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• 01:43, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 35.2 (Created page with "=== Section 35.2 Referral Information === In Postal installations having professional medical units, the Employer will insure that the professional staffs maintain a current listing of all local community federally-approved drug treatment agencies for referring employees with such problems. A copy of this community listing will be given to the local union representative.")
• 01:42, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 35.1 (Created page with "=== Section 35.1 Programs === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>The Employer and the Union express strong support for programs of self-help. The Employer shall provide and maintain a program which shall encompass the education, identification, referral, guidance and follow-up of those employees afflicted by the dis- ease of Alcoholism and/or Drug Abuse. When an employee is referred to [https://usps.ndbh.com/EAP EAP] by the Employer, the EAP counselor will ha...")
• 01:35, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 34 Work and/or Time Standards (Created page with "== Article 34 Work and/or Time Standards == {{:Section 34.1}} {{:Section 34.2}} {{:Section 34.3}} {{:Section 34.4}} {{:Section 34.5}} </p><p> (The preceding Article, Article 34, shall apply to Mail Handler Assistant employees.)")
• 01:35, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 34.5 (Created page with "=== Section 34.5 Union Studies === After receipt of notification provided for in Section 2.D of this Article, the Union shall be permitted to make time or work studies in the test cities. The Union shall notify the Employer within ten (10) days of its intent to conduct such studies. The Union studies shall not exceed ninety (90) days, from the date of such notice, during which time the Employer agrees to postpone implementation in the test cities. There shall be no disru...")
• 01:34, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 34.4 (Created page with "=== Section 34.4 Grievance and Arbitration === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>If no agreement is reached within five days after the meetings begin, the Union may initiate a grievance at the national level. If no grievance is initiated, the Employer will implement the new work or time standards at its discretion. </li> <li>If a grievance is filed and is unresolved within 10 days, and the Union decides to arbitrate, the matter must be submitted to prior...")
• 01:34, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 34.3 (Created page with "=== Section 34.3 Difference Resolution === Within a reasonable time not to exceed 10 days after the receipt of such notice, the Union and the Employer shall meet for the purpose of resolving any differences that may arise concerning such proposed work measurement systems or work or time standards.")
• 01:33, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 34.2 (Created page with "=== Section 34.2 Union Notification === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>The Employer agrees that any work measurement systems or time or work standards shall be fair, reasonable and equitable. The Employer agrees that the Union will be kept informed during the making of time or work studies which are to be used as a basis for changing current or instituting new work measurement systems or work or time standards. The Employer agrees that the Union may desig...")
• 01:32, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 34.1 (Created page with "==Section 34.1 Statement of Principle == The principle of a fair day's work for a fair day's pay is recognized by the parties to this Agreement.")
• 01:27, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 33 Promotions (Created page with "== Article 33 Promotions == {{:Section 33.1}} {{:Section 33.2}} {{:Section 33.3}}")
• 01:26, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 33.3 (Created page with "=== Section 33.3 Examinations === When an examination is given, there shall be no unreasonable limitation on the number of examinations that may be taken by an applicant.")
• 01:26, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 33.2 (Created page with "=== Section 33.2 Bargaining Unit Promotions === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>When an opportunity for promotion to a bargaining unit position exists in an installation, an announcement shall be posted on official bulletin boards soliciting applications from employees in the bargaining unit. Bargaining unit employees meeting the qualifications for the position shall be given first consideration. Qualifications shall include, but not be limited to, ability...")
• 01:25, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 33.1 (Created page with "=== Section 33.1 General Principles === The Employer agrees to place particular emphasis upon career advancement opportunities. First opportunity for promotions will be given to qualified career employees. The Employer will assist employees to improve their own skills through training and self-help programs, and will continue to expand the Postal Employee Development Center concept.")
• 01:22, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 32.3 (Created page with "=== Section 32.3 Committee === Subcontracting is a proper subject for discussion at Labor-Management Committee meetings at the national level provided in Article 38.")
• 01:21, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 32 Subcontracting (Created page with "== Article 32 Subcontracting == {{:Section 32.1}} {{:Section 32.2}} {{:Section 32.3}} </p><p> (The preceding Article, Article 32, shall apply to Mail Handler Assistant employees.) </p><p> [See Memo, page 201]")
• 01:20, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 32.2 (Created page with "=== Section 32.2 Special Provisions === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>The Employer and the Union agree that at processing and distribution facilities or post offices where mail handler craft employees are assigned and on duty on the platform at the time a star route vehicle is being loaded or unloaded exclusively by a star route contract driver, a mail handler(s) will assist in loading and unloading the star route vehicle, unless such requirement delays...")
• 01:19, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 32.1 (Created page with "=== Section 32.1 General Principles === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-roman"> <li>The Employer will give due consideration to public interest, cost, efficiency, availability of equipment, and qualification of employees when evaluating the need to subcontract. </li> <li>The Employer will give advance notification to the Union at the national level when subcontracting which will have a significant impact on bargaining unit work is being considered and will meet wi...")
• 01:13, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 31 Union-Management Cooperation (Created page with "== Article 31 Union-Management Cooperation == {{:Section 31.1}} {{:Section 31.2}} {{:Section 31.3}} {{:Section 31.4}} </p><p> (The preceding Article, Article 31, shall apply to Mail Handler Assistant employees.)")
• 01:12, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 31.4 (Created page with "=== Section 31.4 Committee === The Employer and the Union, believing that improvements in the work life can heighten employee job satisfaction, enhance organizational effectiveness, and increase the quality of service and that these objectives can be best accomplished by joint effort, hereby continue, at the national level, a joint Committee to Improve the Quality of Work Life.")
• 01:11, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 31.3 (Created page with "=== Section 31.3 Information === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>The Employer will make available for inspection by the Union all relevant information necessary for collective bargaining or the enforcement, administration or interpretation of this Agreement, including information necessary to determine whether to file or to continue the processing of a grievance under this Agreement. Upon the written request of the Union, the Employer will furnish such inf...")
• 01:10, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 31.2 (Created page with "=== Section 31.2 Electronic Communication === The Employer shall, on an accounting period basis, provide the Union at its national headquarters with electronic communication containing information as set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding regarding Article 31. </p><p> [See Memo and Letter, pages 199-200]")
• 01:10, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 31.1 (Created page with "=== Section 31.1 Membership Solicitation === The Union may, through employees employed by the Employer, solicit employees for membership in the Union and receive Union dues from employees in non-work areas of the Employer's premises, provided such activity is carried out in a manner which does not interfere with the orderly conduct of the Employer's operation.")
• 01:03, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 30 Local Implementation (Created page with "== Article 30 Local Implementation == {{:Section 30.1}} {{:Section 30.2}} {{:Section 30.3}} {{:Section 30.4}}")
• 01:03, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 30.4 (Created page with "=== Section 30.4 Local Memorandum of Understanding === Subject to the local implementation provisions of this Article, at the conclusion of the local negotiation period, the management representative and the Union representative will sign a local memorandum of understanding for those items on which agreement has been reached. Any items which remain in dispute and which are subsequently resolved in accordance with the local implementation provisions of this Article will b...")
• 01:01, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 30.3 (Created page with "=== Section 30.3 Grievance-Arbitration Procedure === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>All proposals remaining in dispute may be submitted to final and binding arbitration, with the written authorization of the Union or the Vice President, Labor Relations. The request for arbitration must be submitted within 10 days of the end of the local implementation period. However, where there is no agreement and the matter is not referred to arbitration, the provision...")
• 00:59, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 30.2 (Created page with "=== Section 30.2 Items for Local Negotiations === <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> There shall be a 30 consecutive day period of local implementation which shall occur within a period of 60 days commencing May 2, 2020 on the 20 specific items enumerated below, provided that no local memorandum of understanding may be inconsistent with or vary the terms of this Agreement: <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <...")
• 00:55, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 30.1 (Created page with "=== Section 30.1 Current Memoranda of Understanding === Presently effective local memoranda of understanding not inconsistent or in conflict with this Agreement shall remain in effect during the term of this Agreement unless changed by mutual agreement pursuant to the local implementation procedure set forth below or, as a result of an arbitration award or settlement arising from either party's impasse of an item from the presently effective local memorandum of understan...")
• 00:51, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 29 Limitation On Revocation of OF-346 (Created page with "== Article 29 Limitation On Revocation of OF-346 == {{:Section 29.1}} {{:Section 29.2}}")
• 00:50, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 29.2 (Created page with "=== Section 29.2 Issuance === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>An employee shall be issued an OF-346 when such employee has a valid State driver's license, passes the driving test of the U.S. Postal Service, and has a satisfactory driving history. </li> <li>An employee who has been issued an OF-346 for the operation of a motor vehicle must inform the supervisor immediately of the revocation or suspension of such employee's State driver's license. </li...")
• 00:50, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 29.1 (Created page with "=== Section 29.1 Revocation or Suspension of OF-346 === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>An employee's OF-346, Operator's Identification Card, may be revoked or suspended when the on-duty record shows that the employee is an unsafe driver. </li> <li>Elements of an employee's on-duty record which may be used to determine whether the employee is an unsafe driver include, but are not limited to, traffic law violations, accidents or failure to meet required...")
• 00:44, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 28 Employer Claims (Created page with "==Article 28 Employer Claims == {{:Section 28.1}} {{:Section 28.2}} {{:Section 28.3}} {{:Section 28.4}} </p><p> (The preceding Article, Article 28, shall apply to Mail Handler Assistant employees.) </p><p> [See Memo, page 191]")
• 00:43, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 28.4 (Created page with "=== Section 28.4 Collection Procedures === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>If a grievance is initiated and advanced through the grievance- arbitration procedure or a petition has been filed pursuant to the Debt Collection Act, regardless of the amount and type of debt, collection of the debt will be delayed until disposition of the grievance and/or petition has (have) been had, either through settlement or exhaustion of contractual and/or administrative pr...")
• 00:43, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 28.3 (Created page with "=== Section 28.3 Damage to U.S.P.S. Property and Vehicles === An employee shall be financially liable for any loss or damage to property of the Employer including leased property and vehicles only when the loss or damage was the result of the willful or deliberate misconduct of such employee.")
• 00:42, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 28.2 (Created page with "=== Section 28.2 Loss or Damage of the Mails === An employee is responsible for the protection of the mails entrusted to the employee. Such employee shall not be financially liable for any loss, rifling, damage, wrong delivery of or depredation on, the mails or failure to collect or remit C.O.D. funds unless the employee failed to exercise reasonable care.")
• 00:42, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 28.1 (Created page with "=== Section 28.1 Statement of Principle === The parties agree that continued public confidence in the Postal Service requires the proper care and handling of the U.S.P.S. property, postal funds, and the mails. In advance of any money demand upon an employee for any reason, the employee must be informed in writing and the demand must include the reasons therefor.")
• 00:36, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 27 Employee Claims (Created page with "== Article 27 Employee Claims == {{:Section 27.1}} {{:Section 27.2}} </p><p> (The preceding Article, Article 27, shall apply to Mail Handler Assistant employees.)")
• 00:36, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 27.2 (Created page with "=== Section 27.2 Claim Adjudication === Claims should be documented, if possible, and submitted with recommendations by the Union steward to the Employer at the local level. The Employer will submit the claim, with the Employer's and the steward's recommendation within 15 days, to the District office for determination. The claim will be adjudicated within thirty (30) days after receipt at the District office. An adverse determination on the claim may be appealed pursuant...")
• 00:35, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 27.1 (Created page with "=== Section 27.1 Claim Filing === Subject to a $10 minimum, an employee may file a claim within fourteen (14) days of the date of loss or damage and be reimbursed for loss or damage to his/her personal property except for motor vehicles and the contents thereof taking into consideration depreciation where the loss or damage was suffered in connection with or incident to the employee's employment while on duty or while on postal premises. The possession of the property mu...")
• 00:14, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 26 Uniform and Work Clothes (Created page with "== Article 26 Uniform and Work Clothes == {{:Section 26.1}} {{:Section 26.2}} {{:Section 26.3}}")
• 00:14, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 26.3 (Created page with "=== Section 26.3 Annual Allowance === The current Work Clothes Program will be continued for those full-time employees who have been determined to be eligible for such clothing based on the nature of work performed on a full-time basis in pouching and dis- patching units, parcel post sorting units, <b>platform (dock) operations</b>, bulk mail sacking operations, and ordinary paper sacking units. The Employer will provide eligible employees with an annual allowance to obt...")
• 00:08, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 26.2 (Created page with "=== Section 26.2 Contract Program Administration === Employees who are currently furnished uniforms pursuant to the contract program shall continue to be so entitled. Such uniforms shall be issued in a timely manner. The allowance to Mail Handlers under this program shall be as follows: <b>$ 188</b> effective May 21, <b>2020 $ 192</b> effective May 21, <b>2021 $ 197</b> effective May 21, <b>2022</b> Each increase shall become effective on the employee's anniversary date...")
• 00:07, 8 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 26.1 (Created page with "=== Section 26.1 Uniform and Work Clothes Administration === All employees who are required to wear uniforms or work clothes shall be furnished uniforms or work clothes or shall be reimbursed for purchases of authorized items from duly licensed vendors. The current administration of the Uniform and Work Clothes Program shall be continued unless otherwise changed by this Agreement or the Employer.")
• 23:59, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 25 Higher Level Assignments (Created page with "== Article 25 Higher Level Assignments == {{:Section 25.1}} {{:Section 25.2}} {{:Section 25.3}} {{:Section 25.4}} {{:Section 25.5}}")
• 23:59, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 25.5 (Created page with "=== Section 25.5 Leave Pay === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>Leave pay for employees detailed to a higher level position will be administered in accordance with the following: </li> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal"> <li>Employees working short-term on a higher level assignment or detail will be entitled to approved sick and annual paid leave at the higher level rate for a period not to exceed three days. </li> <li>Short-term sh...")
• 23:58, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 25.4 (Created page with "=== Section 25.4 Higher Level Details === Detailing of employees to higher level bargaining unit work in each craft shall be from those eligible, qualified and available employees in each craft in the immediate work area in which the temporarily vacant higher level position exists. However, for details of an anticipated duration of one week (five working days within seven calendar days) or longer to those higher level craft positions enumerated in this Agreement as being...")
• 23:57, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 25.3 (Created page with "=== Section 25.3 Written Orders === Any employee detailed to higher level work shall be given a written management order, stating beginning and approximate termination, and directing the employee to perform the duties of the higher level position. Such written order shall be accepted as authorization for the higher level pay. The failure of management to give a written order is not grounds for denial of higher level pay if the employee was otherwise directed to perform t...")
• 23:56, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 25.2 (Created page with "=== Section 25.2 Higher Level Pay === An employee who is detailed to higher level work shall be paid at the higher level for time actually spent on such job. An employee's higher level rate shall be determined as if promoted to the position. An employee temporarily assigned or detailed to a lower level position shall be paid at the employee's own rate. </p><p> [See Memo, page 197]")
• 23:56, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 25.1 (Created page with "=== Section 25.1 Definitions === Higher level work is defined as an assignment to a ranked higher level position, whether or not such position has been authorized at the installation.")
• 23:38, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 24 Employees on Leave with Regard to Union Business (Created page with "== Article 24 Employees on Leave with Regard to Union Business == {{:Section 24.1}} {{:Section 24.2}} </p><p> (The preceding Article, Article 24, shall apply to Mail Handler Assistant employees.)")
• 23:38, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 24.2 (Created page with "=== Section 24.2 Leave for Union Conventions === <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> <li>Full or part-time employees will be granted annual leave or leave without pay at the election of the employee to attend National, State and Regional Union Conventions (Assemblies) provided that a request for leave has been submitted by the employee to the installation head as soon as practicable and provided that approval of such leave does not seriously adversely affect the s...")
• 23:37, 7 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Section 24.1 (Created page with "=== Section 24.1 Continuation of Benefits === Any employee on leave without pay to devote full or part-time service to the Union shall be credited with step increases as if in a pay status. Retirement benefits will accrue on the basis of the employee's step so attained, provided the employee makes contributions to the retirement fund in accordance with current procedure. Annual and sick leave will be earned in accordance with existing procedures based on hours worked.")