2006 ‑ 2011

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

BETWEEN

THE

CLYDE, 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 13 ‑ HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

ITEM 14 ‑ OVERTIME

ITEM 16 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED

ITEM 17 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED

ITEM 19 ‑ PARKING

ITEM 22 ‑ A ‑ POSTING

ITEM 22 ‑ B ‑ REASSIGNMENT

CONCURRENCE

Eastern Region                                                                                         U.S. Post Office

NALC, Branch 100                                                                                      Clyde, 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 letter carriers shall be granted such time as is reasonable and necessary for washing up after performing dirty work.

WORK SCHEDULES

ITEM 2

     The parties agree to the establishment of a regular work week of five (5) days with a rotating day 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.

     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. The employer shall, no later than November 1, publicize on bulletin boards and by other appropriate means the beginning date of the new leave year, which shall begin with the first day of the first full pay period of the calendar year.

  B.  Management will establish and maintain a leave chart to be posted on the bulletin board.  All annual leave will be posted on the leave chart when approved.

  C.  Every effort will be made to post the vacation schedule for ten (10) working days prior to the beginning of the sign up period.  Each carrier will be granted three (3) working days to sign for annual leave, when it becomes his/her turn, according to the station seniority roster, beginning the first (1st) full week in December.

  D.  The choice vacation period shall begin with the first full week of May and remain through the last full week of September.

  E.  Letter carriers, at their option, may request one (1) or two (2) selections during the choice vacation period in units of either five (5) or ten (10) or fifteen (15) days; total not to exceed ten (10) or fifteen (15) days in accordance with leave earned annually as outlined in Article 10, Section 3 of the National Agreement.

  F.  The carrier may sign for one (1) additional week, five (5) working days, outside the choice period, when making his/her first choice.

  G.  When making his/her first choice, the carrier may, at his/her option, sign for one (1) selection out of the choice period of ten (10) or fifteen (15) continuous days and one (1) week (5 days) during the choice period.

  H.  After all carriers, including part‑time flexibles, have signed for a first choice, the same procedure will be repeated on a second choice.

  I.  A.  There shall be one (1) carrier allowed off each week during the choice vacation period.

      B.  Subject to the needs of the service, management will make every effort to allow an additional carrier off during the  choice vacation period.

      C.  One (1) week or one (1) slot on the vacation schedule shall be reserved during the choice vacation period for a carrier attending a National or State convention.  If no carrier uses his/her option to use this period for a convention, this week shall be posted for bid and selected by seniority.

      D.  Letter carriers on jury duty or military service during the choice period shall be eligible for another available period within the choice vacation period.

      E.  Carriers who become ill while on annual leave during the choice period shall be allowed to have another available selection during the choice period.

      J.  The parties agree that annual leave to attend at least one  (1) National, State or Region Union Assembly of one (1) day or less for one (1) union official will not be charged to  the choice vacation period.

      K.  The beginning day of the carrier's vacation period shall be Sunday and run continuous through the following Saturday.

      L.  Exchange of annual leave will be permitted after all carriers between the exchanges have been offered said periods.  The supervisor shall be notified five (5) days in advance in the event of the intent to exchange.

      M.  If any vacation weeks are canceled during the choice vacation period, the carrier must cancel the entire week within 10   days prior and this week will be announced and posted within the office for even (7) consecutive days.  Any such  weeks will be offered, by seniority, to all carriers junior to the carrier canceling.

  N.  A.  An employee seeking leave other than scheduled leave shall present to his/her immediate supervisor a signed PS Form 3971, in duplicate, indicating the leave requested.  The immediate supervisor shall, within two (2) calendar days grant or deny such request and return one (1) copy of PS Form 3971 to the employee.  Such unscheduled leave shall be granted on a first come, first served basis.

      B.  The supervisor will indicate numerically the order of receipt of Forms 3971 for employees requesting identical days.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

ITEM 13

     Management will select carriers to work on holidays in the following order:

     1.  T.E.'s.

     2.  Part‑time Flexibles.

     3.  Full‑time regulars who volunteer to work on their non‑scheduled day ‑ by seniority.

     4.  Full‑time regulars who volunteer to work on their holidays or day designated as a holiday ‑ by seniority..

     5.  Full‑time regulars who did not volunteer on what would otherwise be their non‑scheduled day ‑ by inverse seniority.

     6.  All other non‑volunteer full‑time regulars ‑ by inverse seniority.

OVERTIME

ITEM 14

     In accordance with Article 8, Section 5, of the National agreement, the "overtime desired list" shall be by tour in the Letter Carrier Craft.

ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED

ITEM 16

     Management will make every effort to provide a temporary light duty assignment to a carrier recuperating from an injury, surgery or illness.

ITEM 17

     Temporary light duty assignments that the ill or injured employee may be able to perform, as certified by a physician will consist of, but not limited to, the following:

     1.  Casing mail.

     2.  Labeling cases.

     3.  Other assigned duties that the ill or injured employee

         may be able to perform.

PARKING

ITEM 19

     Employees shall be allowed use of existing parking space on a first‑come, first‑serve basis.

POSTING

ITEM 22

     A.  Letter Carrier assignments shall not be posted when there is a change of more than one (1) hour.

REASSIGNMENT 

ITEM 22

     B.  When a letter carrier route or full‑time duty assignment, other than the letter carrier route (s) or full time duty assignment (s) of the junior employee (s), is abolished at a delivery unit as a result of, but not limited to, route adjustments, highways, housing projects, all routes and full‑time duty assignments at that unit held by letter carriers who are junior to the carrier (s) whose route (s) or full‑time duty assignment (s) was abolished shall be posted for bid in accordance with the posting procedures in this article.

CONCURRENCE

This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into on ____________,                        

at Clyde, Ohio, between the representatives of the United States Postal Service, and the designated agent of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 100, pursuant to the Local Implementation Provision of the 2006 National Agreement.

___________________________________________

Rob Alt, Postmaster

For the United States Postal Service

Clyde, Ohio  43410

___________________________________________ 

Larry E. Ramsey, President

For the National Association of Letter Carriers

Branch 100, Northwood, Ohio 43619

Eastern Region                                                                                                      U.S. Post Office 

NALC, Branch 100                                                                                                    Clyde, Ohio                                                                                                                                                                           Carriers