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April 11 Update: Maintenance Division Part-Time Regular Settlement Payments
April 11, 2025Most eligible recipients of the Maintenance Craft Part-Time Regular (PTR) settlement distribution have received their first payments. Some employees had payments rejected because management was unable to match them to Social Security numbers. They are now set to be paid this pay period, on or about April 11, 2025.
Awards and SettlementsMaintenance Division
Most eligible recipients of the Maintenance Craft Part-Time Regular (PTR) settlement distribution have received their first payments, totaling over $14.3 million. Some employees had payments rejected because management was unable to match them to Social Security numbers. They are now set to be paid this pay period, on or about April 11, 2025.
In addition, the Maintenance Division is working to identify approximately 50 conversions to full-time positions per the PTR agreement. The goal is to find PTRs who are already working at least 25-30 hours per week, and all PTRs who can pick up additional hours doing other duties, like lock changes.
The Maintenance Division has received inquiries about the second and final distribution. We are not releasing the second round of payments until all the first round has been completed. We anticipate that the second payment distribution will take place around June 2025 and the payments will range from $100 to $400.
Thank you for your continued patience.
April 11 Update: Maintenance Division Part-Time Regular Settlement Payments0
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Leo Kreyenbuhl Fills Cincinnati Region Clerk Division National Business Agent Vacancy
April 11, 2025In accordance with the APWU Constitution and Bylaws, the Clerk Division National Executive Council has appointed Leo Kreyenbuhl to fill the vacant Clerk Division Cincinnati Region National Business Agent position.
Clerk CraftClerk Division
Long-time Clerk Division National Business Agent (NBA) Mike Schmid retired on March 31, 2025. Mike represented clerks in the Cincinnati Region, covering IN, OH, and KY. Clerk Division Director Lamont Brooks extended an opportunity for all members in the region to offer their names for consideration to fill the vacancy.
Ultimately, based on recommendations from numerous locals in the region, along with those of Schmid and fellow Cincinnati Region NBA Michael Funk, Director Brooks selected Leo Kreyenbuhl. He then called a meeting of the Clerk Division National Executive Council (NEC), in accordance with the APWU Constitution and By-Laws. By unanimous vote, the NEC appointed Kreyenbuhl to fill the vacancy.
Leo Kreyenbuhl has been a clerk craft employee for 30 years, the last six years serving as a Lead Clerk in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. He has served as President of the Cuyahoga Falls Local 1963 for the past 20 years. Leo has also been an arbitration advocate for 12 years and conducted several pre-arbitration discussions for the three states in the Cincinnati Region. He has filled in for NBAs in their absences and has served as a lead instructor for the last two years at the Tri-State Stewards School at Miami University in Oxford, OH.
Kreyenbuhl is a veteran of the United States Air Force. He has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Malone College in Canton, OH and is married to Rachel, with whom they have a daughter, Summer. “I am truly honored and humbled by my appointment to the position of National Business Agent. I would like to thank Clerk [Division] Director Lamont Brooks, the Cincinnati NBAs, the Clerk Division officers, and the local presidents who provided input on my behalf for the opportunity to continue to serve the membership in this position,” Kreyenbuhl remarked.
“We received overwhelming endorsements of Leo from local presidents in the region. I have extreme confidence that he will be an outstanding NBA,” said Director Brooks.
Kreyenbuhl begins his term of office on Monday, April 15, 2025. The entire Clerk Division officers and members congratulate Leo and wish him the best.
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How to Talk About Postal Privatization Threats
April 8, 2025As proud unionized postal workers, this is an urgent time to speak up and be heard! Talk to your coworkers, family, friends, and elected officials about the dangers of postal privatization, and why it’s important for the postal service to remain a public entity.
As proud unionized postal workers, this is an urgent time to speak up and be heard! Talk to your coworkers, family, friends, and elected officials. Share information with organizations you are part of. Write letters to the editor of your local newspapers. These “talking points” can help amplify your own voice and message!
The Postal Service is enshrined in the Constitution, created by Congress and supported by the people. Public postal services are a democratic right of the people. The universal service mandate requires delivery to 169 million addresses at least six days a week. Private companies base their services on private profit and would never provide such a universal service. The Postal Service belongs to the people, not to any one individual or the billionaires.
The USPS is the low-cost anchor of the $1.2 trillion mail and package industry consisting of over 7 million jobs.
By law, the U.S. Postal Service runs on its own revenue, not tax dollars. USPS revenue challenges come from declining letters in the internet age. The transition to more package volume combined with new and expanded services is the best solution.
Privatization means turning over public postal services to private companies and investors for maximum profit, not the well-being and rights of the people. Selling off a part or all of the public Postal Service will lead to higher prices and reduced services – especially to rural America.
Privatization would eliminate decent living-wage union jobs for workers from all walks of life, including more than 70,000 military veterans. Good jobs build stronger communities. The USPS was created by Congress to be free of political interference. The effort to take over the USPS would be an illegal, hostile takeover. The law is clear: The Board of Governors is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Only the Board of Governors can hire or fire the Postmaster General. Only Congress can change the structure of the Postal Service.
The public should take recent threats seriously. In 2018, during President Trump’s first term, an OMB budget report proposed outright privatization of the USPS – selling it off to private corporations for private profit. The president has confirmed new efforts to do so.
We stand with the people to defend the Postal Service, as well as other important government services under assault, from VA medical care to Medicaid benefits. Our message is the “US Mail is Not For Sale” – Hands off Our Public Postal Service!
The Post Office will celebrate its 250th anniversary in July. Let’s work together to bring another 250 years of strong, public postal services!
Tell Congress to stand up to the administration and protect the Postal Service.
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