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• Uniform and Work Clothes Program Allowances for 2006–2011 Under the USPS-APWU National Agreement

  Employees covered under the 2006–2011 United States Postal Service-American Postal Workers Union (USPS-APWU) National Agreement who are eligible to receive annual clothing allowances, as specified in Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) section 932.1, are entitled to an annual allowance increase effective on allowance anni­versary dates occurring on or after November 21, 2006, as follows:

  Regular Uniform Program (ELM 932.11)

  Current Amount	New Amount
  $414 (first-year employees)	$424
  $336	$344
  $161 (first-year employees)	$165
  $144	$148

  Work Clothes Program (ELM 932.13) 

  Current Amount	New Amount
  $68 (Clerical, Motor Vehicle Maintenance)	$70
  $130 (Contract Program – Custodial Maintenance)	$133
  $164 (Contract Program – Vehicle Maintenance)	$168

  All other allowances will be updated as anniversary dates are due. In accordance with the agreement, the next scheduled increase will be on November 21, 2007. Allow­ance increases will be announced in future issues of the Postal Bulletin.

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  USPS-NALC NATIONAL AGREEMENT
  
  Changes to Uniform Program Allowance, 2001-2006
  Employees covered by the 2001-2006 USPS-NALC National Agreement who are eligible to receive annual clothing allowances, as specified in Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) 932, Uniform Requirements, are entitled to an annual uniform allowance increase, effective on those uniform allowance anniversary dates occurring on or after November 21, 2001, as follows:
  
  • Annual allowance for all eligible employees shall be increased from the present $298 per annum to $328 per annum. (See Article 26, Section 2, Item A.)
  
  • A newly eligible employee entering the uniform program will receive an additional credit to the employee's allowance of $76 if entitled to $328 per annum. (See Article 26, Section 2, Item B.)

  Transitional Employee (Carrier)
  
  • In the event that the Postal Service requires transitional employees to wear uniform items, local Postal Service management, at its option, may provide such uniform items, which will be returned at the time of separation. For each 3 months of service during the first term of appointment, the transitional employee may be entitled to purchase up to 25 percent of the $277 uniform allowance. The uniform purchases are reimbursed by the Postal Service direct to the vendor. Purchase and payment provisions will continue as previously agreed to by the Postal Service and NALC. (See Article 26, Section 3, Transitional Employee.)
  
  Employee accounts have been retroactively updated to November 21, 2001, and will continue to be updated as individual employee anniversary dates occur.
  
  - Labor Relations Policies and Programs,
  Labor Relations, 9-19-02

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  Changes to Uniform and Work Clothes Program Allowances 2004-2005

  Effective November 21, 2004 contract  uniform allowance increases to $127 per year and $130 effective November 21, 2005 and the work clothes program allowance to $64 per year effective November 21, 2004 and $65 effective November 21, 2005).

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