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On the second (2nd) or subsequent lay-off, one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment and, in the case of a partial year of continuous employment, one (1) week's pay multiplied by the number of days of continuous employment divided by three hundred and sixty-five (365), less any period in respect of which he was. Article 37.4.A -Fulltime flexible employees and unassigned regular employees are considered unencumbered employees. 0000021921 00000 n
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COVID is not over and the APWU is still losing members to this horrible disease. 22 Bargaining Unit Employees Bargaining unit employees permanently assigned to a higher equivalent grade in the nonbargaining unit schedule receive a salary adjustment of 5 percent of their basic salary subject to the following: a. PTF Clerks' One-Time Voluntary Reassignment. The new pay rates can be seen in the new letter carrier pay schedule availablehere. 20% of career Retail/Customer Service (F4) Clerk Craft employees in the District . 1300 L Street NW 0000017835 00000 n
Click Here to be taken to the page & notice. The average PSE Mail Processing Clerk salary is $19 per hour. Tie-breaking procedures remain the same, but this change will eliminate potential manipulation of the relative standing list by managers. Clerk/PSE (Current Employee) - Washington, DC - November 22, 2022 The post office pays good and have some good benefits but the Customers are rude if you work at they retail counter and they don't want you to take off working 6 days a week from 8:30am-5:30pm until you turn over as a regular 0000010595 00000 n
For a Level 4 Mail Handler at top step, the wage increases during the three years of the 2019 National Agreement not including COLA will total $2,370, including $668 retroactively effective in November 2019; $607 effective in November 2020; and $1,093 effective in November 2021. 0000073842 00000 n
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SUMMARY OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING TERMS OF 2019 NATIONAL AGREEMENT (PDF), ESTABLISHING TERMS OF 2019 NATIONAL AGREEMENT. 7 December 2022. The fourth regular Cost of Living Adjustment under the 2019-2023 National Agreement will be $1,934 annually for letter carriers in Table 1 and at Step O of Table 2. Of course, should inflation moderate, these guaranteed COLA payments will be lower, and should inflation increase more than expected, these guaranteed COLA payments could provide larger wage increases. Postal Support Employees (PSEs) are hired for a term not to exceed 360 calendar days per appointment. 0000012279 00000 n
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Members have the right to participate in local meetings, vote for local and national officers, vote on the contract, to run for office and to petition for change in the APWU. Clerk Craft Award Notice for November 30, 2022 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. The Article 32 MOU on Subcontracting has been continued, as the parties continue to discuss insourcing of work from the Surface Transportation Centers and the Mail Transport Equipment Service Centers (MTEC). 0000074125 00000 n
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All career Mail Handlers will receive four general wage increases during the term: -- the first, retroactively effective to November 23, 2019, will be 1.1%; -- the second, effective on November 21, 2020, will be 1.0%; -- the third, effective on November 20, 2021, will be 1.0%; and, -- the fourth, called a special pay adjustment, also effective on November. For the first time since 1996, the Postal Service and the NPMHU have agreed to unlock, each year of the contract, the flat dollar amounts paid for night differential at each grade and step of the wage scales. The Postal Service says employees are to use Annual, Sick, or LWOP for their absences. I do not agree that this is in the best interest of Postal Employees. The corresponding number of duty assignments will be created and posted in Function 1 in the 31 facilities as identified by the Postal Service, consistent with the. The November 9, 2022 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice has been posted on the Bid Postings page of this website. You can join APWU by completing form 1187, which you can find here. Unlike previous temporary USPS workers, PSEs have the right to join the APWU. The selected noncareer employee should not be separated and then given a career appointment unless the employee's appointment expires before the employee can be converted to career status. NALC - Backpay and COLA update. These newly converted employees will see an immediate pay increase, an increase in benefits paid for by the Postal Service, guaranteed work hours, and in most cases fixed schedules.. Please note that the listed bid assignments will become effective Saturday, December 17, 2022. Articles 12.3B4 (fixed days of work), 12.3B5 (change in duties or change in principal assignment area), and 12.3B6 (change in starting time) have been amended to provide for an expedited selection process within the section when these changes require that an assignment be posted installation-wide bidding. The Postal Service has informed the APWU of the date that Postal Support Employees (PSEs) who have been employed in 125 workyear or larger offices for more than 2.5 years (30 months) will be converted to career status. 0000224941 00000 n
Elimination of All Casual Employees from the Mail Handler Craft. In my opinion the changing of the Decision Tree was to avoid any payment of administrative leave by turning over an isolation or quarantine decisions to public health officials. In addition, during the peak mailing season, there will be a 56-day period for unlimited hiring of MHAs instead of casuals. From October 2021 - June 2022, we've seized 6,205 lbs of meth; 4,936 lbs. This effectively increases the period of time during which a temporary supervisor must return to the craft before bidding. jp. The MOU on Purging Letters of Warning has been obtained again for all Mail Handlers, and it will again apply to MHAs. The Joint Education and Training Fund will be continued, with additional funding of $1 million per year. A Task Force will be created under Article 35 to facilitate NPMHU representation on EAP committees at the District and National levels. The Postal Service has informed the APWU of the date that Postal Support Employees (PSEs) who have been employed in 125 workyear or larger offices for more than 2.5 years (30 months) will be converted to career status. For a Level 5 Mail Handler at top step, these general wage increases again not including COLA will total $2,413 over the three years of the contract, including $681 retroactively effective in November 2019; $619 effective in November 2020; and $1,114 effective in November 2021. I believe they did this so that it is an outside agency or medical provider who is telling the employee to stay off work instead of the Postal Service. This also will mean approximately 1,400 additional members of our bargaining unit, which will be good for the employees who are new MHAs and good for the overall strength of the Union. Under the 2016 National Agreement, the Postal Service has been allowed 3% casuals, down from prior contracts when casual percentages have been as high as 12.5%. New career employees may choose new health insurance plans, enroll in the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) plan, choose how much to contribute to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), where to allocate TSP funds, and other benefits decisions. Any future pay increases will be based on the next contract. So here are things to note: I know the Postal Service will probably still attempt to discipline folks for missing work for COVID-19. Additionally, effective Nov. 19, 2022, a new top step (Step P) (which is $444 annually greater than Step O) will be added to the career letter carrier pay scales.The agreement also provides for the automatic conversion of city carrier assistants (CCAs) to career status no later than after 24 months of relative standing, providing full fringe. For MHAs, at Level 4, the rate that started in 2013 at $13.75, and has recently been $16.21, will immediately go to $16.55 per hour retroactively effective in November 2019. 1.3% Nov. 19, 2022 1.3% Nov. 18, 2023 6 COLA's for Career employees PSE's will receive 2.3% each year PSE's will get a $0.50 a month after ratification Job Security No lay-off protections remain in full-force No lay-off extended to all career on rolls 9-20-21 50 mile limit on excessing Holiday Pay PTF pay adjusted for new holiday The Postal Service is no longer asking people to quarantinerather if an employee is exposed the Postal Service is telling them to wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested on day 5 after exposure. SENIORITY PROVISIONS . trailer
The 2019 National Agreement will cover a period of three years, and will expire at midnight on September 20, 2022. For career employees, in 2020 there will be no change in the percentage of employee contribution to health insurance. At the time this email was written, no proposed changes had been provided to the APWU. 0000015311 00000 n
Benefits During the first year of service, paid time off is the main benefit that you are eligible for. A change to Article 17.5 will ensure that union representatives may attend orientation for new employees transferred to the Mail Handler craft. By November 2021, the Level 4 rate will go to $17.36. Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), Click Here to be taken to the page & notice, How to File an OWCP Claim When Diagnosed with COVID-19 | American Postal Workers Union (apwu.org), APWU Constitution Bylaws as Amended August 18, 2022, February 14, 2023 Clerk Craft Award Notice, February 10, 2023 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice Revised, January 26, 2023 Clerk Craft Award Notice, Wear masks at work, when in public, and at union events. Regular and 38% PSE and all career duty assignments are Full-Time Regular 0000011098 00000 n
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Level 4 RMPO PSEs to get 1 hour additional AL per pay period after 2 360 day appointments PSEs will be offered 1 non-scheduled day per week except Dec. with Wed prior notification UNIFORM ALLOWANCE INCREASE 2.5% EACH YEAR DSSDA WILL RECEIVE TYPE 1 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE New roll-over program where unused funds can carry over the next year, ADDITIONAL WORK RULE IMPROVEMENTS SEE APWU.ORG FOR COMPLETE LIST, SIGN UP AT APWU.ORG FOR TOWNHALLS DECEMBER 16TH. %%EOF
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Membership in the APWU gives you a voice in determining your future. Created and maintained by ILN Enterprises. Article 12.5 is clarified to ensure that meetings about potential relocation of mail handlers will be held at the Regional level, and that Local Union representatives may attend. This way the Postal Service can now make the claim it was not them who put anyone off work. on December 9, 2022 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice, on December 7, 2022 Clerk Craft Award Notice 95535175, on December 7, 2022 Clerk Craft Award Notice 95693721, on Postal Service Updating COVID-19 items, on December 2, 2022 Clerk Craft Award Notice, on November 30, 2022 Clerk Craft Award Notice, on Vacancy Notice Best Qualified Assignment Data Collection Tech Revised, on November 9, 2022 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice, on Peak Season Exception Period MOU and PSE District Cap MOU Ramp Up Period- 2022. For 2021, the Postal Services share of the cost of health insurance, which currently is at 73% of the weighted average formula used by OPM for federal employees with a maximum percentage of 79.25%, will have its final 1% reduction.
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Over 2,500 current PSEs will be converted on May 9, 2020, the beginning of pay period 11. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Pse conversion to career 2022 pay scale. The following is a summary of the tentative agreement reached between representatives of the NPMHU and the Postal Service to establish the terms of the 2019 National Agreement. All career Mail Handlers will receive six cost-of-living adjustments, using the July 2019 CPI index as a base: -- the first COLA will be effective in March 2020, -- the second COLA will be effective in September 2020, -- the third COLA will be effective in March 2021, -- the fourth COLA will be effective in September 2021, -- the fifth COLA will be effective in March 2022, -- the sixth COLA will be effective in September 2022. Grade 11 Pay Scale increased by an average of 2.3% prior to any general increases or COLAs; Part-Time Flexible (PTF) Work Rules . th The Postal Service will convert 457 PSEs to career status in 31 installations as identified by the Postal Service, consistent with the attached Table 1. xref
For MHAs, during their first year of employment, MHAs will be able to maintain their participation in the USPS Noncareer health plan. Health Insurance No change to the Postal Service contribution to premiums for those participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The Postal Service has significantly changed their COVID-19 policies. American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO 0000004712 00000 n
A change in Article 8 will guarantee that MHAs receive overtime pay for work performed in excess of eight (8) hours on duty in any one service day or in excess of forty (40) hours on duty in any service week. Other membership benefits include: "The American Postal Worker'; a bimonthly magazine reporting on issues and programs affecting you, a safety and health program that educates workers about possible hazards in the workplace and provides technical assistance, and members are eligible to enroll in the APWU Health Plan, which provides comprehensive coverage at a very reasonable cost. Backpay is calculated for all paid hours between November 23, 2019 (the date of the first general wage increase in the Agreement) and April 9, 2021 (the day before new pay rates were implemented as explainedhere). They will be converted to a PTF in Level 20 and below offices or to Full-time Flexible (FTF) in Level 21 and above offices. As we have always said and will continue to say, the APWU recommends that all employees continue to practice things that help slow the spread: Social Distance, wash your hands, wear a mask, and if medically able, get your COVID-19 vaccines and Flu vaccines as well. PSEs "will be converted based on their relative standing on the PSE rolls" within the affected installations. At 72%, the Postal Service will pay the same as the federal government pays for health insurance costs for federal employees, who receive exactly the same health insurance benefits. Click Here to be taken to the page & notice. General Schedule(GS) base payvaries from the GS-1 level at $20,172 per annum to $146,757 per annum at step 10 of the GS-15 grade, not including locality payadjustments. 1 Aug 2022 12:55 pm Acknowledgment of Country The Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment acknowledges and respects Aboriginal people as the state's first people and nations, and recognises Aboriginal people as traditional owners and occupants of South Australian land and waters.Pay Scale.February 2022 Pay Scales; Login; General INFO.. Constitution; Steward List 0000018118 00000 n
Social Security Recipients Night Shift Differential For time worked between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., employees shall be paid additional compensation at the applicable flat dollar amount at each pay grade and step. The exact amount of the COLAs will be based on future increases in the Consumer Price Index. 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