2006 ‑ 2011
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE
TOLEDO, OHIO POST OFFICE
AND
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS
AFL‑CIO
BRANCH 100
TOLEDO, OHIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 1 ‑ WASH UP TIME
ITEM 2 ‑ WORK SCHEDULES
ITEM 3 ‑ EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
ITEM 4 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 5 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 6 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 7 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 8 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 9 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 10 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 11 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 12 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 12 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 13 ‑ HOLIDAYS
ITEM 14 ‑ OVERTIME
ITEM 16 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 17 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 19 ‑ PARKING
ITEM 21‑A ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 21‑B ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 21‑C ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 22‑A ‑ POSTING
ITEM 22‑B ‑ REASSIGNMENT
CONCURRENCE
Eastern Region
U.S. Post Office
NALC, Branch 100
Toledo, Ohio
WASH
UP TIME
ITEM 1
Article 8. Section 9.,
provides reasonable wash‑up time for a letter carrier who performs dirty work .
It is the position of the U.S. Postal Service that any letter carrier should be granted such time as is reasonable
and necessary for washing up after performing dirty work or incident to personal needs as currently established.
WORK
SCHEDULE
ITEM 2
Full‑time regular
letter carriers holding bid assignments shall have regular work week of five (5) days with rotating days off.
EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
ITEM 3
It is recognized by both
parties that on occasion, emergency conditions may exist which would encourage the employer to consider the curtailment of
mail. In cases of such emergency conditions, the employer will, prior to making
a decision to curtail the mail, take into consideration such factors as:
(a)
The degree of emergency as stated by and acted upon by responsible governmental
authorities;
(b)
The requirements and reactions of its customers to the emergency;
(c)
The accessibility of postal operations and its customers to the employer and employee, and;
(d)
The safety and health of its employees;
(e) In the event sirens indicate a tornado warning, carriers shall immediately take shelter and call the office as soon as possible for further instructions;
(f) Any carrier who fears for his/her personal safety or health due to the above mentioned
reasons, shall immediately call the office, relate the conditions to his/her
immediate supervisor and request further instructions;
(g) Prior to taking action to curtail the mail due to emergency conditions, the employer will attempt to notify the union of its decision and plan of implementation.
LEAVE
ITEM 4
(a) Each station, when computing the non choice selections, will determine the number of
slots needed by using two weeks for each assigned carrier in your unit. There
are 28 non choice weeks. The same calculation used in choice selection will be
administered for non prime selections, i.e. .33 or higher open up an additional row.
In units falling below .33, the manager and union steward will jointly pick the weeks where the slots will be added.
(b) The carrier workforce in place at each individual station/branch, as of December 1, will
determine the number of required slots.
(c) Unassigned employees serving in 204b positions will not sign the carrier vacation list.
ITEM 5
The choice vacation period
shall be a total of twenty-four (24) weeks beginning with the first full week of May through the first weekend in October,
and shall include the week following Easter Sunday and the week of Thanksgiving.
ITEM 6
Vacation weeks run from
Sunday through Saturday.
ITEM 7
(a)
Carriers, when making his or her first choice,
may only select vacation selections in the choice period as set forth in Item 7 of the 2006 Local Memorandum of Understanding
which states, "The carrier may select 10 or 15 continuous days annual leave (refer to National Working Agreement, Article
10). When making his first choice, the carrier who earns 13 days annual leave
per year may, at his option, sign for two (2) selections in the choice period of 5 days each.
When making his first choice, the carrier who earns 20 or 26 days annual leave per year may, at his option, sign for
two (2) selections in the choice period of units either 5 working days and 5 working days, or 5 working days and 10 working
days."
(b) 204b's who have a route assignment will sign the vacation list at the unit of their route
assignment.
(c)
Rehab or limited duty employees, who do not
have any carrier duties listed in their official job offer, will not sign the carrier vacation list.
(d) Employees who earn four or five weeks annual leave per year may sign for up to three
weeks in the choice period. They may choose two separate selections of one week
each or one selection of one week and one selection of two weeks. The employees
in this category may sign for up to three consecutive weeks.
(e)
Employees who earn two weeks (104 hours) annual
leave may sign for two separate selections of one week each or two weeks consecutively.
(f)
Employees may not sign for three separate weeks
in the choice period the first time around.
(g) If an employee desires to cancel scheduled annual leave, he/she must do so at least ten
(10) days prior to the scheduled leave. The entire week must be cancelled and
will be announced and posted. Such weeks will be offered by seniority, beginning
with all carriers junior to the carrier canceling the leave.
ITEM 8
The NALC will provide
a list of delegates who will be attending the state convention. This list will
be provided prior to December 1st. Employees on the list of
delegates will be given a slot on their unit vacation list for the week of the convention.
These employees will then be able to make their prime time choices.
ITEM 9
(a) All T-6 utility carriers will
sign the vacation list at the station that is their assigned pay location.
(b) Employees on hold downs, at stations other than their official assignment, will sign
the list where they are working when the list gets to them.
(c) Rehab and limited duty carriers, who have any type of carrier
duties specified in their job offers, will sign the list where they are working.
ITEM 10
Each carrier craft employee
will submit, following final selection of his or her choice (and non‑choice, where applicable) vacation period(s), Form
3971 in duplicate, filling in all applicable items. A copy, signed by the responsible
supervisor, will be returned to each carrier craft employee within 2 working days.
ITEM 11
(a) No later than November 1st of each year, management will notify all carrier craft employees
through the Postal Bulletin of the beginning date of the new leave year. The
Postal Bulletin with this information will be read to all employees at each respective work location.
(b) The vacation list at all stations will start to be distributed on December 1st. The union steward will administer the list at West Toledo, Wernert, Kenwood, South
Toledo and Reynolds. The manager/supervisor at other units will administer the
list.
(c) Employees are allowed up to 24 hours to make their selections. Managers and union stewards must make every effort to ensure the list is handled expediently by making
periodic announcements or personally alerting employees whose turn is eminent.
(d) Managers and union stewards must ensure sign up procedures are adhered to.
ITEM 12
After all the carriers, including part-time flexibles, have signed for a first choice,
a second selection will be allowed for leave outside choice. The carrier, at
his or her option, may also sign for remaining unsigned choice periods provided they do not violate Article 10, Section 3
D.
When making a second selection, the carrier may, by choice, select ten (10) working days
or five (5) working days and five (5) working days.
An employee seeking leave, other than scheduled leave, shall present to his immediate
supervisor a signed PS Form 3971, in duplicate, indicating the leave requested. The
immediate supervisor shall, within two (2) working days, grant or deny such request and return one (1) copy of PS Form 3971
to the employee. Subject to the needs of the service, the granting of such incidental
annual leave shall be on a first come first serve basis.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
ITEM 13
In establishing and posting
for holidays and days designated as holidays, in compliance with Article 11, Section 6 of the National Agreement, the following
priorities will be followed:
A. T.E.'s.
B.
Part‑time flexibles, even if overtime is necessary.
C.
Full‑time regulars who have volunteered and will be working on what would otherwise be their
non‑scheduled
work day. Selection will be made on a seniority basis.
D.
Full‑time regulars who have volunteered to work on the holiday or designated holiday when such day
otherwise
would be part of their work schedule. Selection will be made on a seniority basis.
E.
Full‑time regulars who did not volunteer and who will be working on what would otherwise be their
non‑scheduled
work day, selected in the inverse order of seniority.
F.
All other full‑time regulars who have not volunteered, selected by inverse seniority.
OVERTIME
ITEM 14
In accordance with Article
8, Section 5, of the National Agreement, a chart shall be posted and updated each quarter in each work location indicating
each employee's accumulated overtime.
An employee who has been
contacted to work overtime and is excused by management and thus does not work overtime shall be credited on the chart, in
red numbers periodically, as if he/she did work overtime.
ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 15 ‑ 17
A. Management will make every effort to provide light duty assignments for disabled carriers to perform light
duty functions commensurate with their physical condition in accordance with Article 13 of the National Agreement.
B. Every effort will be made to place the disabled carrier in his/her present craft prior to placing the carrier
in another craft.
DEFINITION OF SECTION
ITEM 18
In all instances where
the work "section" is used in the National Working Agreement, it will be deemed to mean Branch, Station or Unit in this Local
Memorandum of Understanding between Toledo, Ohio Post Office and National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL‑CIO
Branch 100, Toledo, Ohio.
COMMUNICATIONS
ITEM 21 A
Unit supervisors will
grant reasonable requests by designated stewards to occasionally use the public address system at all stations and branches
for the purpose of making announcements on matters of mutual concern to letter carriers and management, or of special interest
to Branch 100 members. Like requests for use of the equipment at the Main Office
should be made to the ranking supervisor.
Notices, not limited
to the postal and regional bulletins and local directives and memoranda, which have a direct bearing on the letter carrier
craft should be brought to their respective station supervisors after which they will be posted on the appropriate bulletin
boards.
A copy of all posted
notices relating to the carrier craft, and deemed to have a value of immediacy, shall be sent to the President of Branch 100.
Supervisors shall notify
carriers as soon as possible whether to curtail mail, use overtime or auxiliary assistance.
LABOR‑MANAGEMENT MEETINGS
ITEM 21 B
Labor‑Management
meetings may be held once per month by written request of either party. The times
and dates will be by mutual consent. Agenda items will be exchanged at least
twenty‑four (24) hours before scheduled meetings. One union member will
be on‑the‑clock. Other union members may attend off‑the‑clock.
SAFETY AND HEALTH
ITEM 21 C
When establishing a joint Safety
and Health Committee as provided for in Article 14 of the National Agreement, the President of the NALC Branch or designee
will serve as a committee member. Meetings shall be scheduled quarterly unless
all committee members agree to other scheduled meetings.
TRAINING
ITEM 21 D
