set for other pay provisions:

     The APWU recently reported that several of the retro active pay increases from the 2024-2027 contract are now in effect.

     The APWU recently announced that several of the retro active pay increases from the 2024-2027 contract are now in effect.

• The November 16, 2024 1.3% general wage increase (2.3% for PSEs), and

• The February 2025 Cost-of-Living (COLA) Increase for all career employees

     are effective as of August 23, 2025.  These new rates will be reflected in paychecks dated September 12, 2025 (PP19). 

     The August 2025 COLA will take effect on September 06, 2025 and will appear in paychecks on September 26, 2025 (PP20).