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Virginia Postal Workers Union 2025 Spring Seminar and Convention
Spring Seminar: April 30 – May 1; Convention: May 1 – 3 | Room rate: 173.00/night (plus applicable taxes and fees). Reservation deadline: April 7. Block rate available for dates 4/29 – 5/4. | Click here to book group rate for Virginia Postal Workers Union | Registration: Convention delegate/Guest: $50; Seminar $50. Click for the VPWU Seminar Schedule and VPWU Convention flyer. Register at VAPWU.org
April 30, 2025 – 9:30AM to May 3, 2025 – 5:00PMDelta Hotels Virginia Beach2800 Shore Drive,
VA Beach, VA 23451
LocalNoYes2025-02-19 00:00:00Virginia Postal Workers Union 2025 Spring Seminar and ConventionThe VPWU Executive Board is excited to announce the convening of our State Convention on May 1, 2025 @ 1:30 PM through May 3, 2025 in Virginia Beach, VA. The Board is working hard to ensure all delegates have a comfortable learning environment. Therefore, please notify us not later than April 4, 2025 if you have a special need request. We have also planned our Spring Seminar (April 30-May 1) which includes information and training to help move us forward in the struggle to protect the rights of our members. Click for the VPWU Seminar Schedule and VPWU Convention flyer.
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VA Beach, VA 23451
Room rate: 173.00/night (plus applicable taxes and fees). Reservation deadline: April 7. Block rate available for dates 4/29 – 5/4.
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Convention Delegate/Guest fee: $100.00, Spring Seminar fee: $50.00 (include 1 ½ days of instruction and information)
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Please visit VAPWU.Org for directions to submit registration fees for the State Convention and Spring Seminar
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Voluntary Early Retirement
VER Questions and Answers
2025 VER Question and Answers (Q&A)
2025 VER Q&A Addendums
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Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Postmaster General DeJoy’s Announced Departure
February 18, 2025APWU President Mark Dimondstein provides a statement on the announced departure of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Postmaster GeneralPresidentMark Dimondstein
Postmaster General (PMG) Louis DeJoy has informed the Postal Board of Governors that he will soon depart the Postal Service. The Board of Governors, who by law is solely responsible for hiring the PMG, will begin the process of identifying DeJoy’s successor and DeJoy has committed to working with the Board to ensure a smooth transition once the Board has chosen the next PMG.
The APWU calls on the Board to appoint a Postmaster General who values the important role the public Postal Service plays in communities across the country. At this critical moment for the Postal Service, we need a PMG who is committed to making the USPS a world-class delivery and service provider, able to meet the changing demands of our digital age with an unmatched physical and human network.
To do this, the next Postmaster General must recognize and respect the postal workers who make the USPS run, our health and safety, our union rights, and our commitment to serving the public.
Postal workers are proud to reach 167 million addresses six days a week, “binding the Nation together” as the law requires us to do. The Postal Service, enshrined in the Constitution, is older than the country itself. And as we saw during the pandemic, or following natural disasters, postal workers never stop working to serve our communities and provide the essential services they need.
Now, in a moment when public servants are under severe attack, postal workers and the people we serve in every state and every Congressional district, are prepared to defend our critical public service and ensure the continued success of a vibrant, public Postal Service for generations to come.
Postal workers are deeply dedicated to the long-term success of the Postal Service and our union calls on the Board to select a Postmaster General who shares our goals of improving and expanding service and investing in the public servants who make the Postal Service a true national treasure.
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Read More....2025 Missouri State Convention
Room rate: $155/night. Group code: MPWU0625 Reservation deadline: May 26, 2025.
June 22, 2025 – 9:45AM to June 25, 2025 – 5:45PMCamden on the Lake Resort2359 Bittersweet Road
Lake Ozark, MO
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Camden on the Lake Resort
2359 Bittersweet Road
Lake Ozark, MO
Room rate: $155/night. Group code: MPWU0625 Reservation deadline: May 26, 2025.
Registration
The registration fee is being waived. Registration includes lunch on June 25. If you are a Missouri State delgate, please include your registration alon/ with your credentials signed by your Local President and Secretary.Treasruer. Local dues must be current.
Mail your registration and credentials to:
Catrina Dawson, Sec/Treasurer MPWU
PO Box 2
Sikeston, MO 633801-0002
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Maintenance Webinar: PTR Settlement Payment Distribution and Full Time Conversion Update
The Maintenance Craft is presenting a webinar to discuss the $15 million distribution of funds. Over 75 percent of eligible Part-Time Regulars (PTRs) have already been paid up-to-date.
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The Danger of Trump’s Plan for a Private USPS
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/trump-cut-doge-post-office-usps/Tuesday, February 11, 2025US Mail Not for SaleU.S. Mail is Not for Sale!Mother Jones interview with President Mark Dimondstein January 2025
Read More....2-11-25 PVO Pilot MOU – Lansing MI
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
AND THE
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO
Re: Pilot – Tractor Trailer Operator and Postal Vehicle Operator Position – Expansion – Lansing, Michigan
The parties agree to expand piloting the establishment of the career bargaining unit position titled, Postal Vehicle Operator (PVO), Level 6. The parties have agreed to the job description and qualification standards for the PVO position that will be in effect during the pilot and any additional sites where this concept is determined to be feasible for expansion. The parties have also agreed to include Tractor Trailer Operator (TTO) Level 8 assignments into this Pilot.
The PVO position is intended to assign the Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) Craft to perform the transportation of bulk quantities of mail without driving a vehicle that requires a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). All other work rules remain in effect, including the prohibitions of supervisors performing bargaining unit work consistent with Article 1.6.b. except where explicitly changed by this agreement. The following provisions will apply to the pilot:
1. The positions will be established in the Lansing, Michigan area, which is currently designated as a non-Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) site.
2. The Postal Service will establish and fill a minimum of 12 Tractor Trailor Operator (TTO) positions; and I PVO positions, consisting of 600/o Full Time Regular (FTR) and 40o/o Part Time Flexible (PTF) in the Lansing, Michigan area. For the FTR positions, the rounding up rule of .5 will apply After six (6) months, the parties will review the FTR/PTF ratio to ensure those ratios are proper for the work being performed.
3. The PVO positions will be posted internally According to Article 39 for non-CDL APWU career employees to bid. The senior internal bidders will be placed in a “pending qualification” status until the employees have been certified by the Driver Safety Instructor. These career PVO positions will also be posted externally, during which noncareer employees may apply.
4. Employees holding fulltime TTO and PVO positions will initially be considered unassigned regular employees and will be assigned schedules in accordance with Article 39. Full time unassigned regular employees assume, as their regular work schedule, the hours worked in the first week of the pay period in which the change to unassigned regular occurred. The posting of the TTO and PVO bid duty assignments will occur 90 days from implementation of PVS services.
5. The PTF to FTR ratios will be maintained throughout the Pilot, additional conversions to Full Time Flexible (FTF) will be according to the Maximization/Full Time Flexible MOU.
6. Full-time TTO and PVO duty assignments will be as follows:
Normally eight (8) hours within nine (9) hours; and,
A workday of eight (8) hours within ten (10) hours may be appropriate when eight-hour schedules contain report to a dispatcher time or idle time or where an additional trip is not possible due to time restraints in the middle or nearing the end of tour.
7. Employees holding a PTF TTO and PVO positions will be guaranteed a minimum work schedule of 24 hours per service week.
8. Within 30 days of the initiation the Pilot, the Postal Service will solicit volunteers, and will make available the required training to obtain a CDL for interested PVO employees who volunteer to be trained. A copy of the solicitation, and the PVO training records will be maintained for the Union to review.
9. Following successful completion of the CDL training and receipt of a CDL, employees holding PVO positions will be considered qualified to bid for available Motor Vehicle Operator (MVO) and/or Tractor Trailer Operator (TTO) positions. The assignments shall be posted and awarded in accordance with the provisions of Article 39 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
10. During the pilot, there will be a one (1) year lock-in period for PVOs who were provided CDL training by the Postal Service, for placement in the MVO or TTO position, during which the following restrictions will apply:
employee must remain in the MVS Craft;
employee must remain in the Lansing, Michigan, installation, and;
employee is restricted from bidding to a lower-level position.
The Pilot expansion associated with this agreement will run for six months after the pilot is fully implemented, unless it is mutually agreed to extend. The national parties will meet monthly and exchange data and review results of the Pilot, to include the possibility of the percentages of PTF employees where it is economically and operationally feasible. The national parties agree to review the effectiveness of the training program including the retention of MVOs trained as TTOs and make adjustments, if necessary.
Modifications made to work rules as stated in this MOU will not be citable in any future proceedings. An Alternative Dispute Resolution Process will be established at the National Level for the handling of any alleged violations of this Pilot MOU.
Shannon Richardson Michael Foster
Director, Contract Administration (APWU) Director, Motor Vehicle Service Division
Labor Relations American Postal Workers Union
United States Postal Service AFL-CIO
The parties agree to expand piloting the establishment of the career bargaining unit position titled,
Postal Vehicle Operator (PVO), Level 6. The parties have agreed to the job description and
qualification standards for the PVO position that will be in effect during the pilot and any additional
sites where this concept is determined to be feasible for expansion. The parties have also agreed
to include Tractor Trailer Operator (TTO) Level I assignments into this Pilot.Tuesday, February 11, 2025No Pilot MOU
https://d1ocufyfjsc14h.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2-11-25_pvo_pilot_mou_-_lansing-_mi.pdf
Craft:
Motor Vehicle Service
Document Type:
Memorandum of Understanding0
Read More....2-11-25 PVO Pilot MOU – Mid Florida FL
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
AND THE
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO
Re: Pilot – Tractor Trailer Operator and Postal Vehicle Operator Position – Expansion – Santa Barbara, California
The parties agree to expand piloting the establishment of the career bargaining unit position titled, Postal Vehicle Operator (PVO), Level 6. The parties have agreed to the job description and qualification standards for the PVO position that will be in effect during the pilot and any additional sites where this concept is determined to be feasible for expansion. The parties have also agreed to include Tractor Trailer Operator (TTO) Level 8 assignments into this Pilot.
The PVO position is intended to assign the Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) Craft to perform the transportation of bulk quantities of mail without driving a vehicle that requires a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). All other work rules remain in effect, including the prohibitions of supervisors performing bargaining unit work consistent with Article 1.6.b. except where explicitly changed by this agreement. The following provisions will apply to the pilot:
1. The positions will be established in the Mid Florida, Florida area, which is currently designated as a non-Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) site.
2. The Postal Service will establish and fill a minimum of 25 Tractor Trailer Operator (TTO) positions; and 30 PVO positlons, consisting of 60% Full Time Regular (FTR) and 40% Part Time Flexible (PTF) in the Mid Florida, Florida area. For the FTR positions, the rounding up rule of .5 shall apply. After six (6) months, the parties will review the FTR/PTF ratio to ensure they accurately reflect the efficiency of the work being performed.
3. The PVO positions will be posted internally according to Article 39 for non-CDL APWU career employees to bid. The senior internal bidders will be placed in a “pending qualification” status until the employees have been certified by the Driver Safety lnstructor. These career PVO positions willalso be posted externally, during which noncareer employees may apply.
4. Employees holding fulltime TTO and PVO positions will initially be considered unassigned regular employees and will be assigned schedules in accordance with Article 39. Full time unassigned regular employees assume, as their regular work schedule, the hours worked in the first week of the pay period in which the change to unassigned regular occurred. The posting of the TTO and PVO bid duty assignments will occur 90 days from implementation of PVS services.
5. The PTF to FTR ratios will be maintained throughout the Pilot, additional conversions to Full Time Flexible (FTF) will be according to the Maximization/Full Time Flexible MOU.
6. Full-time TTO and PVO duty assignments will be as follows:
Normally eight (8) hours within nine (9) hours; and,
A workday of eight (8) hours within ten (10) hours may be appropriate when eight-hour schedules contain report to a dispatcher time or idle time or where an additional trip is not possible due to time restraints in the middle or nearing the end of tour.
7. Employees holding a PTF TTO and PVO positions will be guaranteed a minimum work schedule of 24 hours per service week.
8. Within 30 days of the initiation the Pilot, the Postal Service will solicit volunteers, and will make available the required training to obtain a CDL for interested PVO employees who volunteer to be trained. A copy of the solicitation, and the PVO training records will be maintained for the Union to review.
9. Following successful completion of the CDL training and receipt of a CDL, employees holding PVO positions will be considered qualified to bid for available Motor Vehicle Operator (MVO) and/or Tractor Trailer Operator (TTO) positions. The assignments shall be posted and awarded in accordance with the provisions of Article 39 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
10. During the pilot, there will be a one (1) year lock-in period for PVOs who were provided CDL training by the Postal Service, for placement in the MVO or TTO position, during which the following restrictions will apply:
employee must remain in the MVS Craft;
employee must remain in the Santa Barbara, California, installation, and;
employee is restricted from bidding to a lower-level position.
The Pilot expansion associated with this agreement will run for six months after the pilot is fully implemented, unless it is mutually agreed to extend. The national parties will meet monthly and exchange data and review results of the Pilot, to include the possibility of the percentages of PTF employees where it is economically and operationally feasible. The national parties agree to review the effectiveness of the training program including the retention of MVOs trained as TTOs and make adjustments, if necessary.
Modifications made to work rules as stated in this MOU will not be citable in any future proceedings. An Alternative Dispute Resolution Process will be established at the National Level for the handling of any alleged violations of this Pilot MOU.
Shannon Richardson Michael Foster
Director, Contract Administration (APWU) Director, Motor Vehicle Service Division
Labor Relations American Postal Workers Union
United States Postal Service AFL-CIO
The parties agree to expand piloting the establishment of the career bargaining unit position titled,
Postal Vehicle Operator (PVO), Level 6. The parties have agreed to the job description and
qualification standards for the PVO position that will be in effect during the pilot and any additional
sites where this concept is determined to be feasible for expansion. The parties have also agreed
to include Tractor Trailer Operator (TTO) Level 8 assignments into this Pilot.Tuesday, February 11, 2025No Pilot MOU
https://d1ocufyfjsc14h.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2-11-25_pvo_pilot_mou_-_mid_florida-_fl.pdf
Craft:
Motor Vehicle Service
Document Type:
Memorandum of Understanding0
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