APWU  News

The USPS and APWU have agreed that employees who as of Aug. 24 had a scheduled retirement date of Sept. 30 or earlier will be permitted to retire or separate on the date they selected, and will be eligible to receive the $15,000 incentive negotiated by the union and management. All other employees not identified above who elect to retire or separate in order to receive the incentive will be assigned a retirement or separation date of Oct. 31 or Nov. 30. Agreement may be made at the local level to permit employees to select either of the two dates. The change in the effective dates was agreed to because Shared Services is unable to process the necessary paperwork for the expected number of applicants.

Click here to read about questions and answers concerning the incentive program

“We created a new, signed document to respond to the questions,” APWU President William Burrus said, “because it is essential that the union and management provide the same information to employees who are faced with a short time period to make important life-altering decisions.”