0000011571 00000 n We have been negotiating on your behalf and will continue to do so. The Decision Tree no longer grants administrative leave under any circumstances. The agreement also eliminates all casual employees from the Mail Handler craft within 120 days of the ratification of the agreement. startxref trailer 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. 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. The position is open to Clerk Craft in Oakland Bid Center, Opening Date: November 18, 2022 0000074598 00000 n 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. Postal Service (USPS) met for the first session of main table bargaining at Postal Service Headquarters in Washington, DC. The PSE workforce is comprised of employees who don't yet have career appointments but who enjoy union representation and negotiated rights. Article 6 will be amended to ensure that layoffs of career employees, if ever implemented, are prohibited unless preceded by reductions in overtime, MHA hours, and PTF hours. 0000161221 00000 n 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. 11. Clerk Craft Award Notice for December 7, 2022 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. The exact amount of the COLAs will be based on future increases in the Consumer Price Index. 0000198566 00000 n 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). et Then, determine the number of pay grades within the structure. 0000014783 00000 n PSE Conversions to FTF Upon PSEs' conversion to career FullTime Flexible (FTF), Article 37.4 will apply. So here are things to note: I know the Postal Service will probably still attempt to discipline folks for missing work for COVID-19. The APWU still encourages all employees to do the simple things that help prevent the spread of COVID or other illnesses: The updated Decision Tree is attached and we will update you if any other COVID protocols are altered. This effectively increases the period of time during which a temporary supervisor must return to the craft before bidding. 20% of career Retail/Customer Service (F4) Clerk Craft employees in the District . Any future pay increases will be based on the next contract. Entry-level candidates typically start at $14 per hour, which can rise to $26 per hour over time. 0000011098 00000 n This adjustment will be effective August 28 and reflected in paychecks dated September 17. From October 2021 - June 2022, we've seized 6,205 lbs of meth; 4,936 lbs. The November 9, 2022 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice has been posted on the Bid Postings page of this website. 0000029868 00000 n For example, if an employees Sunday tour of duty is from 8 p. Average United States Postal Service Mail Carrier hourly pay in the United States is approximately $17. If that average were to repeat itself during the term of the 2019 National Agreement, the COLA provision, by itself, would provide over $1,800 in additional base wage increases over the next three years. PSEs will be converted to career status upon reaching 24-months of relative standing. Grade 11 Pay Scale increased by an average of 2.3% prior to any general increases or COLAs; Part-Time Flexible (PTF) Work Rules . 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. MOU- Peak Season Exception Periods-Calendar Year 2022. apwu.org. This does not include the retroactive pay! 0000002559 00000 n If you do test positive, employees stay home for at least 5 days and once you leave home wear a mask through day 10. Unfortunately, the CDC significantly weakened their guidance on COVID-19 which the USPS is citing as reason for these changes. 0000229042 00000 n The same MOU is amended to use, for MHAs hired after ratification, the Saturday at the beginning of the pay period during which the MHA was hired as the date of relative standing for purposes of future conversion to full-time career. Article 12.3B6 is amended to provide that changes in starting time for purposes of bid posting and incumbency rights will be measured on a cumulative basis from the latest of ratification of each National Agreement or the start time at the beginning of each bid. 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. 0000074125 00000 n The Office of Personnel Management will make any necessary annuity adjustments. The following definitions apply for the purposes of 510:. For Mail Handler Assistants (MHAs), the first three general wage increases will be 1% higher per year, or 2.1% retroactively to November 2019, 2.0% in November 2020, and 2.0% in November 2021. 0000001930 00000 n A change to Article 16.5, providing that a suspension of fourteen (14) days if a timely grievance is appealed to Step 2 will not be served until disposition of the grievance, either by settlement, withdrawal, or an arbitrators final and binding decision. $1310 per annum COLA due to career employees on February 26, 2022, extra pay for PTFs due to the Juneteenth holiday, and the additional 50 cents per hour for PSEs. Washington DC 20005, Financial Issues for Local, State Union Officers, Everything Youve Always Wanted to Know About Postal Support Employees (PSEs), and Where to Find It, MOU: Resolution to PSE Salary Exception Issues Addendum, MOU: Workforce Benefits Fund, Case Number Q10C-4Q-C 15215794, 2015-07-15 PSE Fingerprint Compensation Agreement. Article 37.4.A -Fulltime flexible employees and unassigned regular employees are considered unencumbered employees. We also know that the CDC has drastically changed their guidelinesnot necessarily for the better. 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.. 363.1 Definition. %%EOF Created and maintained by ILN Enterprises. 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 The PSE workforce is comprised of employees who dont yet have career appointments but who enjoy union representation and negotiated rights. 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. *City carrier assistants receive the additional 1.0% increases referenced above in lieu of cost of living adjustments pursuant to Article 9.7 of the National Agreement. The Joint Education and Training Fund will be continued, with additional funding of $1 million per year. As Mail Handlers know from previous years, because of largely unpredictable fluctuations in the rate of inflation, economists have great difficulty in accurately projecting the amount of these COLAs. We all know that COVID is not over. 0000010595 00000 n In return, the tentative agreement will increase the percentage of MHAs to allow up to 24.5% by Installation (up from 23.5% by Installation and 18.5% by District), and this cap will apply at the Installation level, making enforcement easier for the Union. If any such employee, then tests positive for COVID-19 they need and should file an OWCP claim. article 17: pay administration 45 article 18 . 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%. The conversions will occur no later than July 16, 2022. Open any image with adobe photoshop elements. On your behalf, the APWU has negotiated basic seniority . 1300 L Street NW and possibly discontinue them. 0000001199 00000 n Conversions of PSEs was one of the demands your negotiators made from the very start of negotiations. 0000012140 00000 n Domiciled at Oakland P&DC, 1675 7th St. Phone: (202) 833-9095, Copyright 2023 National Postal Mail Handlers Union 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. The Postal Service is supposed to send each newly converted employee a benefits book with all the necessary forms and instructions for making these extremely important decisions. 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. Under this agreement, all night differentials will increase by 2% per year, effective in May 2020, in May 2021, and in May 2022. This will allow you to give input into benefits that are negotiated on your behalf and how your union is run. 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. 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. 1300 L Street NW I do not agree that this is in the best interest of Postal Employees. The Postal Service says employees are to use Annual, Sick, or LWOP for their absences. A Task Force will be created under Article 35 to facilitate NPMHU representation on EAP committees at the District and National levels. A letter will be issued by USPS management to make clear that MHAs can request use of annual leave in increments of between one (1) and forty (40) hours. 0000224777 00000 n PSEs will be converted to career status upon reaching 24-months of relative standing Clerk PSEs assigned to offices Grade 21 or higher will be converted to Full-Time Flexible with such assignments made in accordance with the Clerk Craft provisions of Art. This isnt the end of our battle for more career employees. 0000073842 00000 n Benefits During the first year of service, paid time off is the main benefit that you are eligible for. The parties have resolved the matter in accordance with the attached Memorandum of Understanding. endstream endobj 804 0 obj <>/Metadata 26 0 R/Pages 25 0 R/StructTreeRoot 28 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 805 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/Properties<>/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 1008.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 806 0 obj <> endobj 807 0 obj <>stream 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. 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. You can join APWU by completing form 1187, which you can find here. 0000029798 00000 n 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. We're working hard to keep dangerous drugs off the streets. Many PSEs to be converted by 3/13/2021. Thank you and rememberstay safe, wear your mask! However, it is the opinion of the APWU that if an employee is exposed to COVID-19 at work and told to isolate by a public health official, administrative leave should be granted. SUMMARY OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING TERMS OF 2019 NATIONAL AGREEMENT (PDF), ESTABLISHING TERMS OF 2019 NATIONAL AGREEMENT. For example, the seven COLAs paid during the 40-month term of the 2016 National Agreement averaged $345 per COLA, even though one COLA was 0 and another was only $21 because of minimal inflation in the economy. 0000000016 00000 n 23700 - 980/7 - 30560 - 1145/2 - 32850 - 1310/7 - 42021. <]/Prev 304358/XRefStm 1572>> Close contact tracing is no longer done by the Postal Nurses but returned to local health departments to conduct. All other provisions of the 2016 National Agreement are being maintained, except for date changes or other cosmetic changes that may be necessary to accommodate the new contract. They are hiring a bunch of new PSE's over the next couple weeks, o that list will have additional people added in the near future. This is a historic achievement, as non-career and non-union casuals without a path to career employment have been used in the Mail Handler craft since the 1970s. 0000021921 00000 n 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. The average PSE Mail Processing Clerk salary is $19 per hour. Over 2,500 current PSEs will be converted on May 9, 2020, the beginning of pay period 11. The following will be affected by the. Closing Date: November 29, 2022. 1. 0 TENTATIVE APWU/USPS AGREEMENT REACHED THREE YEAR AGREEMENT SEPT. 21, 2021 TO SEPT. 20, 2024, General Wage Increases 1.3% Nov. 20, 2021 (retroactive) 1.3% Nov. 19, 2022 1.3% Nov. 18, 2023 6 COLAs for Career employees PSEs will receive 2.3% each year PSEs 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 Juneteenth Holiday added Health Insurance No change to USPS contribution 95% USPS contribution to APWU CDHP PSEs converted will receive credit for time enrolled in CDHP toward 1 year qualifying period within 90 days of ratification 1 time voluntary transfer opportunity to larger facility Enhanced Level 8 and 11 Pay Scales Elimination of Steps FF-AA See apwu.org for slotting information of present employees in these levels PTF WORK RULE CHANGES Pay Period Guarantee increased to 24 hours from 2 hours 4 hour guarantee when scheduled 40 hours Annual Leave advanced at start of leave year Guaranteed 1 non-scheduled day a week with Wednesday notification prior week, AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF PSES IN LEVEL 20 OFFICES AND ABOVE PSEs converted to career standing upon reaching 24 months Clerk PSEs Level 21 or higher converted to FT-Flexible Clerk PSEs Level 20 converted to PTF MVS PSEs converted to PTF DOES NOT APPLY TO CLERK PSES IN LEVEL 4 RMPO OTHER SLOTTING ISSUES SEE APWU.ORG, PSE WORK RULE CHANGES 40 hours Annual Leave advances at beginning of leave year. 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