THE BULLETIN BOARD
January 2012
[January 1st]Scholarships Available to PMAPWU Members
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Scholarship
- Type: Academic Scholarship Essay Contest
- Maximum Prize-$2,000.00, Minimum Prize-$500.00
- Graduating high school seniors, all post secondary students, and affiliated Union members attending an accredited institution, are eligible.
- Deadline to apply is January 31, 2012.
- You can view all the details and download an application from the PA AFL-CIO website.
Union Plus Scholarship
- Type: Academic and Vocational Scholarships
- One-time cash awards ranging from $500 to $4,000
- Current and retired members of unions participating in any Union Plus program, their spouses and their dependent children. At least one year of continuous union membership by the applicant, applicant's spouse or parent (if applicant is a dependent). The one year membership minimum must be satisfied by May 31, 2012
- Deadline to apply is January 31, 2012.
- You can view all the details and download an application from the UnionPlus website.
APWU Vocational Scholarship
- Applicants must be a senior attending high school or other corresponding secondary school. Applicants must be a child or grandchild, including stepchild or legally adopted child of an active member, Retiree's Department member, or deceased member of the American Postal Workers Union.
- Type: Vocational Scholarship
- $1,000.00 for each year, up to three consecutive years
- Application is to be received no later than March 15, 2012.
- You can download an application at the APWU's website.
The APWU E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship
- Type: Academic Scholarship
- $1,000.00 for each of up to three consecutive years of college
- Applicants must be a senior attending high school or other corresponding secondary school. Applicants must be a child or grandchild, including stepchild or legally adopted child of an active member, Retiree's Department member, or deceased member of the American Postal Workers Union.
- Applications are to be received no later than March 15, 2012.
- You can download an application at the APWU's website.
You may also visit the APWU's Scholarship Programs webpage where the various scholarships are discussed.
John T. Boxler Scholarship
- Type: Academic Scholarship
- $1,000.00 for each of up to four consecutive years of college
- Graduating high school seniors, all post secondary students, and affiliated Union members attending an accredited institution, are eligible.
- Deadline to apply is May 1, 2012.
- You can view all the details and download an application from the PPWU website.
Patrick McShane Memorial Scholarship
- Type: Academic Scholarship
- Current graduating high school senior or college undergraduate whose parent or legal guardian is a current active member in PMAPWU
- Deadline to apply is May 18, 2012.
- Contact PMAPWU at 412-321-4700 for more information and an application.
[January 3rd]
USPS Reinstates Relocation Leave for Executive and Administrative Schedule Employees
via Handbook F-15-A Revision
The US Postal Service noted in last week's Postal Bulletin that it has reinstated the practice of allowing managers up to 5 days of paid leave when they are relocating to another assignment.
"Effective September 19, 2011, relocation leave for eligible executive and administrative schedule (EAS) employees has been reinstated. Handbook F-15-A, Relocation Policy — Non-Bargaining Executive and Administrative Schedule Employees, is revised to include relocation leave for eligible EAS employees."
The USPS had eliminated the relocation leave benefit in 2009 in response to an OIG report that was highly critical of the agency's relocation practices, and including a case where the USPS "paid over $1.9 million to relocate a vehicle maintenance program analyst intrastate. The majority of this cost came from a $1.7 million loss on the sale of this employee's home."
Here is the text of the revised F-15 employee travel handbook:
"EAS employees are eligible to receive paid time off generally for the packing, delivering, and unpacking of household goods or at their manager's discretion as long as it is related to relocation. Employees are authorized to use up to 5 days (8-hour increments) of relocation leave. These days do not have to be consecutive. This leave is also available to the employee's spouse, if he or she is also employed by the Postal Service. Relocation leave is charged to Code 080 in TACS."
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