The collective bargaining agreement (union contract) between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service covers the wages, hours and working conditions of 200,000 postal workers. Our current contract was due to expire at midnight, September 20, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the last two weeks, the APWU and postal management have engaged in frequent negotiating sessions at both the \u201cmain table,\u201d the \u201ccraft tables,\u201d and in other committees. There has been modest progress on a number of issues affecting all our crafts, including on job security. There has also been a narrowing of the differences on important items including the economic package. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the union and management have been unable to secure a negotiated agreement by midnight September 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The APWU National Negotiating Committee (NNC) had two choices: Either start the process of mediation heading to interest arbitration, or with mutual agreement with postal management, \u201cstop the clock\u201d (meaning the contract does not expire at midnight) and continue negotiations for a period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the unanimous decision of the National Negotiating Committee to \u201cstop the clock\u201d and continue bargaining. It is also the position of the NNC that we will reevaluate progress on a regular basis and invoke mediation if further negotiations are not productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe entire APWU negotiating team is working together and working hard to secure the new contract that our members have earned and deserve,\u201d said APWU Chief Spokesperson Vance Zimmerman. \u201cContinued negotiations for a short period of time are in the best interests of the members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe APWU is leaving no stone unturned. Based on progress thus far we have the possibility of reaching a negotiated union contract,\u201d declared President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein. \u201cIt is vital we all stay union strong and union proud in our collective quest for workplace justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The APWU will continue to keep the members updated, including regular messages on the negotiation \u201chotline\u201d at 866-412-8061.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The collective bargaining agreement (union contract) between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service covers the wages, hours and working conditions of 200,000 postal workers. Our current contract was due to expire at midnight, September 20, 2021. Over the last two weeks, the APWU and postal management have engaged in frequent negotiating sessions at both the \u201cmain table,\u201d the \u201ccraft tables,\u201d and in other committees. There has been modest progress on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contract-negotiations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11466,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11465\/revisions\/11466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}