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PPWU Convention Report
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The 28th Biennial PPWU Convention has concluded. Many
thanks to the host local, Philadelphia BMC Local #7048 and
President Melanie Schultz who did a wonderful job.
Delegates heard reports from a number of APWU
National Officers including Director of Industrial
Relations Charlie Cash, Asst. Motor Vehicle Director
Garret Langley, Asst. Clerk Director Bob Romanowski,
Asst. Maintenance Director Jason Treier, and Eastern
Region Coordinator Vince Tarducci.
Also providing updates were National Business Agents
John Jackson (clerk),
Kim Miller (clerk),
James Deridder (clerk),
Shayna Parker (motor
vehicle), and Steven Duckworth
(maintenance).
Elections were held and
PPWU
Officers were sworn in for the 2026-2028
term of office.
Prior to the convention, Regional Coordinator
Tarducci hosted a Tri-State Education Conference for
shop stewards from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Delaware. People at the conference attended
several training courses on various topics. They
also received presentations from APWU Vice President
Debby Szeredy, Legislative Director Judy Beard, and
Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks.
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PPWU Resolutions
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There were five contractual
resolutions debated and voted on.
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Resolution #1
(submitted
by Philadelphia BMC Local #7048)
would provide the Local Union President, or
their designee, an opportunity for imput prior to
making the decision to revert (eliminate) a
vacant Motor Vehicle Craft duty assignment.
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Resolution #2
(submitted by
Philadelphia BMC Local #7048) seeks to
upgrade the Maintenance Support Clerk position from
Level 07 to Level 08.
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Resolution #3
(submitted
by Philadelphia MC Local #7048) would
provide the Local Union President, or their
designee, an opportunity for imput prior to making
the decision to revert (eliminate) a vacant
Maintenance Craft duty assignment.
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Resolution #4
(submitted by
Lehigh Valley Area Local) would require
a supervisor or manager to pass the same entrance,
qualification or promotional examinations, and
interview criteria as the employees they will be
supervising.
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Resoltution #5
(submitted
by Lehigh Valley Area Local)
would grant Administrative Leave, to be used
on a future date, to employees who report to work
during an Act of God for which Administrative Leave
had been approved for employees who do not report.
All five resoltuions were adopted and will be sent to
the APWU for consideration at the National Convention in
August. (Resolutions adopted at the National Convention
will become part of the APWU strategy for future
contract negotiations)
There were no resolutions submitted for the PPWU
Consitution & Bylaws. The Constitution & Bylaws as
amended in 2024 remains unchanged.
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Newest Members
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Jessica Heilines
PSE - Delano
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NOTES ON BACK PAY
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The APWU has been receiving many
calls regarding the retro-active
back pay for the 2024-2027 Contract.
The following information is
courtesy of APWU National Director
of Industiral Relations Charlie
Cash.
Employees will not see the
retroactive adjustments on the pay
stub that they look at on their
mobile phones or the small stub they
may receive in the mail. They will
need to download the full stub (which
could be many pages long, the last
stubs from the 2021-2024 retroactive
payments were up to 20 pages long). There
they will see each pay period
adjustment. People also need to
remember that the payments will have
taxes withheld, TSP withheld,
retirement withheld, etc.
Couple things to keep in mind:
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No one person’s retroactive pay
will be identical to another.
Retroactive pay is only made on
paid work hours or paid leave
that was used during the
retroactive period.
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If an employee was detailed to
another pay scale (the
most common is they were on a
non-bargaining unit detail as a
204-b or such) they
are not paid any retroactive
payments for that.
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Any employee who received
payments from OWCP will not see
retroactive payments from the
Postal Service. Only hours paid
by the postal service on the
APWU pay schedule will be due
retro active payments.
If people have doubts about their
retroactive payments, they need to
download and provide the full pay
stub to their PPWU Business Agent.
The PPWU will invesitgate. If an
issue is found, my department will
address it.
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