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    96th Annual WV State Covention

    WVPWU
    By WVPWU,

    We, the WVPWU Executive Board, are pleased to announce the final details for the 2022 WV Convention and Spring Seminar. This year, we’re excited to announce a special one-day beginners steward training. It’s our goal to help Local’s with the challenges we all face. We often forget that we’re not born with the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful steward in today’s post office. The WVPWU is offering this to any member of your local with no charge for supplies. An attendee does not have to be a delegate to attend.

     

    Tentative Itinerary:

     

    Wednesday, April 27th

    8:00 am – 6:00 pm

    Steward Training provided by the WVPWU. Lunch will also be provided by the WVPWU.

     

    Thursday, April 28th

    8:00 am – Registration

    8:30 am – Convention Called to Order

    9:00 am – Training provided by each craft Business Agent

    11:30 am – Lunch

    12:30 pm – Training provided by the Eastern Area Coordinator

     

    Friday, April 29th

    9: 00 am – Convention reconvenes, guest speakers, committees

    6:00 pm - Banquet

     

    Saturday, April 30th

    9:00 am – Convention reconvenes

     

    Location:

    Hotel Website

    1 304-345-6500

    Directions

     

    The State Convention will be held at the Charleston Marriott Town Center.  The room rate is $109.00 per night. A block of rooms are reserved under American Postal Workers Union. APRIL 6TH IS THE FINAL DAY TO REGISTER FOR A ROOM AT THIS RATE!!!  This year, to offset the cost of inflation, the Registration fee is set at $75.00 per delegate.

     

    Hospitality will be provided Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings. Breakfast will be setup outside the conference room Thursday – Saturday. If you’re hungry for more breakfast, they do provide a buffet for 14.99. Thanks to the efforts of the Charleston Area Local, parking at the hotel with 24-hour security has been negotiated at $7/day.

     

    All delegate registration forms must be received no later than March 29th at either reneesteele@wvpwu or to WVPWU PO Box 9054 Huntington, WV 25704. For the sake of the host local, we encourage you to have these returned ASAP. They’re planning on providing T-Shirts which require early ordering.

     

    We’re very excited to be meeting in person again after the last two years. We encourage everyone to practice social distancing, adhere to local guidelines for facemasks, and if possible, test negative prior to attendance. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to the WVPWU President.

     

    In solidarity,


    2022 Summer School

    WVPWU
    By WVPWU,

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    The New Union Contract is Ratified!

    WVPWU
    By WVPWU,

    94% of Voters Say YES!

    The main Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract) between the APWU and the USPS has been overwhelmingly ratified by the members. The contract was signed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on February 28, 2022.  

    Ninety-Four percent (94%) of the members who voted, voted “Yes!” in favor of ratification. The vote tally was 36,632 votes for ratification and 2,290 against. 

    “I am ecstatic that the membership recognized the solid gains that this Agreement provides to the 165,000 APWU members from all crafts,” President and lead negotiator Mark Dimondstein stated. “Every member should be very proud of this huge accomplishment. Our power at the bargaining table begins with each of you, the foundation of our union.”   

    Director of Industrial Relations and chief spokesperson, Vance Zimmerman said, “I am proud of this Agreement and am happy that the membership recognized the hard work of the National Negotiating Committee, the other officers who helped with the negotiations, and the diligent work of our support staff to make this contract a reality.” He continued, “Now the work of implementation begins in earnest.” 

    In addition to the lead negotiator and chief spokesperson, the NCC consisted of Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks, Motor Vehicle Director Mike Foster, Maintenance Director Idowu Balogun, Support Services Director Steve Brooks, Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy and Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Powell. 

    The tentative contract agreement was reached on December 9, 2021 with unanimous approval of the National Negotiating Committee. It was then unanimously approved by the Rank & File Bargaining Advisory Committee to be sent to the members for a ratification vote. The vote ratification process was  coordinated by APWU Secretary-Treasurer Powell and administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA.)  A sub-committee of the Rank & File Bargaining Advisory Committee consisting of Peggy Whitney, Sandra Munoz, Scott Hoffman, Nicole Burnett and Stacy Brown was on site monitoring the entire vote count, which took place from February 23 – February 28.  

    Now that we have a new contract, one of the first items to be dealt with are the pay raises due to employees. These include the first general wage increase of 1.3% for career employees (2.3% for PSEs), effective November 21, 2021; the $1,310 per year COLA increase due to career employees, effective February 26, 2022; and the additional 50 cents per hour increase for PSEs effective on April 9, 2022.  

    APWU-represented bargaining unit employees in the IT/AS sector will soon begin programming the payroll system that is required to make these pay changes. Once programming is completed, retroactive payments will be made to the affected employees, with the dates of these payments to be announced. Please check apwu.org for updated information on retroactive payments 

    Additionally, the parties are in the process of finalizing a print version of the Collective Bargaining Agreement as well as updating the Joint Contract Interpretation Manual.   

    “I congratulate the members on this agreement which will provide wage increases, COLAs, job security, improved PTF rights and even more career opportunities for the non-career workforce,” Director Zimmerman said.  

    President Dimondstein concluded by saying, “We should never forget that our Collective Bargaining rights were won through the courage of our forefathers and foremothers in the historic 1970 wildcat strike. The lives of literally millions of postal workers and our families have been changed for the better over the last fifty years.”  


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