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It
is with great sadness that we report the passing
of APWU National President "Emeritus" William
Burrus. President Burrus passed away, at
his home on Saturday, May 18, 2018 after a
remarkable life spanning 81 years.
President Burrus served in the US Army before
joining the USPS in 1958. He fought hard
for union members in his home local of
Cleveland, OH. In 1980, Bill was elected
to the position of National Executive-Vice
President, a position he held for 21 years.
In 2001, Bill was elected to the presidency of
the APWU and served the members well until his
retirement in 2010. He tirelessly fought
for the members of the APWU, never settling for
less.
Bill Burrus was the first African-American
ever
to be elected, by the membership, as President
of a national union. President Burrus was
recognized on several occasions as being among
Ebony magazine's 100 Most Influential Black
Americans.
President Burrus was a great friend to
the Lehigh Valley Area Local. Our thoughts and prayers are
with his wife Ethelda and his entire family.
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The Local is
building an eMail Alert list which will be
used in concert with our Twitter and
Facebook pages to keep members informed of
important happenings, meeting reminders, and
calls to action. This email list will
not be used to flood your mailbox with
messages. It will be reserved for
important announcements. We will not
share your email information with any other
group or company.
To join the LVAL
email alert list, send an email to
eMailAlerts@lvapwu.org.
Include
your name, office and email address.
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The USPS has
announced plans to "relocate" the Allentown
Main Post Office. The Office,
currently located at 442 W. Hamilton St. has
occupied this space since the construction
of the building in 1933. Although not
recognized as a National Historical Site,
the building is protected by the National
Historic Preservation Act.
According to a
press release, the USPS
is proposing to relocate the post office to
a new site "in the immediate area of the
existing Post Office" though no
specifics were given.
There will be an Allentown City Council
meeting at 6pm on March 28th to discuss the
proposal. Following the meeting there
will be a 30 day period for people to submit
comments.
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In accordance
with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining
Agreement, career employees represented by
the APWU will receive a 25 cent per hour
cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective
March 3.
The increase is
the result of a rise in the Consumer Price
Index (CPI-W). It will appear in paychecks
dated March 23, 2018 (Pay Period 06-2018),
and will total $520.00 per year. The COLAs
are in addition to general wage increases.
This is the sixth cost-of-living increase
under the 2015-2018 contract. The COLAs
received so far during the 2015-2018 CBA
will total $1,144 per year.
Postal Support
Employees (PSEs) do not receive
cost-of-living increases, but will receive a
total of five general wage increases under
the 2015-2018 contract. On Nov. 25, 2017,
PSEs received a pay increase of 2.3 percent
and will receive another 21-cent raise on
May 26, 2018.
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The Local is
building an eMail Alert list which will be
used in concert with our Twitter and
Facebook pages to keep members informed of
important happenings, meeting reminders, and
calls to action. This email list will
not be used to flood your mailbox with
messages. It will be reserved for
important announcements. We will not
share your email information with any other
group or company.
To join the LVAL
email alert list, send an email to
eMailAlerts@lvapwu.org. Include
your name, office and email address.
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BOYCOTT THE 'SHAKER' SURVEY |
The USPS
has announced plans to conduct
employee surveys
to evaluate more than 50 different clerk
craft duty assignments. Management
claims this is being done to improve
efficiency and ensure job descriptions match
the duties of the assignment.
The APWU
does not believe this for a second.
The Unions and employees have been burned
before by employee surveys and USPS promises
not to use the results to impact jobs.
We explore this in a
bulletin board posting.
The
Lehigh Valley Area Local will be conducting
a contest
as part of our "Say 'No' to Surveys"
campaign. Anyone who brings their
survey to the union office for "proper
handling" will be entered into a
drawing. Drawings
will be held several times throughout the
year. Associate Office clerks can send
a email to
surveys@lvapwu.org
including your name, office and date you
trashed your survey.
We'd
like to see people get creative
with
their survey handling. Send a photo /
video to the email address above showing the
appropriate filing of your survey and we
will post them on our website / facebook
page. Have some fun, but keep it
clean(!) and be safe.
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The tentative dates for the 2018
General Membership Meetings are as follows
| January 7th |
May 6th |
| February 4th |
September 9th |
| April 8th |
November 4th |
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Dates subject to change |
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Penalty overtime exclusion
period...Health Plan deadlines...A/L
Exchange...
December is filled with important dates you
don't want to miss.
Check out our
Important Dates poster
to make sure you don't miss a deadline!
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We have added a
digital copy of PS Form 3971 (Request for or
Notification of Absence) to our website.
The PS 3971 is located on our FORMS page
which can be accessed using the menu above.
Or you can det a copy
HERE
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| RMD CALL
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877-477-3273 |
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TTY 866-833-8777 |
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| eREASSIGN
POSTING |
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| PSE
CANVASSING |
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DISTRICT PSE STAFFING |
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Function 1 |
29.50% |
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Function 4 |
13.53% |
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Total PSE % |
19.24% |
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Updated: Feb
02, 2018 |
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PO BOX 22122 
