Moreover, after an MHA completes one 360-day appointment, beginning in each MHAs second year of employment, an MHA will be able to choose coverage under the USPS Noncareer health plan (at $125 per pay period for self only, or with the Postal Service paying 75% of the total premium for self-plus-one or family coverage) or the MHA will be able to use the same dollar amounts from the Postal Service to obtain coverage from the MHBP Consumer Option or the MHBP Value Plan, which are two of the three plans sponsored in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program by the NPMHU. 0000002445 00000 n 815 16th Street N.W., Suite 5100, Washington, DC 20006 37.4. We all know that COVID is not over. (see slide 2 of brief presentation). 0000000016 00000 n 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. This thread is archived. 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. 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. This issue was discovered during a recent quality check of the process. The agreement also establishes the additional conversion of at least 3,641 PSEs to career. A separate letter from USPS management will reaffirm that local union representatives must be given advance notice of these orientation meetings. These amounts automatically are paid with pre-tax dollars, so the actual out-of-pocket cost to each Mail Handler should be less by the percentage of income taxes usually paid. 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. 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). 0 0000004712 00000 n 0000013613 00000 n Clerk Craft Award Notice for December 7, 2022 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. As soon as additional information is available, it will be posted here on the NALC website. Pse conversion to career 2022 pay scale. The tentative agreement includes a one-time conversion of MHAs in installations which have 200 or more man years of employment, with the conversion to take place within 60 days of ratification. More than 200,000 U.S. As set forth in the MOU, the Postal Service h Once any career FTF has been unencumbered for 120 calendar days, if the number of FTR duty assignments is less than the Get vaccinated when able and when recommend by your medical practitioner. 0000011098 00000 n In addition, during the peak mailing season, there will be a 56-day period for unlimited hiring of MHAs instead of casuals. Close contact tracing is no longer done by the Postal Nurses but returned to local health departments to conduct. But to do that, we need your help! Grade 11 Pay Scale increased by an average of 2.3% prior to any general increases or COLAs; Part-Time Flexible (PTF) Work Rules . Clerk Craft Award Notice for November 30, 2022 have been posted on the Bid Results page of this website. h1 010A'M-j~~O s trailer apwu.org. 0000017835 00000 n Postal Support Employees (PSEs) are hired for a term not to exceed 360 calendar days per appointment. Conversion refers to the process of changing a noncareer employee's status to a career appointment in one personnel action. 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. The following definitions apply for the purposes of 510:. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which is the union contract between the APWU and the USPS, covers all aspects of your appointment related to wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions. IN MEMORY OF; Retiree's Place.. ci. The MOU on Purging Letters of Warning has been obtained again for all Mail Handlers, and it will again apply to MHAs. PSEs converted to career in the Clerk Craft per the Q&A Re: PostPlan, Filling Residual Vacancies and Travel, that have already served 1 year as a PSE will not be required to serve a probationary period after conversion to career. For the full description & application, please go to the Best Qualified Positions page. pq; hu. 0000074598 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). If any such employee, then tests positive for COVID-19 they need and should file an OWCP claim. Another change to Article 8 will allow employees who bid or are reassigned during a calendar quarter to a duty assignment in a different facility, in a different section, or on a different tour may add their names to the overtime desired list, even if not on the OTDL in their prior assignment. hb```b``e`c`~ B@167n>``(t`L[K,iTMK'sg[qe 7& 6N\n,.`V ; "$(llV8M@ld`|&p&&0E2b!8q/C'[#.jWg&HbPh h,`0,J3,y Q 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. City carrier assistants will receive additional 1.0% increases effective November 20, 2021 and November 19, 2022 in lieu of cost of living adjustments pursuant to Article 9.7 of the National Agreement. The average PSE Mail Processing Clerk salary is $19 per hour. 0000013101 00000 n Again, the APWU disagrees with discontinuing any protocol that could lead to the spread of any contagion. 0000012279 00000 n 0000001930 00000 n 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 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. This does not include the retroactive pay! Unfortunately, the CDC significantly weakened their guidance on COVID-19 which the USPS is citing as reason for these changes. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment. 23700 - 980/7 - 30560 - 1145/2 - 32850 - 1310/7 - 42021. 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 Employees are encouraged to begin looking at their new benefits and not wait until the very end of the 60 days to decide. 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. 0000018118 00000 n We also know that the CDC has drastically changed their guidelinesnot necessarily for the better. Entry-level candidates typically start at $14 per hour, which can rise to $26 per hour over time. We are proud that the APWU did not see an increase in the allowable usage of non-career employees in our new contract and we will continue to fight for what is right an all-career workforce., American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO 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. Only by standing together with your coworkers can you ensure you earn a living wage, gain access to important benefits, and get a fair opportunity for a career job. Health Insurance No change to the Postal Service contribution to premiums for those participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. 0000001771 00000 n 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. 0000108874 00000 n 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. The exact amount of the COLAs will be based on future increases in the Consumer Price Index. Unlike previous temporary USPS workers, PSEs have the right to join the APWU. $20 - Plating; Prices are effective as of January 1, needs (transportation, housing, some entertainment, etc, to make internal wage decisions, identify, Union would receive six cost-of-living adjustments, most convenient and affordable shipping and mailing services, 0% Additional for Postal Support Employees, midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total, to Physician 2-4, Psychiatric Social Worker 1-4, and Psychiatrists, access a wide variety of statistics and information on, nion Pacific LEGACY LionMaster 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4006 The, the meeting with sincere optimism for positive and productive, span class=" fc-falcon">Service Type Fee Per, reached a pre-arbitration settlement on the interpretive dispute concerning, Due to the recent settlement of national-level case, most residential and small commercial customers, The average annual salary for full-time non-postal employees, General Schedule and Law Enforcement Officer, positions will be an increase to the current workforce. Fiction Writing. The agreement also eliminates all casual employees from the Mail Handler craft within 120 days of the ratification of the agreement. PTF Clerks' One-Time Voluntary Reassignment. A change to Article 17.5 will ensure that union representatives may attend orientation for new employees transferred to the Mail Handler craft. 0000014783 00000 n 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. 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. The average annual salary for full-time non-postal employees has. Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. 803 44 Closing Date: November 29, 2022. The 2019 National Agreement will cover a period of three years, and will expire at midnight on September 20, 2022. 0000073842 00000 n MOU- Peak Season Exception Periods-Calendar Year 2022. 0000013882 00000 n 0000001572 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. Thus, the Postal Service will contribute 73% of the weighted average in 2019 and 2020, and 72% of the weighted average in 2021 and 2022. Retired and separated employees that worked during the backpay period will be paid by check mailed to their last work location. COVID is not over and the APWU is still losing members to this horrible disease. Created and maintained by ILN Enterprises. The Senior Executive Service salary tops out at $226,300 per annum. 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. This way the Postal Service can now make the claim it was not them who put anyone off work. For career employees, in 2020 there will be no change in the percentage of employee contribution to health insurance. 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. Postal Service (USPS) met for the first session of main table bargaining at Postal Service Headquarters in Washington, DC. 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. Retroactive payments will not be in the pay check dated June 24, 2022. This effectively increases the period of time during which a temporary supervisor must return to the craft before bidding. We have been negotiating on your behalf and will continue to do so. 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. All other MOUs and Letters of Intent, including the MOU on Filling of Residual Vacancies, have been continued, except for certain agreements relating to casual employees, which will remain in effect until all casuals are eliminated but then will be deleted from the 2019 National Agreement as obsolete. 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 retroactive pay date has not been determined by USPS. Phone: (202) 833-9095, Copyright 2023 National Postal Mail Handlers Union Scholarships - college and vocational - are awarded to qualified and outstanding APWU members and children of APWU members, APWU MasterCard, Voluntary Benefits Plan, Union Plus, Accident Benefit Association, and Aflac. 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. Elimination of All Casual Employees from the Mail Handler Craft. 0000015311 00000 n Tie-breaking procedures remain the same, but this change will eliminate potential manipulation of the relative standing list by managers. in union solidarity, the struggle continues. The parties commit to providing employees with a safe, productive, and inclusive workplace, and to establish a Task Force on Preventing Harassment that will be used to ensure that employees are fully aware of policies and procedures that can be used to combat harassment. 0000012252 00000 n 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 0000006599 00000 n Click Here to be taken to the page & notice. Thank you and rememberstay safe, wear your mask! The importance of these conversions cannot be overstated, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks said. If you do test positive, employees stay home for at least 5 days and once you leave home wear a mask through day 10. Open any image with adobe photoshop elements. %PDF-1.4 % You can join APWU by completing form 1187, which you can find here. n ~z14K^|vsok-.zfu7Cwo;D1 1.3% November 19, 2022; . Many PSEs to be converted by 3/13/2021. The November 9, 2022 Clerk Craft Vacancy Notice has been posted on the Bid Postings page of this website. H%E+Nv/ `$gqI3vTV^"v|=}77~'a>V' 0000001199 00000 n The 2019 National Agreement will cover a period of three years, and will expire at midnight on September 20, 2022. Any future pay increases will be based on the next contract. The Joint Education and Training Fund will be continued, with additional funding of $1 million per year. 0000029972 00000 n 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. 0000008588 00000 n Under Article 2, a new MOU has been added about a Workforce Free of Harassment. 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. 0000161221 00000 n Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Please note that the listed bid assignments will become effective Saturday, January 14, 2023. There will be a 2.5% increase in clothing allowance during each year of the contract. 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