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2010-2015 Contract Updates
Updates and News
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Arbitration Hearing Begins on Schedules of New Full-Timers (12/13/2011)
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Are Those Posted Duty Assignments 'Desirable?' (11/16)
The Collective Bargaining Agreement obligates the Postal Service to make "every effort" to create desirable duty assignments from "all available work hours for career employees" when management posts full-time Clerk Craft assignments for bid, Clerk Craft Director Rob Strunk is reminding union members.
"'Every effort' means just that," he noted. "A local manager cannot be excused from the requirement to post desirable schedules simply because his boss or someone at the District level insists that all Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) duty assignments must be established with 35 hours per week or less," he said.
"All available work hours" also means just what it says, Strunk notes: All work hours – including overtime, hours worked by Postal Support Employees (PSEs), hours worked by part-time flexibles from other offices, and cross-craft hours — must be considered when management creates new NTFT assignments. The contractual language clearly requires management to consider "all available work hours," not "earned hours," which are generated by management computer models.
But what are "desirable duty assignments?" It is easy to surmise that an assignment with five 8-hour days and weekends off is more desirable than five 6-hour days with split days off. But are four 10-hour days more desirable than five 8-hour days?
Ultimately, the question of desirability will be answered by members of the Clerk Craft. Each time employees choose to bid — whether by computer, telephone, or through the manual bid box — they are telling management and the union what they consider "desirable duty assignments."
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Posting Non-Traditional Full-Time Assignments In Customer Service Operations (11/11)
An agreement [PDF]  between the APWU and USPS dated Nov. 10, 2011, outlines the procedure for posting Non-Traditional Full-Time duty assignments in Customer Service operations. The agreement lists the steps that must be taken before management can post the assignments, as well as the information the Postal Service must provide to local union representatives.
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Questions and Answers on the Contract (10/20)
The APWU has posted a series of Questions and Answers The APWU and the USPS have agreed to a set of Questions and Answers regarding the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris has announced. The Questions and Answers, dated Oct. 20, 2011, cover an array of topics, including Postal Support Employees (PSEs), supervisors performing bargaining unit work in small offices, Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) assignments, excessing, lead clerks, acting supervisors, and the grievance procedure.
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APWU Initiates Step 4 Disputes (08/18)
The APWU initiated four Step 4 disputes on Aug. 17, 2011, protesting violations of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- Denial of Retreat Rights
- Unencumbered/Unassigned Regulars
- Consecutive Days Off
- Non-Traditional Full-Time Assignments in Function 5 and Function 7
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NTFT Assignments Cannot Exceed The Number of Employees to be Converted (08/17)
The USPS has acknowledged that local managers have no authority to post more NTFT assignments in Customer Service areas than the number needed to accommodate PTFs and PTRs when they are converted to full time on Aug. 27.
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Enforcing the Collective Bargaining Agreement in Small Offices (07/12)
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Questions and Answers, Staffing Tool (07/06)
The APWU has posted a series of Questions and Answers regarding the recently-negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris announced July 6. "We have been meeting with our counterparts at the Postal Service to resolve a number of issues that have caused confusion in the field," he said. "We have agreement on 65 items and are continuing discussions on the remaining items."
"We also have posted the APWU position on the outstanding questions while we continue our conversations with management. We expect to reach agreement on many of the remaining items and will issue another Questions-and-Answers document at that time," Morris said. "We decided to issue the APWU's position in response to inquiries from union representatives in the field."
The Industrial Relations Department also has posted a map that shows staffing for Level 15-and-above post offices. "This tool will help locals monitor compliance with new contractual provisions," Morris said. To use the tool, click on the map, select the appropriate state, and scroll down until you find the office you are interested in.
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Non-Traditional Full Time Position Explained on Overtime/Out-of-Schedule Hours (05/25)
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It's Official: APWU, USPS Sign New Contract (05/23)
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2010-2015 APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement Effective Dates Organized by Date (05/22)
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2010-2015 APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement Effective Dates Organized by Topic (05/22)
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Union, Management Agree To Timeline for Local Negotiations (05/18)
Clearing Up Confusion About the Tentative Agreement - A few provisions of the Tentative Agreement have been misunderstood by some union members. APWU President Cliff Guffey sets the record straight in video messages on:
Pay Raises vs. Health Benefit Costs (04/11)
Non-Traditional Full-Time Assignments (04/11)
Excessing Over 50 Miles (04/12)
Excessing Catagories (04/12)
Overview: Opportunities (04/12)
Indiana Postal Workers Union Round-Robin (audio) on Tentative agreement
Pres. Guffey Goes Toe-to-Toe with Congressman Ross today at the Oversight Committee testimony 04/05/11
Rep. Welch questions Donahoe and Guffey 04/05/11
» MSNBC Rachel Maddow's take on April 5th Oversight hearing
PMG Addresses NAPS 2nd Legislative Training Session, Comments and Answers on Tentative Contract Agreement - Part 1 | Part 2
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