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USPS Report: PSE Compliance Report Pay Period 13 – June 13, 2025
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Read More....2025 OH-IN-KY Tri-State Conference
Room rate: $139/night including free parking. Use group name “APWU Tri-State Conference” orGroup Code “94K” Reservation line: (800) 220-9219. Registration: $125.
July 29, 2025 – 8:30AM to July 31, 2025 – 5:30PMEmbassy Suites Hilton Columbus-Dublin5100 Upper Metro Place
Dublin, OH 43017
LocalNoYes2025-07-01 00:00:002025 OH-IN-KY Tri-State ConferenceEmbassy Suites Hilton Columbus-Dublin
5100 Upper Metro Place
Dublin, OH 43017
Room rates are $139.00 per night including free parking. Please use our group name “APWU Tri State Conference” -or- Group Code “94K” when making reservations: Embassy Suites reservations phone: (800) 220-9219. There are also rooms available for travel day of Monday July 28th. Hotel guests receive a free hot breakfast each morning and free hotel reception each evening with complimentary drinks and snacks.
Registration: $125 per person.
Send registration forms and checks to:
Jim Sizemore OPWU Sec-Tres.
813 Bradford Ct.
Cincinnati Ohio 45233
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Privatizers Lay Out Their Plan for Destroying Public Postal Service
June 30, 2025On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”
No Privatization
On June 24, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled, “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.”
In a hearing that was clearly created to promote the views and goals of the big mailers at the expense of postal workers and postal customers, the Republican leadership of the House Subcommittee had the following people testify: Paul Steidler, Senior Fellow at the conservative Lexington Institute; Jim Cochrane, CEO of the Package Shippers Association; Mike Plunkett, CEO and President of the Association for Postal Commerce; Thomas Schatz, President of the right-wing Citizens Against Government Waste; and Elena Spatoulas Patel, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah’s Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis. The only voice representing workers was Brian Renfroe, NALC President.
In a statement submitted for the record, APWU President Mark Dimondstein quickly dispelled the notion that privatization, whether piecemeal or in total, would lead the Postal Service down a better financial path, stating “privatization offers the illusion of profit, but that profit serves a very limited corporate interest while costs will instantly rise for the majority of businesses and customers and the larger national postal industry collapses.” He went on to reiterate that the Postal Service must remain an independent agency in order to fulfill its fifty-year-old Congressional mandate “to provide postal services to bind the Nation together,” to “provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas,” and to “render postal services to all communities.”
Several witnesses at the hearing made dangerous proposals for the future of the Postal Service, including: hiring freezes, public/private partnerships, (code word for subcontracting our work) and matching labor costs with postal revenues. For those following closely, these were blueprints for how they plan to privatize the postal service.
Multiple exchanges between committee members and witnesses took place that admonished the Postal Service for the size of its workforce, specifically regarding the conversions of non-career workers to career employees. One particular exchange that should raise red flags for every APWU member took place between James Comer, Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Jim Cochrane, CEO of the Package Shippers Association, where they discussed the prospect of a private sector solution to the sorting of the mail. This would have a direct and devastating impact on APWU members.
Despite these areas of concern, there were some notable moments during the hearing that highlighted areas where Congress could work with the Postal Service to improve its financial standing. Allowing the Postal Service to invest retirement funds in safe, TSP-like funds instead of the low-yield treasury securities they are limited to investing in now would generate a significant amount of money. Additionally, Congress should direct OPM to fix the misallocation of pension expenses that has plagued it for decades.
In his statement, President Dimondstein advocated for the expansion of non-postal services to local, state, and tribal governments. The opportunities are numerous and could utilize the vast postal retail network to offer a variety of services, such as hunting/fishing licenses and identification verification for government services, as well as resource distribution during natural disasters.
The APWU is ready to work with Congress and the Postal Service to share ideas and advance common goals to benefit the public Postal Service while continuing to push back against any changes that would have detrimental effects on the membership and the people’s rights guaranteed under the law to universal postal services no matter who we are or where we live.
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Read More....Ballot Placement Set for APWU Election of National Officers
June 27, 2025A drawing was held on June 27 to determine the order candidates’ names will appear on the ballot.
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Powell has certified the union members listed below as candidates for national union office by referendum balloting, as mandated by the APWU Constitution and Bylaws. A drawing was held on June 27 to determine the order candidates’ names will appear on the ballot. Incumbent officers are listed first, with “(I)” appearing after their name. Secretary-Treasurer Powell cast one vote for candidates in uncontested races and the National Election Committee declared them elected, in accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws. Their names will not appear on the ballot.
Download a printable copy of APWU News Service Bulletin with the ballot placement, here.
Ballots will be mailed by the American Arbitration Association on or after Wednesday, September 10, 2025, but no later than Monday, September 15, 2025.
General and Administrative Officers
Read More....2025 Ballot Placement
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Read More....2025 Wells Fargo Memo Powerpoint – Educating Members on the Threat to our Public Postal Service
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Read More....Second Payment of $15 Million Settlement for Part-time Regular Workers Announced
June 22, 2025Second Payment of $15 Million Settlement for Part-time Regular Workers Announced
Part-Time RegularsAwards and SettlementsMaintenance Division
The second payment of the Part-time Regular (PTR) settlement is now being processed.
APWU set aside $750,000 to cover anyone missed during the first payments. The second and final payments have now started processing. The payment was calculated using the same criteria as the first payment.
The payment amounts will range from $965 to $50. Please note that some employees will not qualify for a second payment due to their individual situation.
Fifty Full-time Regular Promotions
The criteria established for Part-Time Regulars (PTRs) to be converted to a full-time position are as follows:
1. A current PTR who has been working 28 to 30 hours per week consistently.
A PTR will be converted in place (same office, same daysoff, expanded hours). Employees can request to be converted to a Full-time Custodian or as a Building Maintenance Custodian, PS 5, subject to successful completion of the Bulk Mail Center (BMC) test.
The USPS and APWU jointly selected 50 employees nationwide for promotion. Each employee at the selected location will receive a letter from the USPS offering them the option to become a full-time employee. Employees will have the right to decline to be converted to a Full-time Regular (FTR), the decline must be in writing. We will select from another location if we do not receive a total of 50 PTRs seeking conversion to FTR.
Tentative Locations for Full-Time Conversion:
Arkadelphia, AR
Mount Ida, AR
North Little Rock, AR
Flagstaff, AZ
Prescott Valley, AZ
Diamond Springs, CA
Indio, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Washington, DC
Columbus, GA
Valdosta, GA
Hilo, HI
Emmett, ID
Lewiston, ID
Highland, IN
Gretna, LA
Riverdale, MD
Millinocket, ME
Milian, MI
St. Claire, MI
Prior Lake, MN
Boonville, MO
Kansas City, MO
Fremont, NE
Pennington, NJ
Raton, NM
Auburn, NY
Utopia, NY
Altus, OK
Broken Arrow, OK
Lake Oswego, OR
Kutztown, PA
Aguadilla, PR
Cabo Rojo, PR
Sand Hill, SC
Walterboro, SC
Desoto, TN
Burleson, TX
Dallas, TX
Fort Worth, TX (2)
Harlingen, TX
Highland Hills, TX
LaPorte, TX
Lubbock, TX
Salt Lake City, UT (2)
Newport News, VA
Richmond, VA (2)
Milwaukee, WI (3)
You can contact the Maintenance Division via webinar@apwu.org
Second Payment of $15 Million Settlement for Part-time Regular Workers Announced0
Read More....APWU NSB 06-2025 Vote on the Tentative Agreement
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Read More....2024-2027 Tentative Agreement–Ratification Packet Version
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Read More....CDL Medical Certification Integration – June Update
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