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== Introduction ==
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This Contract Interpretation Manual (CIM), jointly prepared by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the United States Postal Service, represents a good
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faith effort to identify contractual issues on which the National parties are in agreement regarding interpretation and application of the parties’ 2019 National
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Agreement. The CIM is referenced in the National Agreement between the parties at Article 15, Section .3E, which is reprinted below. (Note that actual
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language from the National Agreement, Memoranda of Understanding and Letters of Intent is shaded in gray throughout the CIM.)
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Contract ***
The parties have agreed to jointly develop and implement a Contract
Interpretation Manual (CIM) within six (6) months after the effective date of
the 1998 National Agreement. The CIM will set forth the parties’ mutual
understanding regarding the proper interpretation and/or application of the
provisions of this Agreement. It is not intended to add to, modify, or
replace, in any respect, the language in the current Agreement; nor is it
intended to modify in any way the rights, responsibilities, or benefits of the
parties under the Agreement. However, production of the CIM
demonstrates the mutual intent of the parties at the National level to
encourage their representatives at all levels to reach resolution regarding
issues about which the parties are in agreement and to encourage
consistency in the application of the terms of the Agreement. For these
reasons, the positions of the parties as set forth in the CIM shall be
binding on the representatives of both parties in the resolution of disputes
at the Local and Regional levels, and in the processing of grievances
through Steps 1, 2 and 3 of the grievance-arbitration procedure. In
addition, the positions of the parties as set forth in the CIM are binding on
the arbitrator, in accordance with the provisions of Article 15.4A6, in any
Regional level arbitration case in which the CIM is introduced. The CIM
will be updated periodically to reflect any modifications to the parties’
positions which may result from National level arbitration awards, Step 4
decisions, or other sources. The parties’ representatives are encouraged
to utilize the most recent version of the CIM at all times.
Contract ***
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The parties agree that the CIM will be made available to their representatives who are responsible for handling disputes at the Local and Area/Regional levels
and for processing grievances at Steps 1, 2 and 3 of the grievance-arbitration procedure in an effort to reach resolution regarding issues about which the
parties are in agreement and to assure consistency and compliance with the terms of the National Agreement. The parties’ agreement in this regard is
designed to facilitate the resolution of grievances and to reduce grievance backlogs. Contract interpretations set forth in the CIM may be cited and, if cited,
shall be applied to all pending and future cases at Steps 1, 2 and 3 of the grievance procedure, and in Regional arbitration; this includes cases initiated
prior to the issuance of the CIM to the extent that the specific contractual or handbook/manual language interpreted in the CIM was in effect at the time the
case was initiated and has not subsequently been changed.
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