The LEAGUE National Office received the non-bargaining unit salary schedules (PDF) for 2013. These schedules will go into effect January 12, 2013. Although there were no pay increases for 2012, the new schedules will raise the caps on most all EAS positions. PFP salary determinations for FY/2013 will be subject to the Postal Service’s review […]
Non-Bargaining Salary Schedules Released for FY 2013 NAPUS and League leaders met with USPS Officials to update the Administrative Rules and the Mitigating Factors process for the Pay for Performance (PFP) program. Updates to the Administrative Rules will include eliminating references to the former core requirements indicators, which were eliminated under the Postmaster Pay Package […]
The union has distributed $59,750 from the APWU Disaster Fund to 14 union members who suffered devastating losses as a result of Hurricane Sandy and to the family of Lenny Montalto, Human Relations Director Sue Carney has announced. Montalto, who served as an officer of the State Island Local, lost his life in the storm. […]
Members of the Central Kentucky Area Local APWU set out to brighten the hopes of a nine-year old boy this holiday season by delivering the world’s largest Christmas card. Dalton Dingus, who suffers from stage four cystic fibrosis, made a Christmas wish to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the most Christmas cards […]
Effects of Proposed Changes on Partial Disability Beneficiaries Depend on Employment After Injury What GAO Found Compensating total disability FECA beneficiaries at the single rate of 66-2/3 percent of wages at the time of injury, regardless of the presence of dependents, produced similar results to our previous analyses of compensating them at the single rate […]
A New York City congressman has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to name a Staten Island postal facility after Lenny Montalto, the APWU member who lost his life trying to save his home from flooding during Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012. Rep. Michael Grimm’s bill would name the South Shore Annex […]
Today we received a final document outlining the steps that will be taken to fill vacant part time 6 hour Postmaster positions in the field. LEAGUE and NAPUS has been working with Postal Headquarters to find the best way to fill these jobs while continuing to find a landing spot for impacted Postmasters. These jobs […]
In a ruling issued Dec. 3, Arbitrator Shyam Das sustained the union’s position that Article 14 of the National Agreement, Safety and Health, is “a joint process for addressing safety and ergonomic issues” and that “charging the union for information it reasonably requests in good faith to fulfill its joint role and obligations … is […]
The LEAGUE office has been getting a number of questions regarding the incentive payments for those Postmasters that took the VERA with the $20,000 incentive this past summer. The LEAGUE office received the following information regarding those payments. The incentive payment is an adjustment that is included/generated in the normal payroll period pay cycle. The […]
The Accuhealth Clinic in North Dallas specializes in treating workers compensation injuries for postal and other federal employees. Their multidisciplinary staff consists of medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, psychologists, and other health care professionals dedicated to providing the best in patient care and treatment. Accuhealth also retains a former OWCP claims examiner on staff who […]