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PDIs 101

(This is brought to you from the Director of Associate Offices, Mike Wright)

We’ve been having issues with some of the newer employees not being aware of their rights, below are some basic rights you are entitled to under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA):

  • ALWAYS ask for a Steward for a Pre-Disciplinary Interview (PDI) and make sure their a member of your Union, we’ve had two incidents recently where management, in a rush to discipline an employee, have used Stewards from other Unions to sit in on our members’ Day in Court.
  • ALWAYS  contact the Union if you receive any discipline within 14 days of the employee receiving the discipline. After Day 14, it become more difficult to get the discipline reduced or thrown out.
  • ALWAYS make sure you’re on the clock, this isn’t the Red Cross and we don’t work for free.

These are just some of the rights you are entitled to, coming to the meetings will help educate you, and knowledge of the  CBA is your biggest weapon in fighting those who willingly break the contract.

Resolution Opposing Privatization of the Postal Service Introduced in Congress

(This article was first reported on the National Website on July 26, 2018)

On July 16, a leading group of Congressional representatives took action to help combat a proposal to privatize the Postal Service. The proposal, put forward by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget in their report Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century, would “restructure the U.S. Postal Service” and “prepare it for future conversion from a government agency into a privately-held corporation.”  ​

APWU thanks the bipartisan group of representatives for introducing House Resolution 993 in response to this attack. The resolution calls on Congress to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and not be subject to privatization.

The resolution was introduced by Rodney Davis (R-IL) and Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and co-sponsored by Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Don Young (R-AK), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and Marcia Fudge (D-OH).

“We will fight back against any attempt to privatize the Postal Service,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “This is yet another attempt by corporate interests to pad their pockets and rob the public of affordable and universal mail delivery.”

CALL TODAY!!!
1-844-402-1001
To tell your member of Congress to oppose privatizating – selling – the USPS, and support House Resolution 993 by becoming a co-sponsor.

Members of Congress will be starting their summer recess in August.  “We urge all APWU members to meet with your representative and express the urgency of them becoming a co-sponsor of this resolution and oppose the privatization of the Postal Service,” said Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard.

Seventh and Final COLA under the 2015 Contract Agreement Announced

(This article was first reported on the National Website on August 10, 2018)

In accordance with the 2015-2018 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract), career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 31 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective September 1, 2018. It will appear in paychecks dated September 21, 2018 (Pay Period 19-2018), and will total $645.00 per year.

The COLAs are in addition to general wage increases.

This is the seventh and final cost-of-living adjustment under the 2015-2018 contract:

  • $0.00 The first COLA would have been effective Sept. 5, 2015
  • $0.00 The second COLA would have been effective March 5, 2016.
  • $21.00 The third COLA was effective Sept. 3, 2016.
  • $333.00 The fourth COLA was effective March 18, 2017.
  • $270.00 The fifth COLA increase effective Sept. 2, 2017.
  • $520.00 The sixth COLA effective March 3, 2018.
  • $645.00 The seventh COLA effective Sept. 1, 2018.

The COLAs received during the 2015-2018 CBA will total $1,789 per year.

Postal Support Employees (PSEs) do not receive cost-of-living increases, but had five general wage increases under the 2015-2018 contract. PSEs received a pay increase of 21 cents on May 26, 2018.

Updated pay scales are available.