In This Year Of Change, The SJAL Has Changed The Venue For The Annual Picnic. We Will Be Holding It At Wildwood NJ Instead Of Clementon Park... Stay Tuned More Info To Be Posted Shortly

 

GMM date for April changed to 4/26/09@10am

       Welcome to the South Jersey Area Local 526

  American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO

Bill Boyle - President

Washington Professional Campus     Phone: (856) 228 - 8090
900 Route 168 - Suite D3   1-800-875-APWU(2798)
Blackwood, NJ   08012   FAX: (856) 228 - 2627

 

SJAL  EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS Click Here

 

 APWU Sites  Member Benefits  General Interest  Government Links  Resources  

The South Jersey Area Local welcomes you to our website.  This website will provide information on various issues that our affect our Members.  The information has been compiled by us or provides links that will take you to the appropriate web site.

The South Jersey Area Local represents members in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Crafts in the Southern New Jersey area. Our members are employed in 73 Postal Installations, including the L&DC in Swedesboro, and are under the jurisdiction of the South Jersey District, which also covers the State of Delaware.

Be informed, stay informed. In knowledge there is power, in unity there is strength.

 

                                                                                                             William A Boyle, President

                    

                       

 

Current News & Updates

 

C.O.P.A.

As always National wants to remind everyone to contribute what they can to the APWU COPA (Committee on Political Action). If you already contribute, Thank You. If you do not, please take a couple of minutes to visit the National site for some very easy options on contributing. Yes times are tough and it is hard to separate ourselves from what little extra money we may have, but remember a donation to COPA may just help ensure that you keep receiving a steady income. You can visit the website at www.apwu.org go to the "Members Only" tab and select COPA. National has set our Local's goal for 2009 at 11,696.00.

TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN HELPING TO RETAIN YOUR JOBS.

 

New APWU FMLA Forms

#1 Certification By Employee's Health Care Provider For Employee's Serious Condition

#2 Certification By Provider For Employee's Family Member Serious Condition

#3 Certification By Employee of Exigency For Military Family Leave

4# Certification By Provider For Service Member's Needs By Caregiver

 

                   APWU Sets Legislative Goals:
                     Pass H.R. 22 and the Employee Free Choice Act

The APWU has announced legislative goals for the 111th Congress, including passing the Employee Free Choice Act and H.R. 22 — which would temporarily relieve the USPS of the requirement to pre-fund retiree healthcare benefits. read more

 

Retirees Could Use Pre-Tax Dollars for Premiums
‘Health Care Equity Act’ Introduced in the Senate

Federal and military retirees could pay their health insurance premiums with pre-tax dollars under the “Federal and Military Retiree Health Care Equity Act,” which was introduced in the Senate on Feb. 26. read more

 

 

ACCESS TO YOUR OPF


Access to your own Official Personnel Folder can now be done via the website
www.liteblue.usps.gov
.  You will need your eight-digit Employee Identification
Number and your four-digit personal identification number (PIN). After you sign
in go directly to the eOPF that is on the home page of the site. Every paper
that was in your OPF was moved into your electronic OPF. Take the time to check
out your OPF to make sure there isn't anything in there that shouldn't be.


 

 

Every one has run into problems at one point in life, be it personal or work related. If you need help or just someone to talk to PLEASE take advantage of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

How to contact EAP:    Web - www.eap4you.com

Phone - (800) EAP-4-YOU

TTD - (877) 492 7341

If you elect to visit the EAP website you can click on ENTER MEMBER SITE and view their services but to participate in all the online EAP services you will have to register.

General Membership Meetings 2006

American Legion Edwin I Johnson Post 370
370 N. Warwick Road
Magnolia, NJ 08049

Map

Tuesday 2/24/09 7:00pm
Sunday Update: Changed to 4/26/09 10:00am
Tuesday 6/16/09 7:00pm
Sunday 9/13/09 10:00am
Tuesday 11/24/09 7:00pm

 

All members in good standing are encouraged to attend and participate.

 

The A.P.W.U. survives like any other UNION, that is by strength of numbers! So talk to your co-workers who may not be aware of how our Union benefits them and help our membership GROW! Click on the following link to see who can benefit by becoming a member.

Non-Member List

                click here                  

                                                     

                                                            

 

Stewards Resources