2006 ‑ 2011
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE
MAUMEE, OHIO POST OFFICE
AND
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS
AFL‑CIO
BRANCH 100
TOLEDO, OHIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 2 ‑
ESTABLISHMENT OF WORK WEEK
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 13 ‑ HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
ITEM 14 ‑ OVERTIME
ITEM 15‑16‑17 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 18 ‑ SECTIONS
ITEM 20 ‑ LEAVE/UNION ACTIVITIES
ITEM 21 ‑ 22 ‑ POSTINGS
ITEM 21 B ‑ UNIFORMS
ITEM 22 A ‑ REASSIGNMENTS
CONCURRENCE
Eastern Region
U.S. Post Office
NALC, Branch 100
Maumee, Ohio
ESTABLISHMENT OF WORK WEEK
ITEM 2
All routes will have 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 an 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
Notice of cancellation of approved annual leave by an employee shall be given at least one week prior to the approved
time and said canceled week will be re‑posted immediately.
The following employee in the seniority list shall have the first bid on the time open and thereon down the seniority
list, and then back to the top.
Bidding for open time to be open for forty‑eight (48) hours.
A vacation schedule shall be prepared with all carrier names listed according to the office seniority roster and by
route number, and posted on the bulletin board. Each carrier will date and initial
this schedule, when he signs for annual leave by seniority. After completion
of the schedule and all carriers have been given the opportunity to sign, the office steward will be given a copy of the schedule. The vacation schedule will not leave the post office.
Exchange of annual leave periods will be permitted only after all carriers between the exchanges have been offered
said periods. The supervisor shall be notified ten (10) days in advance in the
event of the intent to exchange.
Eight per cent (8%) of the carriers will be allowed off during each week of the non‑choice period.
ITEM 5
The choice vacation period shall be from May 1 through September 30.
ITEM 6
The vacation week shall start on a Monday.
ITEM 7
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 of either 5 working days and 5 working days, or 5 working days and 10 working
days.
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 National Agreement Article 10) and one week (5 days) during the choice period.
ITEM 8
(a) 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
option to use this period for a convention, this week shall be posted for bid and selected by seniority.
(b) Letter carriers on jury duty during the choice period shall be eligible for another available period within
the choice vacation period.
ITEM 9
Fourteen percent (14%) of the carriers will be allowed off on annual leave for each week of the choice period. In those instances where computing the 14% does not result in a whole number the number
will be rounded to the closest whole number. Everything .5 and over would go
to the next number.
ITEM 10
Each carrier craft employee will submit, following final selection of his or her choice and non choice. Vacation period, 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 48 hours.
ITEM 11
The vacation schedule will be posted on November 1st, prior to the beginning of the new leave year. Each carrier will be granted two (2) working days to sign for annual leave, when it become his 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
(a) The selection of vacations during the non‑choice vacation period shall be made immediately after
completion of the procedure for selections 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.
(b) An employee seeking leave, other than scheduled leave for choice vacation purposes, shall present to his
immediate supervisor a signed PS Form 3971, in duplicate if the employee wishes, indicating the leave requested. The immediate supervisor shall, within two (2) working days, grant or deny such request and return duplicate
copy, if requested, to the employee. Such unscheduled leave shall be granted
on a first come, first served basis.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
ITEM 13
In establishing and posting schedules for holidays and days designated as holidays, in compliance with Article 11,
Section 6 of the National Agreement, the following priorities will be followed:
1. T.E.'s, even if overtime is necessary.
2. Part‑time flexibles, even if overtime is necessary.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Full‑time regulars who have not volunteered and who will be working on what would
otherwise be their non‑scheduled work day, selected in the inverse order of
seniority.
6. All other full‑time regulars who have not volunteered, selected in the manner as
#5 above.
OVERTIME
ITEM 14
A chart shall be posted each accounting period with the employees being listed by seniority, indicating accumulated
overtime.
ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 15‑16‑17
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.
Every effort will be made to place the disabled carrier in his present craft prior to placing the carrier in another
craft.
ITEM 17
The following will be considered light duty assignments:
1. Casing and setting up route(s).
2. Making carrier case labels.
3. Any other light duty assignment commensurate with their physical
condition.
SECTIONS
ITEM 18
All reference in the National Working Agreement to Section shall be deemed to mean:
office, branch, station and/or unit, in this Local Memorandum of Understanding.
LEAVE/UNION ACTIVITIES
ITEM 20
Annual leave to attend Union activities requested prior to the determination of the choice vacation schedule (will
not) be a part of the total choice vacation period.
POSTINGS
ITEM 21 ‑
22
21‑ A. The senior successful bidder for the vacant position shall be placed in the vacancy
within fifteen (15) calendar days; except that during the month of December he shall be placed in the new assignment on the
first day of January.
21 ‑
B. UNIFORMS
It shall be at the option of the carrier as to which uniform will be worn, as long as it is clean and the carrier is
in full uniform.
22 ‑
A. REASSIGNMENTS
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 Maumee, 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.
_________________________________________________
Terry Winkles, Postmaster
For the United States Postal Service
Maumee, Ohio 43431
_________________________________________________
Larry E. Ramsey, President
For the National Association of Letter Carriers
Branch 100, Northwood, Ohio 43619
