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Read More....9/21/2024 Bargaining Update
Negotiations aren’t over yet – the APWU and USPS have agreed to “Stop the Clock” on the expiration of our current contract (set to expire at midnight on September 20). The APWU will continue to keep the members updated as we continue to bargain for a new union contract, including regular messages on the negotiation “hotline” at (202) 642-9049, our website (apwu.org), and on our social media channels.
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Part-Time Regular (PTR) National Cap Violations in the Maintenance Craft_signed 9-20-2024
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Read More....APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement
September 23, 2024In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service’s violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-Time Regular employees in the Maintenance Division. According to the CBA, the total number of part-time employees who “may be hired” should not exceed 2.5 percent of the total number of Maintenance Craft employees covered by the agreement.
Awards and SettlementsPart-Time RegularsMaintenance Division
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute (USPS # 6X 18T-6X-C 21354335) regarding the Postal Service’s violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-Time Regular employees in the Maintenance Division. According to the CBA, the total number of part-time employees who “may be hired” should not exceed 2.5 percent of the total number of Maintenance Craft employees covered by the agreement.
On September 20, 2024, the APWU and the USPS reached the following agreements:
Conversion Opportunities: The USPS will offer 50 Part-Time Regular employees conversion to full-time positions.
Financial Compensation: The USPS will distribute a total of $15 million to Maintenance Craft Part-Time Regular employees, covering the Fiscal Years 2018-2024, which they will pay in two installments. The USPS will make the first payment no later than December 31, 2024.
Future Conversions: Future Part-Time Regulars may be eligible for conversion to full-time positions around March of each year.
Resolution of Grievances: This settlement resolves all outstanding local, regional, and national grievances and disputes from 2018 to 2023.
“We extend our special thanks to the Maintenance Division Officers, the Office of Industrial Relations, and President Mark Dimondstein for their support in reaching this agreement,” said Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun.
“Hats off to Maintenance Craft Director Idowu Balogun and his team for leading the way in securing justice for our part-time regular maintenance members,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
If you were a Part-Time Regular from 2018 to 2024, please provide your name, as well as start and end dates via email to Maintwebinar@apwu.org.
We invite you to register and join us for a Zoom presentation on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 2 p.m. EST : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87033487244?pwd=t3O4nzPfCxfm7NEUVAjU5ydL4GBDPi.1
Step 4 Settlement Agreement
Part-Time Regular (PTR) National Cap Violations in the Maintenance Craft_signed 9-20-2024
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Read More....Part-Time Regular (PTR) National Cap Violations in the Maintenance Craft – signed 9-20-2024
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO
Re: 6X 18T-6X-C 21354335 Part-Time Regular (PTR) National Cap Violations in the Maintenance Craft
The parties agree that the following represents resolution of all outstanding remedy issues in case 6X 18T-6X-C 21354335 / HQTT20210355. Paragraphs 7 and 8 of this Settlement Agreement also provide the process the parties will follow to address and remedy future violations, if any, of the national PTR cap in the Maintenance Craft.
1. The Postal Service will do a one-time conversion to full-time status of 50 Maintenance Craft PTRs. In order to get 50 conversions, the Postal Service will identify 75 Maintenance Craft PTRs who will be offered a conversion opportunity. The employees will have the option to decline, in writing, the offer of conversion and remain in their current PTR duty assignments. If more than 50 PTRs accept the conversion, the Postal Service will determine the 50 PTRs who will be converted. If there are less than 50 PTRs that accept the conversion opportunity, additional PTRs will be identified for conversion until a total of 50 PTRs are converted as part of this one-time conversion. The parties will discuss the locations where the conversion opportunities will be offered. The PTRs will be converted in place to FTR status consistent with the duty assignment the PTR currently works, and the employee will remain at their current level. The Postal Service will issue a written offer of conversion to the identified PTRs as soon as practicable, but no later than five (5) months of the date of this settlement, with a copy of the offers to the APWU at the National level. A copy of the declination, if applicable, will be provided by the Postal Service to the APWU at the National level. Converted PTR duty assignments will be reverted once the new FTR positions are filled in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this MOU.
2. In the facilities where conversions occur pursuant to paragraph 1 above, the Postal Service will post either a Level 4 Custodian or Level 5 Building Maintenance Custodian (BMC) based on operational need as determined by the Postal Service. The parties agree that any new full-time Level 4 or Level 5 position created will be complement neutral in the installation. The positions will be filled in accordance with Article 38. No Maintenance Craft bargaining unit employee will be excessed or have their hours reduced in order to implement this Agreement.
3. Any successful bidder on a Level 5 BMC pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 7 of this Settlement Agreement will be placed in a pending qualification status, subject to successfully passing Exam 955 and the interview. The parties agree that this position is limited to in-craft posting only. If no successful in-craft bidder is identified, the Level 5 BMC position will be eliminated. If an employee does not qualify for the Level 5 BMC position, they will be a FTR Custodian at the employees’ current level and facility.
4. Adjustments to staffing packages to support additional non-custodial workhours for the conversion of PTRs to FTR status will be identified on PS Form 4852, Table C, and will not count toward the weekly obligation of Line J or the annual obligation of Line H.
5. The population of Maintenance Craft PTRs who are counted towards the 2.5% cap will not include 475 Maintenance Craft PTRs assigned to POStPlan Installations (Administrative Post Office (APO) and associated Remotely Managed Post Offices (RMPOs)). Compliance with the
Maintenance Craft PTR cap percentage will be administered at the National level and will be based on the number of PTRs on-the-rolls on December 31 each calendar year.
6. The Postal Service will make a one-time payment totaling fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to PTR Custodians. This one-time payment will be made in two disbursements, with the initial disbursement to occur no later than December 31, 2024. Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) will be held by the Postal Service to be disbursed at a later date. The Postal Service will provide the APWU with the information necessary to determine the eligible employees for payment for the remedy period from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2023. Based on the information provided, the APWU will identify the employees to be paid and entitlement amount. Within six (6) months after the initial disbursement, the APWU will provide the Postal Service with the list of additional employees to be paid and the entitlement amount for the final disbursement of the remaining funds. Payments will be administered by the parties at the national level.
7. Future Maintenance Craft PTR cap violations will be remedied by converting the appropriate number of PTRs to FTR status within the craft and occupational group, if applicable, as is required to come into compliance with the Maintenance Craft 2.5% PTR cap based on the number of PTRs on-the-rolls on December 31 each calendar year. The parties at the National level will meet and discuss the locations for conversions, including consideration for the addition of Level 5 BMCs. Maintenance Craft PTRs identified for conversion will have the option to decline, in writing, the conversion opportunity. Maintenance Craft bargaining unit employees shall not be excessed for the sole purpose of compliance with the cap requirement.
8. Maintenance Craft PTR conversions to Level 4 Custodians and/or Level 5 BMCs made pursuant to item 7 of this MOU will be completed no later than March 31 each calendar year. Following the conversions, duty assignments in the facilities where the conversions occurred will be posted and filled in accordance with Article 38. No backpay or other monetary award is due for the Maintenance Craft PTR cap violation during the conversion process. This process will be administered by the parties at the national level.
9. The parties agree that this settlement agreement resolves all outstanding issues, including local grievances held in abeyance, related to the national Maintenance Craft PTR cap violation dispute and does not prejudice the parties’ positions in any other disputes.
Please sign and return the enclosed copy of this decision as your acknowledgement of agreement.
Sincerely,
_____________________________ _____________________________
Shannon Richardson Idowu Balogun
Director, Contract Administration APWU National Division Director
Labor Relations Maintenance Division
United States Postal Service American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
Date: September 20, 2024
Part-Time Regular (PTR) National Cap Violations in the Maintenance CraftFriday, September 20, 2024
GATS Number:
6X 18T-6X-C 21354335
APWU National Grievance Number:
HQTT20210355No PTR
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NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: APWU and USPS ‘Stop The Clock’ to Continue Bargaining
September 21, 2024As the current contract was due to expire at midnight, September 20, 2024, APWU and USPS agreed to ‘Stop The Clock’ to continue bargaining for a new contract workers deserve.
Contract NegotiationsIndustrial Relations
The Collective Bargaining Agreement (union contract) between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service covers the wages, hours, and working conditions of 200,000 postal workers. Our current contract was due to expire at midnight, September 20, 2024.
We opened bargaining with the Postal Service on June 25. Since then, we have met frequently to exchange proposals and make progress toward the good, new contract postal workers deserve. In the last week, the APWU and postal management were “locked down,” engaging in around-the-clock negotiating sessions at the “main table,” the “craft tables,” and in other committees.
During the “lock-down” there has been some modest progress on a number of issues affecting all our crafts, including job security, protecting bargaining unit work, and a narrowing of differences on other important items, including the economic package.
However, the APWU and management were unable to secure a negotiated agreement by midnight, September 20.
As expiration approached, your National Negotiating Committee (NNC) faced two options: either begin the process of mediation with the expectation that we would head to interest arbitration or seek mutual agreement with postal management to “stop the clock,” (meaning the contract does not expire on September 20) and continue negotiations for a period of time.
It was the decision of the NNC to “stop the clock” and continue bargaining. We have secured an agreement from management that the negotiators will meet at least once a week going forward. It is also the position of the NNC that we will reevaluate progress on a regular basis and invoke mediation if further negotiations are not productive.
This decision is similar to the one taken by the NNC in our previous round of bargaining in 2021, when we “stopped the clock” and continued negotiations. In 2021, we reached a tentative agreement in early December, which the membership later ratified with a strong 94 percent “yes” vote.
“The entire APWU negotiating team is united in our efforts to secure the good new contract that our members deserve,” said APWU Industrial Relations Director and Chief Spokesperson Charlie Cash. “We all believe that continuing negotiations is in the best interest of our members as we continue to make progress towards our bargaining goals.”
“The APWU will not be deterred in our quest to win a contract that hard-working postal workers can be proud of,” declared President Mark Dimondstein. “It is crucial that as we continue to negotiate that our entire membership stay engaged, union proud, and union strong in our struggle for justice.”
The APWU will continue to keep the members updated, including regular messages on the negotiation “hotline” at (202) 642-9049, our website (apwu.org), and on our social media channels.
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