2006 ‑ 2011
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE
SWANTON, OHIO POST OFFICE
AND
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS
AFL‑CIO
BRANCH 100
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
Swanton, 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, including but not
limited to, fueling and maintenance of any vehicle the carrier may be assigned to operate.
WORK
SCHEDULE
ITEM 2
The parties agree to the
establishment of a regular work week of five (5) days with a fixed day off.
The selection of the fixed
schedule day off will be made by seniority.
When the senior carrier
bids from one route to another route, that carrier shall take his/her selected fixed day off to the new route, if they choose
to.
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
The vacation schedule will
be posted on December 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 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.
After all carriers, including
part‑time flexibles, have signed for a first choice, the same procedure will be repeated on a second choice.
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.
Letter carriers on jury
duty or military service during the choice period shall be eligible for another available period within the choice vacation
period.
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.
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 annual 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
The carrier may sign for
one (1) additional week, five (5) working days, outside the choice period, when making his first choice.
When making his first choice,
the carrier may, at his 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.
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.
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 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. All other non‑volunteer full‑time
regulars ‑ by inverse seniority.
6. Full‑time regulars who did not volunteer
on what would otherwise be their non‑scheduled day ‑ 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 each pay
period to insure equitable opportunities for overtime.
ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 16
Management will make every
effort to provide Light Duty Assignments for Disabled 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 Disabled 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 following will be considered
Light Duty Assignments:
1.
Casing and Setting up Route(s).
2.
Clerical Duties.
3.
Making carrier case labels or changing labels.
4.
Servicing mounted routes where possible.
5.
Answering the telephone.
6.
Any other Light Duty Assignment commensurate with their physical condition.
7.
Router positions that are not part of a full‑time position and that would not displace
another
carrier.
PARKING
ITEM 19
Employees shall be allowed
to use existing parking space on a first come, first serve basis.
ITEM 21 A LEAVE
Carriers who become ill
while on annual leave during the choice period shall be
allowed to have another
available selection during the choice period.
ITEM 21 B LEAVE
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 LEAVE
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. 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.
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 Swanton, 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.
Rick Kazmierczak, Postmaster
For the United States Postal Service
Swanton, Ohio 43431
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