2006
‑ 2011
MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE
SYLVANIA,
OHIO POST OFFICE
AND
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS
AFL‑CIO
BRANCH
100
TOLEDO,
OHIO
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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 13 ‑ HOLIDAYS
ITEM 16 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL
OR INJURED
ITEM 17 ‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL
OR INJURED
ITEM
21‑ ASSIGNMENT OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 22‑A ‑ POSTING
ITEM 22‑B ‑ REASSIGNMENT
ITEM 22‑C ‑ REASSIGNMENT
CONCURRENCE
Eastern Region
U.S. Post Office
NALC, Branch 100
Sylvania Ohio
WORK SCHEDULES
ITEM 2
All full‑time regular carriers in the Sylvania Post Office shall be on a rotating days off schedule.
EMERGENCY
CONDITIONS
GUIDELINES
FOR THE CURTAILMENT OR TERMINATION OF POSTAL
OPERATIONS
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 such cases, 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.
g. Prior to taking action to curtail the mail, the employer will notify
the union of its decision and plan of implementation.
LEAVE
ITEM 4
No employee's first choice of leave shall include more than one (1) paid holiday.
ITEM 5
The choice period shall be four (4) slots during Easter break, then the last week of April through the last full week
of October, including four (4) slots in the last week of November and two (2) slots during Christmas week in December.
ITEM 6
Leave week shall be Monday through Saturday.
ITEM 7
Choice of picks can be as follows:
3
2
‑ 1
In accordance with Article 10 of the National Agreement.
ITEM 8
Military leave will not count as part of a carrier's selections for the choice vacation period, nor will it count against
the carrier's allowance for the choice period.
Jury duty ‑ letter carriers on jury duty during the choice vacation period shall be eligible for another available
period within the choice period.
Jury duty will not be considered as part of the number of carriers allowed off during the choice vacation period.
ITEM 9
The number of carriers off at one time during the choice period shall be 12% of the on rolls workforce.
ITEM 10
In view of necessary absence at time of selection period, the carrier has the option of a selection in writing prior
to absence or may be permitted to make his/her selection out of order in the next available selection period at the time of
his/her return to duty.
ITEM 11
The leave schedule shall be posted as selection shall start mid October for the following year. Choice leave time selection shall be by seniority allowing one (1) working day of each carrier. Upon his/her choice of dates, the dates of his/her selection shall be posted and passed to the next eligible
carrier. No indiscriminate annual to be until all carriers have had their second
choice.
Any carrier failing to make his/her choice within the designated time period shall forfeit and revert to their second
choice position.
Leave requests shall be submitted on PS Form 3971 in duplicate. The supervisor
will confirm the request and return one (1) copy to the employee within one (1) working day.
ITEM 12
Carriers requesting annual leave outside the choice period must submit Form 3971, in duplicate, not less than 24 hours
in advance. Management will reply, indicating approval or disapproval, within
24 hours, excluding Sundays, holidays, and scheduled days off, after the supervisor has been physically handed the leave application. Leave will be granted on a first come, first served basis. Supervision will date Form 3971 when the request for leave is made, and indicate numerically the order
of receipt of Form 3971 for identical days, with requests being
honored in numerical order, when all
requests cannot be honored.
HOLIDAY
SCHEDULING
ITEM 13
Management will select carriers to work 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 holiday, or
day designated as a holiday,
by seniority.
5. Full‑time regulars who did not volunteer to work on what would
be their non‑scheduled day,
by inverse seniority.
6. All other non‑volunteer full‑time regulars, by inverse
seniority.
If after the schedule is posted, a need develops for additional or replacement employees, employees shall be selected
according to the same order as above.
ASSIGNMENT
OF ILL OR INJURED
ITEM 16
Within the letter carrier craft, temporary light duty assignments, which
the ill or injured employee bay be able to perform as certified by a physician will consist of, but not be limited to, the
following:
ITEM 17
1. Casing mail or labeling cases.
2. Other assigned duties which the ill or injured employee may be able
to perform.
ITEM 21
Ill during vacation ‑ Carriers who become ill for a sufficient time to require a doctor's certificate while on
annual leave during the choice vacation period will be allowed to have another selection within the choice period, if available.
There shall be no exchanging of leave.
If an employee desires to cancel scheduled prime time annual leave, he/she must do so at least ten (10) days prior
to the scheduled leave. The entire week must be canceled and will be announced
by posting on the bulletin board. Any such weeks will be offered, by seniority,
to all carriers junior to the carrier canceling. Choices must be made in accordance
to Article 10 of the National Agreement.
POSTING
ITEM 22 ‑ A
In instances where several assignments are posted, a letter carrier may bid for as many assignments as are posted,
stating his/her preferences in the following manner: first, second, third, etc.
Letter carriers applying for an assignment shall make a sealed bid in writing to his/her supervisor during the period
the notice is posted.
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.
ITEM 22 ‑ C
A full‑time regular carrier
called in to work on a non‑scheduled day shall work his or her full‑time duty assignment provided there is a vacant route on the string to which the T‑6 carrier
may be assigned. Otherwise the carrier working on a non‑scheduled day will
be assigned where needed.
CONCURRENCE
This Memorandum of Understanding is
entered into on _____________
at Sylvania, 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.
_________________________________________________
Ron Woods, Postmaster
For the United States Postal Service
Sylvania, Ohio 43560
_________________________________________________
Larry E. Ramsey, President
For the National Association of Letter
Carriers
Branch 100, Northwood, Ohio 43619
Eastern Region
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