2001 ‑ 2006
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE
DELTA, 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 ‑ FORMULATION OF LOCAL LEAVE PROGRAM
ITEM 13 ‑ HOLIDAYS
ITEM 14 ‑ OVERTIME
ITEM 15 ‑
17 LIGHT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS
ITEM 22 ‑ SENIORITY, REASSIGNMENTS AND POSTING
CONCURRENCE
Eastern Region
U.S. Post Office
NALC, Branch 100
Delta, Ohio
WASH UP TIME
ITEM 1
The installation head shall grant reasonable wash‑up time to those employees who perform dirty work or work with
toxic materials. The amount of wash‑up time granted each employee shall
be subject to the grievance procedure.
WORK SCHEDULE
ITEM 2
A. The parties agree to the establishment of a regular work week of five
(5) days with a fixed day off for full‑time regular letter carriers.
B. The selection of the fixed schedule day off will be made by seniority.
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 , 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
FORMULATION OF THE LOCAL
LEAVE PROGRAM
ITEM 4 ‑ 12
A. The choice vacation period shall begin with the last two full weeks
of May and remain through the second full week of September.
B. The beginning day of the employee's vacation period shall be by mutual
consent.
C. The employer shall, no later than November 1, publicize on bulletin
boards and 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.
D. The vacation schedule will be posed as soon as practical after January 1.
Each carrier will
be granted two working days to sign for annual leave, when it becomes their turn, according to the office seniority roster. The office supervisor will monitor this schedule and bring it to the carrier's attention
who is next on the seniority roster.
E. There shall be one (1) employee allowed off each week during the choice
vacation
period, based upon seniority.
E. Letter carriers, at their option, may request one (1) or two (2) selections
during the choice vacation period in unites of either five (5) or ten (10) or fifteen (15) total days: the total not to exceed ten (10) or fifteen (15) days in accordance with Article 10, Section 3 of the National
Agreement.
G. When making a second selection, the carrier may, by choice, select
ten (10) working
days or five (5) and five (5) working days.
H. Letter carriers on jury duty or military reserve training during the choice vacation period shall be
eligible for another available period within the choice vacation period provided this does not deprive another employee of
first choice for scheduled vacation.
I. One (1) week 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 their option to use this period for a convention, this week shall be posted for bid
and selection will be made by seniority.
J. Management will establish and maintain a vacation schedule to be posted
on the
bulletin board. PS Form 3971 will be submitted, in duplicate, by seniority.
J. 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.
K. If an employee desires to cancel scheduled annual leave during choice period, they must do so in writing
at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled leave. The entire week must be
canceled. The canceled choice vacation leave week will be announced and posted
for a period of three (3) working days. Any such weeks will be offered, by seniority,
to all carriers junior to the carrier canceling.
L. An employee seeking leave other than scheduled annual leave in the choice
period, shall present to his/her immediate supervisor a signed PS Form 3971, in duplicate, indicating the leave requested. The immediate supervisor shall, within three (3) calendar days, grant or deny such
requests and return one copy of PS Form 3971 to the employee. When approved,
such request for incidental annual leave are on a first come first served basis. If
two or more employee submit their requests at the same time, seniority will be the determining factor.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
ITEM 13
In
establishing and posting for holidays and days designated as holidays, in accordance with Article 11, Section 6 of the National
Agreement, the following priorities will be followed:
1. Casuals.
2. Part‑time flexibles.
3. Full‑time regulars who volunteer to work on their holidays or day designated
as a holiday by seniority.
4. Full‑time regulars who volunteer to work on their non‑scheduled
day ‑ by seniority.
5. Full‑time regulars who did not volunteer on what would otherwise be
their Holiday or designated holiday ‑ by inverse seniority.
6. All
other non‑volunteer full‑time regulars ‑ by inverse seniority.
OVERTIME
ITEM 14
Overtime desired list shall be posted where all carriers may observe it at all times.
ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 15 ‑16 ‑ 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. The following will be considered Light Duty Assignments:
1. Casing and Setting up Route(s).
2. Inserting carrier case labels or changing case labels.
3. Any other light duty assignments commensurate with their physical condition.
IDENTIFICATION OF SECTIONS
FOR REASSIGNMENT
ITEM 22
When a letter carrier route or full‑time duty assignments, other than the letter carrier route or full‑time
duty assignment of the junior employee(s), is abolished at the 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 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 bidding procedures in this Article.
POSTINGS
ITEM 22 B
A. All carrier full‑time assignments shall be posted for eight (8)
calendar days.
B. Letter carrier bid assignments shall not be reposed when there is a
change of more than one (1) hour in starting time.
CONCURRENCE
This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into on
_____________
at Delta, 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 2001 National Agreement.
_________________________________________________
Anne Davis, Postmaster
For the United States Postal Service
Delta, Ohio 43431
_________________________________________________
Larry E. Ramsey, President
For the National Association of Letter Carriers
Branch 100, Toledo, Ohio
43605
Eastern Region
U.S. Post Office
