Local Memorandum of
Understanding
between the
United States Postal Service
Cortland, NY
and the
American Postal Workers
Union, AFL-CIO
Central New York Area Local
Article 1:
General Provisions
1.1 Union-Management Cooperation page 2
1.2 Curtailment of Operations 2
1.3 Light Duty Assignments 2
1.4 Wash-up Time 2
1.5 Parking 2
1.6 Definitions of Sections and Seniority 2
Article
2: Annual Leave Article
3: Scheduling
2.1 General Provisions 2 3.1 Regular Schedules 3
2.2 Choice Vacations 3 3.2 Posting and Bidding 3
2.3 Incidental Leave Requests 3 3.3 Overtime Scheduling 4
3.4 Holiday Scheduling 4
This Local
Memorandum of Understanding for the Cortland, NY Post Office is agreed to
effective April 15, 1996.
For
the United States Postal Service: For
the American Postal Workers Union:
____________________________________ ___________________________________
Daniel P. Jerose,
Postmaster Michael La Point, President
1
Article
1: General Provisions
1.1 Union-Management Cooperation (Item 21)
A. The Steward or Area
Vice-President shall be consulted prior to permanent changes in employee
staffing and scheduling.
1.2 Curtailment of Operations (Item 3)
A. The telephone or radio
announcements shall be used to notify affected employees of the curtailment of
postal operations, the Steward or Area Vice President shall be notified as soon
as feasible.
B. Employees stranded at work
shall be given every reasonable consideration by the employer as to needs and
comforts.
C. Procedures for emergency
evacuation due to fires or bomb threats shall be conspicuously posted. In
determining an employees ability to report to work, consideration shall be
given to governmental directives.
D. Curtailment of local service
or termination of same shall be left to the judgment of the Postmaster or
designee.
1.3 Light Duty Assignments (Items 15, 16 and 17)
A. There will be one light duty
assignment within each craft reserved for temporary or permanent light
duty. The area vice President or
President shall be consulted prior to the reassignment of any light or limited
duty employee to or from any APWU craft.
B. When the need arises for
light or limited duty, a special meeting shall be called between management and
the employee's organization as to what the light or limited duty assignment
will be. This meeting shall be for the express purpose to take into
consideration reasons for the employee's disability. Every effort shall be made
so that no regularly assigned member of the regular work force will be
adversely affected.
1.4 Wash-up Policy (Item
1)
Employees shall be allowed
reasonable wash-up time in accordance with established practice and Article 8.9
of the National Agreement.
1.5 Parking (Item 19)
A. All reasonable efforts will
be made to maintain free parking for all employees.
B. All available parking
designated by the Postmaster, shall be available on a first-come, first served
basis, except where reserved by this memorandum or previously established
practices.
1.6
Definitions of Sections and Seniority (Item 18)
Each craft shall be a separate
section for all purposes.
2.1 General
Provisions for Annual Leave (Items 5,6,7,10,and 11)
A. Vacation rosters shall be
broken into Monday through Sunday weeks.
B. Employees may at their
option make one continuous selection or two non-consecutive selections.
C. The official notice to each
employee of the approved vacation schedule will be by posting the official
vacation chart with a copy furnished to the APWU.
D. On November 1st, a notice
will be posted notifying employees of the beginning date of the new leave year.
E. Monday shall be designated
as the beginning day of an employee's vacation period.
2.2 Choice
Vacations (Items 4,8,9 and 12).
A. The choice vacation period
shall be from the first full week in January until the last full week in
November.
B. A
chart shall be prepared listing all weeks in the leave year with Monday through
Sunday dates utilized.
C. On
the first Monday in December, a chart of employees in order of seniority in
groups of three will be posted.
D. The
number of vacation slots that will be available in each week shall be at 18.5%
of all regular and PTF positions. In
applying the above percentages, product decimals shall be rounded to the
nearest whole number and even half numbers rounded up. Additionally, for the first selection
process only, the last full week in June to the end of the second full week in
August; Memorial Day week; Labor Day week and Thanksgiving Day week, one more
vacation slot will be available over the established percentage.
E. On
the fourth Monday in December, employees will have three days in which to make
their choice period selection in accordance with Article 10, Section 3.D.1&
2.
F. After
all employees have made their selection(s), the choice period selection is
complete.
G.
Applications for full weeks of Annual Leave for other than the choice period
will be processed for up to the total number of weeks earned in the leave year
by each employee. One additional for those earning 20 days and two additional
for those earning 26 days. The approved
choice vacation chart shall be circulated the second time in order of seniority
with each employee having one day to make their additional selection(s). Any time selected on either pass of the
vacation roster may be canceled by the employee two weeks prior to the
scheduled week.
H.
Employees who are called for court service during their scheduled choice period
vacation may make another selection from the remaining available weeks.
2.3
Incidental Requests (Items 8 and 12)
A. Attendance at APWU National
and State Conventions will be negotiated annually prior to the choice vacation
period.
B. Additional leave may be
selected by using PS Form 3971 in duplicate, and submitted on or after February
1, and acted upon in chronological order with seniority breaking ties. This
additional leave is not guaranteed.
C. Employees having special
needs requiring advance commitments must document the special circumstances
with their supervisor. Efforts will be
made to accommodate these special needs at that time, and the employee will be
notified within forty eight (48) hours.
D. Disapproved 3971's shall be
maintained showing the date and time submitted, and, should leave become
available, it shall be granted in the order it was requested.
Article 3: Scheduling
3.1 Regular
Schedules (Item 2)
A. All regular positions shall
have fixed non-scheduled days, except those rotational schedules previously
established.
3.2 Posting
and Bidding (Items 22)
A. All job postings shall be
posted for a minimum of ten calendar days, unless canvassed; postings of awards
shall be made within two business days of the close of posting; the Union shall
be provided with copies of job postings
and awards, including canvassing, and PT conversions.
B. Wherever practicable,
bidding within a unit shall be accomplished by canvassing eligible employees in
order of seniority; canvassing shall consist of circulating a written description
of the vacant position, with spaces for employees to sign indicating that they
are accepting or declining the position.
C. Successful bidders or
applicants, including PTF's being converted to regular, shall be assigned or
detailed to their new positions on the Saturday following award; assignment may
be delayed with the consent of the Steward or Area Vice-President.
D. Bid positions shall be
reposted if:
1. The non-scheduled days are
changed;
2. The reporting time on any
day is changed by more than one hour and one half hours;
3. The duties are changed by
more than 50% in the clerk craft, or 25% in any other craft;
4. Measurement of all such
changes shall be cumulative, based on the position as last awarded.
3.3
Overtime Scheduling (Item 14)
A. Each craft shall be a
separate section.
B. The overtime desired lists
shall be conspicuously posted, and a copy provided to the Steward or Area
Vice-President.
C. Prior to using mandatory
overtime, management will make reasonable efforts to solicit volunteers with
the necessary skills from the overtime mandatory list.
D. Except in unforeseeable
circumstances, employees shall be:
1. Notified forty-eight hours
in advance of working a non-scheduled day;
2. Notified one hour in advance
of working each hour over eight hours, including notification of the general
anticipated duration of the overtime;
3. Given an opportunity to
notify their families, make calls for transportation, etc.
E. Management reserves the
right to cancel pre-scheduled overtime when workload or staffing dictates.
3.4 Holiday
Scheduling (Item 13)
Employees shall be scheduled
for holidays, subject to necessary skills, in the following order:
1. Casuals;
2. Part-time flexibles;
3. Volunteers whose designated
holiday it is, by seniority;
4. Transitional Employees;
5. Overtime desirees whose
non-scheduled day it is, by rotation of the list;
6. Volunteers for overtime,
other than desirees, by seniority;
7. Mandatorily scheduling
employees for overtime, by rotation of the list;
8. Mandatorily scheduling
employees for their designated holiday, by juniority.