Transcript History of Collective Bargaining

NALC Rap Session
LAS VEGAS, NV
CAU Workshop
April 2009
Welcome to the CAU/City Delivery Workshop
You will find in this booklet a collection national level settlements and
contract administration material achieved since the 2008 Biennial
convention in Boston this past summer. The material we will discuss
today contains many excellent provisions and strategies to bolster and
strengthen your enforcement of the National Agreement. The
Contract Administration Unit, under the direction of William Young, is
composed of a diverse group of resident officers and staff who handle
grievances and arbitrations at the national level. The CAU team is
lead by Vice President, Gary Mullins. Other resident officers who bring
a wealth of knowledge and experience and serve the CAU are:
George Mignosi, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer; Dale Hart, Director of
City Delivery; Brian Hellman, Director of Safety and Health; Ernie
Kirkland, Director of Retired Members; Myra Warren, Director, Mutual
Benefits Association; Timothy O’Malley, Director of Health Benefits.
Assisting the officers are headquarters staffers; Robert Williams, Alan
Apfelbaum, Mark Sims, Sue Wellhausen, and Greg Dixon
C-28121
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C-28121 Article 19 appeal of
revisions to ELM 546.21,
Compliance. NALC contended
that Article 13 cannot be utilized
to encompass permanent
reassignments to uniquely
created positions in other crafts
established under ELM 546.
C-28034
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C-28034 Article 19 appeal of
revisions to ELM 665.1, General
Expectations. The USPS proposed
adding new ELM 665.17, Reporting
Requirements for Sex Offenders.
NALC and APWU contended that the
self-reporting requirement of ELM
665.17 violated Articles 19 and 16 of
the parties respective CBA.
C-28048
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C-28048 regional arbitration
challenging the Tonawanda, NY
post office when it pivoted letter
carriers onto other routes by
delaying the delivery of nonpreferential mail beyond the
Postal Service’s delivery time
standards.
C-28031
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C-28031 regional arbitration
challenging the Quincy, MA
post office when it reassigned
three (3) full-time regular
carriers who were declared
excess to the needs of the
section while retaining ten (10)
TE’s.
C-27954
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C-27954 regional arbitration
that the conduct of a supervisor at an Oakland, CA post
office violated the Joint
Statement on Violence and
Behavior in the Workplace.
C-27629
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C-27629 regional arbitration that the
Postal Service’s removal of a letter
carrier violated the grievant’s due
process rights when the supervisor
who signed the disciplinary notice of
charges was not actively involved in
the investigation, and was guided
through the process by the
concurring postal official.
M-01701
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M-01701: Jointly-developed
mutual understanding (42
Questions and Answers ) of the
national parties on issues related
to NALC Transitional Employees.
Q’s: 14, 15, 25, 26, 35, 37, and
38.
M-01687
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M-01687: 7/22/02 Memorandum
from the DOL regarding the rights
of reemployed members of the
uniformed services under the
provisions of the FMLA of 1993,
and the Uniformed Services
Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act (USERRA) of 1994.
M-01688
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M-01688: 6/26/08 USPS
notice to NALC regarding
eRMS/IVR Fulfillment Center
documentation submitted in
support of leave requests for
FMLA protection.
M-01691
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M-01691: 8/18/08
Memorandum Re: Flats
Sequencing System
Work Methods Joint
Task Force Report.
M-01692
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M-01692: 8/27/08
Memorandum Re: FiveDay Break-In-Service
for Transitional
Employees.
M-01694
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M-01694: 10/22/08
Memorandum Re:
Assignment of City
Delivery.
M-01696
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M-01696: 10/16/08
letter from Postal
Service to NALC
regarding employees
who engage in political
activities.
M-01697
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M-01697: 11/24/08
Memorandum Re:
Approved FSS Work
Methods.
M-01699
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M-01699: 1/7/09 PreArbitration Agreement whether
assigning a casual employee to
work in a different installation
on a temporary basis violates
Article 7.1.B of the National
Agreement.
M-01702
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M-01702: 4/7/09
Memorandum Re:
Modified Interim Alternate
Route Adjustment Process
– 2009.