2006 ‑
2011
MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE
FREMONT,
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 ‑ ESTABLISHED WORK WEEK
ITEM 3 ‑ EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
ITEM 4 ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 4 B ‑ 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 13 ‑ HOLIDAYS
ITEM 14 ‑ OVERTIME
ITEM 16 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED CARRIERS.
ITEM 17 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED CARRIERS.
ITEM 21 A ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 21 C ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 21 D ‑ LEAVE
ITEM 21 E ‑ BULLETIN BOARDS AND LITERATURE RACKS
ITEM 21 F ‑ REPRESENTATION ‑ ORGANIZATIONS RIGHTS ‑ COMMUNICATIONS
ITEM 21 G ‑ REPRESENTATION ‑ ORGANIZATIONS RIGHTS ‑ COMMUNICATIONS
ITEM 21 H ‑ REPRESENTATION ‑ ORGANIZATIONS RIGHTS ‑ COMMUNICATIONS
ITEM 21 I ‑ SAFETY AND HEALTH
ITEM 21 J ‑ SAFETY AND HEALTH
ITEM 21 L ‑ SCHEDULE FOR WEARING UNIFORMS
ITEM 21 M ‑ SCHEDULE FOR WEARING UNIFORMS
ITEM 22 A ‑ POSTING
ITEM 22 B ‑ POSTING
CONCURRENCE
Eastern Region
U.S. Post Office
NALC, Branch 100
Fremont, Ohio Carriers
WASH‑UP TIME
ITEM 1
Article 8, Section
9 provides reasonable wash‑up time for a letter carrier who performs dirty work. 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.
ESTABLISHED WORK WEEK
ITEM 2
All regular carriers
will have rotating days off.
EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
ITEM 3
The guidelines for the curtailment or termination of Postal operations
to conform with orders of the local authorities or as local conditions warrant, will be same as those used in the past under
similar conditions such as floods, heavy snow storms or other emergency conditions.
No carrier will
be required to break the law or put themselves at risk.
LEAVE
ITEM 4
After all the carriers,
including part‑time flexibles, have signed for a first choice, a second choice will be given for all allotted annual
leave for the leave year. All weeks not taken during the first choice period
shall become non-choice.
ITEM 4 B
After all the carriers,
including part‑time flexibles, have signed for a first choice, a second choice will be given.
ITEM 5
The choice period
shall be from May 1 through September 30.
ITEM 6
Vacation weeks
run from Sunday through Saturday.
An employee who
is called for military training during their scheduled choice vacation period will be allowed to take an equal amount of annual
leave during the choice period provided this does not deprive any other employee of their first choice for scheduled vacation.
ITEM 7
The carrier may
select 10 or 15 continuous days annual leave (refer to National Working Agreement, Article 10). When making their first choice, the carrier who earns 13 days annual leave per year may, at their option,
sign for two (2) selections in the choice period of 5 days each. When making
their first choice, the carrier who earns 20 or 26 days annual leave per year may, at their option, sign for two (2) selections
in the choice period of units of either 5 working days and 5 working days or 5 working days and 10 working days.
ITEM 8
Jury duty and attendance
at union conventions will not be charged to the choice vacation period.
ITEM 9
The number of carriers
to be granted annual leave will be 12% of the carrier force during the choice period.
ITEM 10
Each carrier will
date and initial this schedule when they sign for annual leave by seniority. A
list of station carrier
personnel, by seniority and route number, will be posted.
ITEM 11
The vacation schedule
will be posted on December 1st, prior to the beginning of the new year. Each
carrier will be granted one (1) working day 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. The same procedure
will be followed in making the next selection for annual leave, until all carriers, at their option, have had the opportunity
to use all annual leave for the year.
ITEM 12
The carrier may sign for one additional week (5 days) outside the choice period, when making their first choice.
When making their
first choice, the carrier may, at their option, sign for one selection out of the choice period of 10 or 15 continuous days
(refer to Article 10. of the Working Agreement) and one week (5 days) during the choice period.
Any vacation periods
not signed for after the two (2) rounds of choices, will be considered incidental annual leave.
When making his
first choice, the carrier may at his option, sign for one selection out of the choice period of 10 or 15 continuous days (refer
to Article 10 of the Working Agreement and one week (5 days) during the choice period.
HOLIDAYS
ITEM 13
After the required
number of assignments have been determined under Article 11, Section 6, of the National Agreement, the method of selecting
full‑time regular employees to work on holidays or designated holidays shall be as follows:
a.
Assign T.E.'s to the maximum extent possible.
b.
Assign part‑time flexibles to the maximum extent possible.
c.
Call in full‑time qualified regular volunteers, to work on their non‑scheduled day before a holiday,
on an overtime basis with eight hours overtime guaranteed.
d.
If the above procedure does not provide sufficient workers, volunteers whose designated holiday falls
on the day before of the holiday will be scheduled
in accordance with their seniority, on a straight time basis.
e.
If additional employees are needed to perform essential services, non‑volunteers
may be assigned 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 locations
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 did work overtime.
ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED CARRIERS
ITEM 16
Within the letter
carrier craft, temporary light duty assignment which the ill or injured employee may be able to perform as certified by a
physician will consist of, but not limited to, the following:
ITEM 17
1.
Casing mail and/or labeling cases.
2.
Collections.
3.
Performing services on an auxiliary mounted route to which the ill or injured letter carrier may be able to perform.
4.
Other assigned duties which the ill or injured employee may be able to perform, not to exceed Doctors orders.
LEAVE
ITEM 21 A
Exchange of annual
leave periods may be permitted only after all carriers between the exchanges have been offered said periods. The supervisor shall be notified 5 days in advance in the event of the intent to exchange.
ITEM 21 B
An employee who
is called for military training during his scheduled choice vacation period will be allowed to take an equal amount of annual
leave during the choice period provided this does not deprive any other employee of his first choice for scheduled vacation.
ITEM 21 C
If an employee
desires to cancel scheduled annual leave, he must do so at least ten (10) working days prior to the scheduled leave. The entire week must be canceled and will be announced and posted. Any such weeks shall be offered, by seniority, beginning with carrier deprived of initial opportunity for
allotted week.
ITEM 21 D
Every possible
consideration will be given to employees for appropriate leave in situations of personal emergency.
BULLETIN BOARDS AND LITERATURE RACKS
ITEM 21 E
A bulletin board
shall be maintained for the use of Branch 100.
REPRESENTATION ‑ ORGANIZATION'S
RIGHTS ‑ COMMUNICATIONS
ITEM 21 F
Branch 100 is entitled
to one representative on the clock of it's own choosing at the local Labor‑Management meetings. The total number of representatives of the branch shall be one (1).
It is agreed that the parties to this agreement will meet quarterly on Friday of the first full week of the months
of January, April, July, and October. The meeting shall be held at a time compatible
with schedules and posted by Wednesday of the preceding week of the scheduled meetings.
It is agreed that
agenda items for discussion at the meetings shall be exchanged by the President of Branch 100 (or his designee) and the Postmaster
(or his designee) at least the day before the scheduled meeting. Items not placed
on such agenda shall be discussed only by mutual consent of both parties.
ITEM 21 G
Representatives
of Branch 100 shall have the right to use the public address system, where available, in the Main Post Office or any station
for purpose of making announcements of interest to letter carriers.
ITEM 21 H
Representatives
of Branch 100 shall have the right, subject to authorization by a member of management, to use the Post Office telephone for
the purposes of performing and engaging in official union duties and business related to the collective bargaining agreement
and the Local Memorandum of Understanding, providing the toll calls are charged to the union.
SAFETY AND HEALTH
ITEM 21 I
When establishing
a joint Safety and Health Committee as provided in Article 14 of the National Agreement, the President of the NALC Branch
100, or his designee, will serve as a committee member. Meetings of the committee
shall be held at least quarterly and more often if necessary.
ITEM 21 J
The employer will
make a reasonable effort to assign the same vehicle to the same full‑time route each day, if operational requirements
permit. Management may interchange vehicles to equalize mileage and to reflect
the mail volume for the various routes. It is the employer's intent that vehicles
be maintained in an acceptable state of cleanliness, and in safe mechanical condition.
SCHEDULE FOR WEARING UNIFORMS
ITEM 21 K
Items of uniform
dress which are non‑seasonal in usage, will be worn year round, as appropriate.
ITEM 21 L
A release from
the above rules can be granted an individual, if his condition is of a health nature, and he has submitted to management in
writing for approval.
ITEM 21 M
Carrier attire
will be determined by climatic changes as long as the carrier is neat appearing and properly dressed when on duty.
POSTING
ITEM 22 A
Instances where
several assignments are posted, a letter carrier may bid for as many assignments as are posted, stating his preference in
the following manner:
First Choice______: Second Choice______: Third Choice______:
Bidding for vacant
assignments shall be posted within five (5) working days and will be restricted to letter carriers of the installation where
the vacancy occurs.
Letter Carriers
applying for an assignment shall make a bid in writing to the installation head during the period for which the vacant assignment(s)
are posted.
The senior qualified
applicant for a vacant assignment shall be placed in the new assignment within fifteen (15) calendar days of the closing of
bids, unless on leave, except that during the month of December he shall be placed in the new assignment on the first work
day of the pay period in January.
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 Fremont, 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.
_____________________________________
Kay Tobey, Postmaster
For the United States Post Office
Fremont, Ohio 43420
_____________________________________
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
Fremont, Ohio
Carriers
2006 ‑ 2011
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE
MONTPELIER, 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
Montpelier, Ohio
WASH
UP TIME
ITEM 1
Article 8. Section 9., provides reasonable wash‑up time for a letter carrier who performs dirty work or work
with toxic materials.
WORK
SCHEDULE
ITEM 2
The parties agree to the establishment of a regular work week of five (5) days with a fixed day off.
A day off is assigned to each route.
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 safety and health of its employees;
(c) In the event sirens indicate a tornado warning, carriers shall immediately take
shelter and call the office as soon as possible for further instructions;
(d) 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;
(e) 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
The vacation schedule will be posted on December 1st, prior to the beginning of the new leave year. Each carrier will be granted three (3) 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.
ITEM 5
The choice vacation period shall begin with the first full week of June and remain through the first full week of September.
ITEM 6
The beginning day of the carrier's vacation period shall be Sunday and run continuous through the following Saturday.
ITEM 7
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.
ITEM 8
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 their option to
use this period for a convention, this week shall be posted for bid and selected by seniority.
ITEM 9
There shall be one (1) carrier allowed off each week during the choice vacation period.
Subject to the needs of the service, management will make every effort to allow an additional carrier off during the
choice vacation period.
ITEM 10
Management will establish and maintain a leave chart to be posted on the bulletin board. All scheduled leave will be posted on the leave chart when approved.
ITEM 11
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.
ITEM 12
A. The non‑choice period will be the remainder of the year except the last two weeks in December and
the first two weeks in January.
B. The selections of vacation during the non‑choice vacation period shall be made immediately after
completion of the procedure for elections during the choice vacation period. Vacation
selections during the non‑choice period shall be made by the same method used for selections during the choice vacation
period.
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) 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.
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
Overtime desired list shall be posted where all carriers may observe it at all times.
A
chart shall be posted showing the hours of overtime worked and red numerals shall be entered for
overtime offered and refused and updated quarterly to insure
equitable opportunities for overtime.
ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 16
Management will make every effort to provide Light Duty Assignments for Carriers to perform Light Duty functions commensurate
with their physical condition and there shall be no discrimination against any carrier upon that carriers request for a light duty assignment.
Every effort will be made to place the Carrier in the Carrier Craft commensurate with that carriers physical condition
prior to placing the carrier in another craft, including placing the carrier in more than one Section.
ITEM 17
The Light Duty Assignments will be based on carrier restrictions and limitations and the needs of the service.
PARKING
ITEM 19
Employees shall be allowed to use available parking space on a first come, first serve basis.
LEAVE
ITEM 21 B
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.
ITEM 21 C
If any vacation weeks are canceled during the choice vacation period, the carrier must cancel the entire week and this
week will be announced and posted, immediately, provided such selection is consistent with Article 10, Section 3 ‑ D. Vacation must be canceled seven (7) days prior to selected week. Any such weeks will be offered, by seniority, to all carriers junior to the carrier canceling.
POSTING
ITEM 22 A
All
full‑time carrier assignments shall be posted for eight (8) calendar days.
Letter
Carrier assignment(s) shall not be re‑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 assignments, 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 Montpelier, 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.
_________________________________________________
Doug Clark, Postmaster
For the United States Postal Service
Montpelier, Ohio 43543
_________________________________________________
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
Montpelier, Ohio
