Letters of Intent NA2019

Letters of Intent

USPS Installations

The parties agree that the Employer retains the right to add installations, consolidate installations, and discontinue installations in accordance with Article 12, and the reports will be adjusted to reflect such changes as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. An installation for the purposes of this paragraph will be defined to include all facilities for which a mail handler career employee is entitled to bid, as provided under Article 12.3C.

Mail Handler Assistants In Excess Of Percentage Caps

The parties acknowledge that there may be situations of limited duration that occur during the course of the year when the Employer needs to employ MHAs in excess of the cap for the total number of MHAs in an installation.

Any local or Area/Regional agreements to allow the employment of MHAs in excess of the percentage caps requires concurrence by the parties at the National level.

Transition Period

The 2019 National Agreement makes structural changes to the non-bargaining unit workforce and, therefore, creates a need for a transition period to implement the changes. The parties agree to a transition period not to exceed 120 days from the date of the Union’s ratification of the Agreement.

During the transition period, the number of casuals employed at any installation may be maintained at current levels or at 3.0%, whichever is lower. An exception will be made for installations that have local agreements allowing temporary use of additional casuals; such agreements will remain enforceable, provided that after the local agreement expires (if within the 120 day period) the number of casuals will be limited to 3.0%. Any new non-career employees hired during the transition period will be MHAs. At no time during the transition period will the combination of casuals and MHAs exceed 21.5% of the total number of career mail handler employees in a district and 26.5% in any installation except as provided for in Article 7, Section 1B.

Unless otherwise noted above, all other contractual language in the 2016 National Agreement relating to casuals will continue to apply during the 120-day transition period. During the transition period, the parties will review and remove all contractual language relating to casuals from the National Agreement.

After 120 days from the date of the Union’s ratification of the Agreement, the language of Article 7, Section 1B3 concerning MHA hiring shall be in full force and effect. Sack Sorter Machine Operator NA2019 Reversion Notice NA2019 Letter On Article 15 Issues NA2019 Article 15.2 Step 3 NA2019 District Arbitration Panels NA2019 Expectations of Arbitrators NA2019 Gender-Specific Garments NA2019 Article 31 - Information/Reports NA2019 Operations 110-129 And 180-189 Clarifying Instructions NA2019 References to Union, Craft or Bargaining Unit NA2019 Regional Instruction 399 NA2019