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19:59, 24 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Introduction 2 (Created page with "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 t...")
19:57, 24 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Introduction (Created page with "=== Introduction === This Contract Interpretation Manual (CIM), jointly prepared by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the United States Postal Service, represents a good faith effort to identify contractual issues on which the National parties are in agreement regarding interpretation and application of the parties’ 2019 National Agreement. The CIM is referenced in the National Agreement between the parties at Article 15, Section .3E, which is reprinted below...")
02:51, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Section 31.2 (Created page with "The 20 Items: Section 30.2 lists the 20 Items that the parties may discuss during the period of local implementation. The local parties are required to discuss any of these items which are raised by either party. This means that if one party raises one of the listed items, the other must discuss it in good faith. These are “mandatory subjects” of discussion if raised during the period of local implementation. The local parties are free to discuss other subject...")
02:40, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page MOU Article 30 (Created page with "==== MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - ARTICLE 30 - LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES ==== It is hereby agreed by the United States Postal Service and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, A Division of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, that the following procedures will apply to the implementation of Article 30 during the 2019 local implementation period. <ol style="list-style-type:decimal"> <li>The thirty (30) consecutive day p...")
02:20, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30S .3 (Created page with "See Items M through O above.")
02:19, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30S .6C4a (Created page with "See Item P above.")
02:17, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30S .4 (Created page with "Relates to the definition of a section.")
02:16, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30S .3E3f (Created page with "Relates to the order of movement of full-time employees outside the bid assignment area.")
02:10, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30S .3C (Created page with "Relates to posting and bidding on an installation-wide or other basis.")
02:08, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30S .3B5 (Created page with "Relates to reposting of a duty assignment due to changes in duties or principal assignment area.")
02:06, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30R (Created page with "See discussion under Items C through K above.")
02:04, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30Q (Created page with "The parties locally can identify procedures for the assignment of parking spaces; e.g. first come, first served. See generally Article 20.")
02:03, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30P (Created page with "Article 12 (Section 12.6C4) is the provision related to this item. This item provides for the identification of sections for the purposes of administering the provisions of Article 12 (Section 12.6C4). If sections are not identified in accordance with this item the entire installation will be considered a section.")
02:01, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30M-O (Created page with "See Article 13 (Section 13.3).")
02:00, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30L (Created page with "Article 8 (Section 8.5B) contains the National Agreement language related to this item.")
01:59, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30C-K (Created page with "All of the above Items (C thru K) plus Item R cover the formulation of a local leave program. See generally Article 10. This program covers both choice and other-than-choice vacation.")
01:56, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30B (Created page with "This item gives the local parties the opportunity to discuss and formulate guidelines for the curtailment of postal operations in case of an emergency.")
01:53, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30 (Created page with "The Memorandum of Understanding provides specific dates for local implementation under the 2019 National Agreement, including establishment of a set 30-day implementation period in those instances where the local parties do not reach agreement, standardization of the dates for impassing the dispute to the Area/Regional level and, if resolution is not achieved at that level, for appeal to Regional level arbitration. Because of the ongoing 2020 pandemic, the NPMH...")
01:39, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 30A (Created page with "Article 8 (Section 8.9) is the contractual provision that provides for wash-up time. Item A provides the opportunity to discuss locally additional or longer wash-up periods.")
01:33, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 30.3A (Created page with "The Memorandum of Understanding, Article 30 – Local Implementation Procedures, reprinted above, sets out the specific provisions for impasse of items remaining in dispute. Either party may impasse and submit to interest arbitration a provision in a LMOU that relates to one of the 20 items listed in Section 30.2. Neither party, however, has the right to resort to impasse arbitration over subject matters outside the 20 items. Source: National Arbitration Award H0C...")
01:28, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 30.3B (Created page with "Once the LMOU is signed and implemented, its provisions are enforceable through the grievance-arbitration procedures of Article 15. As noted above, items which are in conflict and/or inconsistent with new or amended provisions of the current National Agreement must be challenged by management during the local implementation period. Also, management may make an in conflict and/or inconsistent challenge as a result of a mid-term change or addition to the National Agreement.")
01:26, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 30.3C (Created page with "This provision provides for the parties to conduct local implementation outside the period provided in Section 30.2 in those limited instances where installations are consolidated or a new installation is created.")
01:26, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 30.3D (Created page with "This provision establishes the burden of proof required where management impasses an existing provision of a currently effective LMOU – that management “shall have the burden of establishing that continuation of the existing provision would represent an unreasonable burden to the Postal Service.” Note that the union does not bear the same burden when it seeks to change a presently effective LMOU provision.")
01:24, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 30.4 (Created page with "Section 30.4 sets out the procedures and specific language required for executing the LMOU and provides for incorporation of items eventually resolved through the impasse procedures.")
01:22, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 31.1 (Created page with "Section 31.1 specifies the right of the union to solicit employees for membership and to receive dues payments from employees in non-work areas of postal installations, subject to a requirement that the activity does not interfere with postal operations. Question: Are new employees permitted to fill out applications for membership in the Union during employee orientation? Answer: Yes. New employees can complete SF-1187, Authorization for Deduc...")
01:20, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 31.2 (Created page with "This language requires the Postal Service to provide specified detailed information about each member of the mail handlers bargaining unit represented by the NPMHU. The Union uses this information to conduct its representation functions and administer its membership information system. The referenced Memorandum of Understanding Article 31 – Computer Tape Accounting Period Report, and a Letter of Intent Article 31 – Information/Reports outlining certain additional rep...")
01:19, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 31.3 (Created page with "This language sets forth the parameters for providing information when requested by the union. Management must provide the union with all relevant information necessary for collective bargaining or for the enforcement, administration or interpretation of the agreement, including information necessary to determine whether to file or to continue processing a grievance. The union’s request for information must be made in writing. The union is required only t...")
01:01, 16 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 31.4 (Created page with "This paragraph establishes the Quality of Work Life or QWL process as part of the parties’ contractual relationship. The following Memorandum of Understanding is referenced in Section 31.2.")
03:06, 15 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page MOU Improper By-pass Overtime (Created page with "==== MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - IMPROPER BY-PASS OVERTIME ==== <ol style="list-style-type:decimal"> <li>When, for any reason, an employee on the "Overtime Desired" list who has the necessary skills and who is available is improperly passed over and another employee on the list is selected for overtime work out of rotation, the following shall apply: </li> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li>An employee who was passed over shall, within n...")
02:57, 15 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 8.5F (Created page with "The limitations set forth in this section apply to full-time regular employees who are not on the OTDL. Source: Step 4 Grievance H4M-3U-C 6982, dated May 30, 1986. The month of December and emergency situations are the only exceptions to the work hour limits provided by this section for full-time regular employees not on the OTDL. Both work and paid leave hours are "work" for the purposes of administration of Section 8.5F.")
02:55, 15 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 8.5E (Created page with "This language is intended to serve as a guideline for local management when considering excusing individual employees from overtime work because of "exceptional" situations. Consequently, the four examples listed in the parentheses are merely illustrative of the kinds of situations in which management should give full consideration to excusing an employee(s) from overtime. However, as Arbitrator Sylvester Garrett has held in National Award NC-C 7933, dated Januar...")
02:53, 15 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 8.5D (Created page with "If the OTDL does not provide sufficient employees to work the needed overtime, management may utilize other employees to accomplish the work needed within the “operational window.” For example, if management determines that the need exists for 20 mail handlers to work two hours overtime and only ten are available from the OTDL, management may assign other mail handlers as required to meet the two-hour operational requirement. In such cases, management must first util...")
02:47, 15 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 8.5C (Created page with "When management determines that overtime is needed, the first opportunity for such overtime goes to qualified and available employees possessing the necessary skills who have signed the OTDL. Although not all inclusive, the following examples may be useful in understanding the intent of the parties: <ol style="list-style-type:decimal"> <li>20 mail handlers are needed for two hours overtime, from 3:00p.m.to 5:00 p.m., at the end of Tour II at the BMC. Only ten mail hand...")
02:40, 15 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 8.5B (Created page with "The subject of whether the OTDL is established “by section and/or tour” may be addressed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30 (Section 30.2, Item L.) One of three alternatives may be selected during local implementation: :By section within a tour; or :By tour; or :By section within a tour, and tour. Note that if the last alternative is selected, management has the right to select employees on the section OTDL who have volunteered to work beyond twelve (12) hours...")
02:33, 15 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 8.5A (Created page with "The first opportunity for all overtime goes to full-time regulars who have signed the Overtime Desired List (OTDL). Overtime is assigned to available, qualified employees on the OTDL prior to using part-time flexibles or casuals on overtime. Only full-time regular employees may sign the OTDL. Part-time regular, part- time flexible, and MHAs are excluded from signing the OTDL. However, whenever an employee is converted to full-time, or transferred or reassigned in...")
02:31, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Article 31 (Created page with "In keeping with the parties’ interest in protecting the confidentiality of employees’ SSNs, and in reducing the possibility of identity theft, they agreed that dissemination of SSNs would be limited to the National Office of the Union. Reports provided to the Local Unions that previously contained SSNs will now provide Employee Identification Numbers in their place.")
02:27, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM MOU Education and Training Fund (Created page with "This Memorandum of Understanding established the jointly-administered Education and Training Fund, which provides money for each Fiscal Year covered by the 2019 National Agreement to provide continuing education and training with regard to the contract, labor-management relations and other matters identified by the national committee administering the program.")
02:20, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 32.1A (Created page with "This section sets forth the factors which the Postal Service must consider in evaluating the need to subcontract.")
02:19, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 32.1B (Created page with "This section requires that the Postal Service give advance notice to the NPMHU at the national level when subcontracting is being considered which will have a “significant impact” on bargaining unit work and meet with the Union while developing the initial Comparative Analysis Report and consider the Union’s views on costs and other factors and its proposals on how to avoid subcontracting or to minimize its impact. A statement of the Union’s views and proposals w...")
02:18, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 32.2 (Created page with "This section provides that, except in limited specified circumstances, mail handlers will assist the contract driver in loading and unloading a star route vehicle when mail handler craft employees are assigned and on duty on the platform when the star route vehicle is being loaded and/or unloaded by a contract driver.")
02:17, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 32.3 (Created page with "See also Article 38.")
02:13, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 33.1 (Created page with "This section provides that the Postal Service will seek to fill career positions by making them available to qualified career employees prior to hiring new employees. Further, this section obligates the postal Service to assist employees seeking advancement through training and self-help programs. The Postal Service is committed to the principle of promotions from within, with emphasis upon career advancement opportunities. Source: Step 4 Grievance M-NAT-17...")
02:10, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 33.2 (Created page with "Question: Are promotions to higher level positions in the mail handler craft filled by senior employees or by best qualified employees? Answer: Promotions to higher level positions in the mail handler craft, enumerated in Article 12, shall be made by selection of the senior qualified employee bidding for the position. Mail handlers are eligible to apply for the best qualified positions of Examination Specialist, as outlined in Article 12 (Sect...")
02:07, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 33.3 (Created page with "Question: Are examinations given on or off the clock? Answer: In-service examinations are to be conducted on a no-gain no-loss basis. Management will not intentionally schedule in-service examinations in order to avoid any payment applicable under the no-gain no-loss principle. Source: Pre-arbitration Settlement H8C-4B-C 29625, dated November 21, 1983. Question: Are job interviews given on or off the clock? Answer:...")
01:57, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 34.1-34.2 (Created page with "The parties recognize the principle of a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay. In addition, the parties agree that the Postal Service can introduce new work measurement systems and establish new time or work standards, as long as those systems or standards are fair, reasonable and equitable. These provisions of Article 34 further require that, before making any changes in current or instituting any new work measurement systems or work or time standards, the Po...")
01:52, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 34.3 (Created page with "Section 34.3 establishes clear time limits during which the parties will meet, after the Union’s receipt of notice of live implementation, to resolve any differences concerning the proposed work measurement systems or work or time standards.")
01:42, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 34.4 (Created page with "Section 34.4 provides that if no grievance is filed by the Union at the National level, the Postal Service may implement the new work or time standards at its discretion. If a grievance is filed by the Union at the National level and is unresolved after 10 days, the matter may be submitted to priority arbitration by the Union; any such submission must be made within 5 days. While the dispute is pending, live implementation of the new or changed work measurement system or...")
01:34, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 34.5 (Created page with "This section provides that, after receiving the notification required by Section 34.2D, the Union may conduct its own time or work studies in the test cities. These studies may not exceed 90 days, and during this period the Postal Service agrees to postpone implementation in the test cities.")
01:28, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page CIM Section 35.1 (Created page with "The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is designed to assist employees and their immediate families in recovering from alcoholism and drug abuse and in dealing with other problems in a formal, non-disciplinary setting. The EAP helps employees and their immediate families through consultation, evaluation, counseling, and/or referral to community resources and treatment facilities. Participation in the EAP is voluntary and will not place the employee’s job security or pro...")
01:11, 13 January 2022 Admin talk contribs deleted page CIM Section 36.2B (Consistancy of pages)

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