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Wells Fargo on Postal Sell Off: Their Blueprint
https://d1ocufyfjsc14h.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/wells-fargo-usps-privatization-a-framework.pdfTheir Call
The US Postal Service is back in the headlines and with Trump 2.0’s emphasis on cost cuts, we believe Postal reform may become a focus.
2025 Human Relations Conference
Human Relations Conference: Strength in Diversity, Empowering Every Voice.
Register for the upcoming Human Relations Education Assembly. This will be a comprehensive training designed to equip stewards and APWU members with knowledge specifically focusing on: OWCP and ECOMP filing, EEOC and the steward’s role in the alternative dispute process, Veterans Rights and Benefits, and EAP and the local Advisory Committee.
The assembly will also offer a variety of workshops designed to engage participants and address the APWU’s role in advocating for human rights and community civil engagement in this changing political landscape.
June 12, 2025 – 5:00PM to June 15, 2025 – 8:00PMHilton Americas, Houston TX1600 Lamar St, Houston, TX 77010
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Strength in Diversity, Empowering Every VoiceGeneral sessions will include lecture and panel discussions on:
OWCP
Veteran’s rights and benefits
EAP
EEOC
Civil Rights and Engagement
the Postal Employees Relief Fund
Workshops options to look forward to: Incorporating EAP into the workplace and the fabric of the local; How to get members engaged in education; Recognizing forms of discrimination in a toxic workplace; OWCP policy changes; How to Hazzard map; Freedoms we strive for; Project 2025 and implications towards Organizing and Union Activity.
When registering, you will select one (1) workshop during each timeframe below:
Sat., June 14
*1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
1. OWCP
2. Local/State Veteran’s Councils
3. Civil Freedoms
*2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
1. OWCP
2. Local/State Veteran’s Councils
3. Civil Freedoms
Sun., June 15
*1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
1. EEOC
2. EAP
3. Project 2025
*2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
1. EEOC
2. EAP
3. Project 2025
Please note that the above agenda is subject to change.
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2025 Human Relations Assembly
Human Relations Conference: Strength in Diversity, Empowering Every Voice.
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Register for the upcoming Human Relations Education Assembly. This will be a comprehensive training designed to equip stewards and APWU members with knowledge specifically focusing on: OWCP and ECOMP filing, EEOC and the steward’s role in the alternative dispute process, Veterans Rights and Benefits, and EAP and the local Advisory Committee.
The assembly will also offer a variety of workshops designed to engage participants and address the APWU’s role in advocating for human rights and community civil engagement in this changing political landscape.
Human Relations Conference
Strength in Diversity, Empowering Every Voice
Below are details regarding the upcoming Human Relations Conference, as well as helpful travel information. Register and make your hotel reservations early in order to ensure your placement in the conference.
Please click here for a link to the conference’s agenda.
*For travel purposes, please count on classes going until 5:00 pm on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
If you have any questions concerning the conferences, please contact Daleo Freeman, Human Relations Director, at dfreeman@apwu.org.
Houston, TX Dates:
· Arrival: Thursday, June 12, 2025
· Conference: Friday, June 13 – Sunday, June 15, 2025
· Departure: Monday, June 16, 2025
Registration
Early Registration: Before May 16, 2025 – $125
Late Registration: May 17, 2025 or after – $150
Location: Hilton Americas Houston 1600 Lamar St Houston, TX 7701
Hotel Rate: $199.00/night plus $ plus taxes *Cut-off date to make reservations is Thursday, May 22, 2025. Reservations can be made online at https://book.passkey.com/go/APWU2025
Baseball Game: The Houston Astros will host the Minnesota Twins on Friday, June 13, 2025, at 7:10 pm CT. Tickets can be purchased for $57 each and will be in Section 332. To purchase tickets, please use this link: https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Americanpostal26
Additional Hotel Information: All reservations are guaranteed with a major credit card number and one night’s deposit. Guaranteed reservations will be held for the first night. In the event of a no-show, all consecutive room nights under the same reservation will be cancelled. The hotel allows individuals to cancel their room reservation without penalty up to seventy-two (72) hours prior to their scheduled arrival date. If a guest who has requested a room within the room block checks out prior to the guest’s reserved checkout date, the hotel will add an early checkout fee (not to exceed 50% of the group rate) to that guest’s individual account. Guests wishing to avoid an early checkout fee should advise the hotel at or before check-in of any change in planned length of stay. Paying by Check: · Contact Hannah Decker via email at hdecker@apwu.org for additional information.
The following topics will be covered during the Human Relations Conference.
OWCP
Veteran’s Rights & Benefits
Runaway Inequality
Local/State Veteran’s Councils
Civil Freedoms
EEOC
EAP
Project 2025
Airports
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) – 18 miles
William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) – 10 miles
Agenda & Registration Information:
*Information above is subject to change. Please check the marquee in the hotel for the most up to date information.
Please note breakfast and lunch will provided for registered members on Friday, June 13 through Sunday, June 15. There will also be a dinner for registered members on Sunday, June 15.
June 12, 2025 – 5:00PM to June 15, 2025 – 8:00PMHilton Americas, Houston TX1600 Lamar St, Houston, TX 77010
Reservations can be made online at https://book.passkey.com/go/APWU2025
Please click here for a link to the conference’s agenda.
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Great Plains Summer School
Intense training for stewards/officers on preparing grievances that are 100% arbitration ready. This will involve live case files and APWU Search. All attendees must have access to APWU Search. Only Union activists that have been approved by their local/state presidents AND NBAs will be able to attend this training.
July 20, 2025 – 3:30PM to July 25, 2025 – 3:00PMUniversity of Nebraska Omaha 6510 Pine Street
Omaha, NE 68106
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Basic and Intermediate Steward TrainingNon-refundable registration of $800 includes Lodging, Materials, and Meals. Check in begins at 3:30pm on July 20, 2025. Late regristration fee is $850, space permitting.
For More Information Contact NBA Ashley Cargill
Phone: (405) 378-0391
Email: acargill@apwu.org
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Great Plains Summer School Registration
https://d1ocufyfjsc14h.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/great_plains_flyer2025.pdfGreat Plains Summer School Registration
Read More....Hands Off Our Public Postal Service March 20 Digital Toolkit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rdrMpoUC_Ysjn1oVkEfM9KOljJMMMTQ0/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102640650339786554018&rtpof=true&sd=true&rtpof=true&sd=trueHands Off Our Public Postal Service March 20 Digital Toolkit
Read More....Legislative Priority: APWU Supports On-Time Retirement for All
https://d1ocufyfjsc14h.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/federal_retirement_fairness_act_legislative_priority.pdfLegislative Priority: APWU Supports On-Time Retirement for All
Read More....Legislative Priority: APWU Strongly Opposes USPS Privatization (H.Res. 70)
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Read More....Q10C-4Q-C 10670819 Global Settlement Remedy Overpayment Award 3-14-2025
From: Charlie Cash
Industrial Relations Director
Date: March 14, 2025
Re: Arbitrator’s Award in Case Q10C-4Q-C 10670819Global Settlement Remedy Agreement Overpayments
Arbitrator Daniel Brent ruled on the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement (GSRA) Overpayments case. The case surrounded the money to be paid to affected employees in a settlement dated December 5, 2014. The Postal Service agreed to pay Clerk Craft employees $56,000,000 as part of the settlement addressing Article 1.6.b grievances where postmasters and supervisors were performing more bargaining unit work than the fifteen hours allowed under the Global Settlement incorporated into the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The APWU painstakingly identified the employees who were to be paid, how much they were to be paid, and then provided the list to the Postal Service.
When the payments occurred starting in January 2016, approximately 1,400 employees were overpaid. The Postal Service soon began issuing Letters of Demand to recover the overpayments. Local grievances and a national dispute were filed over these Letters of Demand to recover the overpayments.
Arbitrator Brent recognized that the letters of demand were defective, and that the Postal Service did not stay collection efforts even after the national dispute was filed. Arbitrator Brent writes, “The Employer’s Demand Letters did not accurately describe the full range of options to submit repayment or protest repayment that were available to the employees under the Employee and Labor Relations Manual and the contract grievance procedure. Consequently, these letters cannot be construed as valid compliance with applicable governing provisions of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement or the Joint Contract Interpretation Manual.” 1
Regarding the collection efforts Arbitrator Brent states “Moreover, the collection efforts were not stayed after the instant grievance was filed, as explicitly required by Article 28, Section 4(A) of the collective bargaining agreement….”2
Recognizing the letters of demand to be defective, the Postal Service did not stop their collection efforts, and that the employees’ rights to due process were violated, just prior to laying out the remedy he writes, “Although all payees were entitled to their Global Settlement payments and to contractual due process, they were not necessarily entitled to keep the full amount of the overpayments they received. Therefore, granting waivers for all overpayments is not justified.”3
Beginning on page 34 of the award, Arbitrator Brent outlines the remedy. He ordered that the Postal Service issue a “written explanatory statement” to all current employees, retirees, and former employees whom the Postal Service took collection action against. The APWU will have the opportunity to review and provide input on the notification prior to it being sent out. The notice is to include an explanation of the cause of overpayment, the original amount the employee was entitled to receive under the GSRA, the amount the employee was overpaid, and any remaining balance owed by the employee.
Arbitrator Brent further ordered the repayment of any surcharges, penalties, interest, and fees any employee, retiree, or former employee paid to a collection entity beyond the amount owed will be forgiven and shall be repaid by the Postal Service. Additionally, the Postal Service must contact the collection entities to take “…whatever action is necessary to cause such agencies or entities to purge from their records any adverse information concerning any payee against whom the Employer previously initiated any debt collection action to recoup any Global Settlement overpayment.” Regarding the overpayment debts, Arbitrator Brent ordered two different remedies. For retirees and former employees he writes, “Amounts overpaid to retirees and former employees are hereby waived.”4 For current employees, he ordered “…the Employer may commence recoupment of such overpayments by deducting not more than $20 per week from the gross amount that is earned each pay period until (1) the debt is paid in full if the overpayment was less than $800 or (2) if the overpayment was $800 or more until fifty-percent of the overpayment has been recovered, with a minimum recovery of $800.”5
The award provides strong language on what must be included in a letter of demand, that collection efforts must be stayed when a grievance is filed on a letter of demand, and employees must be given their full gamut of repayment and appeal rights in a letter of demand.
Charlie Cash
Industrial Relations Director
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1 Award at p. 17
2 Award at p.15
3 Award at p. 33
4 Award at p. 35
5 Award at p. 36
Q10C-4Q-C 10670819 Global Settlement Remedy Overpayment Award 3-14-2025Friday, March 14, 2025DanielBrentNo Arbitration Decision
, 1.6 Global Settlement Remedy Agreement
1.6b
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Craft:
Clerk
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Read More....Updates on Maintenance Division Part-Time Regular Settlement Payments
March 14, 2025By this time, most eligible recipients of the Maintenance Craft Part-Time Regular (PTR) settlement distribution have received their first payments, totaling over $10 million.
Arbitration Awards & SettlementsMaintenance Division
By this time, most eligible recipients of the Maintenance Craft Part-Time Regular (PTR) settlement distribution have received their first payments, totaling over $10 million. However, some Employee Identification Numbers (EINs) were rejected because they were unable to match them to Social Security numbers. Therefore, the payments for about 600 PTRs workers bounced back. A common issue we noticed from the workers whose EINs were rejected is that they have either multiple names on file, have changed their last name, or are no longer a postal employee. The Postal Service is currently working on a resolution.
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.
We have 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.
Updates on Maintenance Division Part-Time Regular Settlement Payments0
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