APWU Store Events Members Only Contact OUR UNION NEWS AND EVENTS WHAT WE STAND FOR FOR MEMBERS FOR LOCALS Clerk Division ABOUT THE CLERK DIVISION The Clerk Division is the largest division of the American Postal Workers Union. We proudly represent approximately 150,000 postal clerks in post offices large and small across the country. Clerks occupy more than 170 different position descriptions and can be found performing work at retail windows, mail processing, call centers, bulk mail entry, sales retention, and administrative office environments to name the most common. Lamont Brooks Director, Clerk Division (202) 842-4220 Quicklinks USPS PSE Compliance Reports Employees Report of Security Problem or Poor Financial Practice Retail Rights and Wrongs OUR WORK Function 1 - Mail Processing Function 4 - Retail & Customer Service Lead Clerks/ TACS Filling Residual Vacancies Article 37.3.A.1 Postal Support Employees LOAD MORE EVENTS 2022 National Convention August 15, 2022 to August 18, 2022 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD Hotel rate: $179 + $22 resort fee + tax/night Learn More› ADDITIONAL EXTENSION OF APRIL 3, 2020 MOU, RE: BULK MAIL TECH AND MAILING REQUIREMENTS CLERK POSITION QUALIFICATION, AGREED TO BY APWU & USPS On October 1, 2021, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks signed another extension with the Postal Service of the original April 3, 2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk (MRC) Position Qualification. Read more> SECOND ROUND OF PAYMENTS FOR POSTPLAN STAFFING VIOLATIONS Payments Set to Begin on April 30, 2021 On April 26, 2021, the Postal Service informed the Clerk Craft that it had partially input the second round of payments required by the national-level award, dated June 17, 2017 authored by Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg in Case #Q10C-4Q-C-15206043. The arbitrator’s award was due to the Postal Service’s failure to honor a December 22, 2014 agreement between the parties surrounding the POStPlan Staffing for Remotely Managed Post Offices (RMPOs) and Level 18 post offices. Read more> CLERK CRAFT PREPARES FOR NATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS The APWU will begin negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in June. The current CBA is set to expire on September 20, 2021. As such, the Clerk Craft officers have begun preparing for negotiations on issues related to our craft. We are currently reviewing all resolutions that were adopted by the delegates at past National Conventions applying to Article 37. These resolutions involve issues such as bidding, assignment of unencumbered regulars, 204-B restrictions, higher-level pay, PTF workhour guarantees and conversions to full-time regular status, and additional rights for PSE clerks. Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks also invited suggestions from the National Business Agents across the country... Read more> REMAINING LEVEL 6 MAILING REQUIREMENTS CLERKS UPGRADED TO LEVEL 7 APWU Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Postal Service that upgraded the known remaining Level 6 Mailing Requirements Clerks (MRC) to Level 7. The MOU, dated April 20, 2021, identified four (4) Level 6 MRC duty assignments by Job Identification number – one in Charleston, SC, one in Fort Worth, TX, and two in Houston, TX – that were entitled to be upgraded to Level 7. Read more > RESOURCES APWU Contract Information Recent Step 4s, MOUs, Etc. DAS ISSUES REMEDY AWARD ON PM END OF DAY BUTTON CASE (This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On December 8, 2017, Arbitrator Shyam Das found that the Postal Service was in violation of the parties’ Article 1.6.B Global Settlement Remedy Agreement (GSRA) in Level 18 offices when it created the Postmaster End of Day (PMEOD) button in the Retail System Software (RSS). The PMEOD button allowed postmasters to enter and exit RSS without completely closing out of the window. The button allowed postmasters to give false accounts of the amount of bargaining unit work they performed, which is limited to 15 hours each week in Level 18 offices. Read more> EXTENSION WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE OF THE APRIL 3, 2020 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU), RE: BULK MAIL TECH AND MAILING REQUIREMENTS CLERK (MRC) POSITION QUALIFICATION On March 23, 2021, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks signed an extension with the Postal Service of the April 3, 2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk (MRC) Position Qualification. This MOU was agreed to by the parties in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure that employees pending qualification for Bulk Mail Tech or Mailing Requirements Clerk duty assignments would be provided a realistic opportunity to pass the required training. The extension is through June 4, 2021, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. Click here to view the extension. Read more> LATEST NEWS November 12, 2021 Das Issues Remedy Award on PM End of Day Button Case (This article first appeared in the November/December issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) On December 8, 2017... November 4, 2021 COVID-19 Vaccination Emergency Standard In September, President Biden issued a directive to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue... October 7, 2021 Additional Extension of April 3, 2020 MOU, Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk Position Qualification, Agreed to by APWU & USPS On October 1, 2021, Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks signed another extension with the Postal Service of the original... September 24, 2021 Das Issues Remedy Award on PM End of Day Button Case On December 8, 2017, Arbitrator Shyam Das found that the Postal Service was in violation of the parties’ Article 1.6.B... SIGNUP FORM Subscribe to stay updated *I agree to receive text message updates from APWU. 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