Previously Adopted Labor-Management Resolutions ................................................................................................................................................................................................... Compiled by the APWU Industrial Relations Department August 2012 ARTICLE 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 NO PERFORMANCE OF BARGAINING UNIT WORK BY EXEMPT POSTMASTERS ALLOWED .................... 1 NO PERFORMANCE OF BARGAINING UNIT WORK IN LEVEL 18 AND ABOVE OFFICES .............................. 2 COMPENSATION EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE WORK UNIT WHEN SUPERVISORS PERFORM BARGAINING UNIT WORK .................................................................................................................................. 2 REVIEW SYSTEM TO PREVENT PERFORMANCE OF BARGAINING UNIT DUTIES BY SUPERVISORS ....... 3 EAS STEALING JOBS .................................................................................................................................................... 3 PERFORMANCE OF BARGAINING UNIT WORK ..................................................................................................... 4 ELIMINATION OF VOICE OF THE EMPLOYEE SURVEYS ..................................................................................... 5 REPRESENTATION AT OKLAHOMA POSTAL TRAINING OPERATIONS ........................................................... 5 DOCUMENTATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 SURVEYS/ORGANIZING SMALL MEMBER-AT-LARGE ASSOCIATE POST OFFICES ...................................... 6 MEMBERS-AT-LARGE (MAL) ISSUES ....................................................................................................................... 6 SUPERVISORS DOING CRAFT WORK REQUIRED TO CLOCK TO CRAFT FUNCTION .................................... 7 ELIMINATE POSTMASTERS IN ALL LEVEL 15 AND BELOW OFFICES .............................................................. 7 BARGAINING UNIT WORK.......................................................................................................................................... 7 SUPERVISOR PERFORMING BARGAINING UNIT WORK ...................................................................................... 8 EAS BARGAINING UNIT WORK ................................................................................................................................. 8 ARTICLE 2 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9 COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING EMPLOYEES ............................................. 9 HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY TO WORK AREAS............................................................................................... 9 SENIOR MAIL PROCESSOR POSITION .................................................................................................................... 10 STRONG LANGUAGE FOR DISCRIMINATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS GRIEVANCES ........................................ 10 CERTIFIED INTERPRETERS FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING EMPLOYEES ........................................... 11 REQUIRE MANAGEMENT TO HAVE DEAF SENSITIVITY TRAINING .............................................................. 11 REQUIRE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OFFICES TO HAVE TELETYPES AND DIRECT LINE ... 12 NON-DISCRIMINATION ............................................................................................................................................. 12 NON-DISCRIMINATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS ......................................................................................................... 13 MAKING THE MAIL HANDLERS UNION A DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION .. 13 ARTICLE 4 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 14 EMPLOYEE INPUT ON TECHNOLOGICAL AND MECHANIZATION CHANGES .............................................. 14 PROHIBIT TRANSFER OF WORK FUNCTIONS DUE TO TECHNOLOGICAL AND MECHANIZATION CHANGES .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 SAVED GRADE FOR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE HAD JOBS ELIMINATED........................................................ 15 SAVED GRADE PROTECTION WHO HAVE HAD JOBS ELIMINATED ............................................................... 15 E-COMMERCE VENTURES AND NEW JOBS .......................................................................................................... 16 AUTOMATED FLAT SORTING MACHINE 100 TIME AND ATTENDANCE COLLECTION SYSTEM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING .......................................................................................................... 16 ADVANCE NOTICE FOR MECH AND TECH CHANGES ....................................................................................... 17 ARTICLE 6 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 18 SEVERANCE PAY FOR LAID OFF WORKERS ........................................................................................................ 18 NO LAYOFF RESOLUTION ........................................................................................................................................ 18 NO LAYOFF PROTECTION ........................................................................................................................................ 19 PTFs WHO HAVE COMPLETED SIX YEARS OF SERVICE .................................................................................... 19 INCREASE RECALL RIGHTS AFTER LAYOFF ....................................................................................................... 20 RECALL PROCEDURE ................................................................................................................................................ 20 ARTICLE 7 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 21 DEFINE PART-TIME REGULAR EMPLOYEES ........................................................................................................ 21 TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS ......................................................................................... 21 ELIMINATE CASUALS ................................................................................................................................................ 21 ELIMINATE OR LIMIT THE USE OF CASUALS ...................................................................................................... 22 ELIMINATION OF PART-TIME FLEXIBLES IN OFFICES WITH OVER 200 MAN YEARS ............................... 23 EMPLOYEE COMPLEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 23 FULL-TIME VS. PART-TIME RATIOS SHOULD BE NINETY/TEN AT LOCAL LEVEL .................................... 23 ii LIMIT USE OF CASUALS TO CRAFT THEY ARE HIRED INTO AND TO TWO NINETY-DAY APPOINTMENTS ................................................................................................................................................... 24 MAXIMIZE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES .............................................................................................. 24 MAXIMIZING PART-TIME FLEXIBLES ................................................................................................................... 25 NO TWO-TIERED BARGAINING ............................................................................................................................... 25 NOTIFY UNION WHEN NON-CAREER EMPLOYEES WORK IN CLERK CRAFT .............................................. 26 NUMBER OF TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYEES AT REMOTE ENCODING CENTERS ........................................... 26 PART-TIME FLEXIBLE EMPLOYEES GUARANTEED ONE SCHEDULED DAY OFF ....................................... 26 PART-TIME FLEXIBLE EMPLOYEES TO BE CONVERTED TO FULL-TIME FLEXIBLE IN FIVE YEARS ..... 27 REPOSTING PART-TIME REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................ 27 PERCENTAGE OF CASUALS ..................................................................................................................................... 28 WORK TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYEES AT LEAST 360 DAYS ............................................................................... 28 TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS ......................................................................................... 28 PERCENTAGE OF CASUALS ..................................................................................................................................... 29 CONVERSION OF PART-TIME REGULAR POSITIONS TO FULL-TIME POSITIONS ........................................ 29 CREATION OF DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ....................................................................................................................