The Charlotte Area Local has settled an outstanding casual arbitration which was returned to the parties for resolution of the remedy. The text of the settlement:
In accordance with the instructions of the June 5, 2009 interim arbitration award issued by Arbitrator Andrew Strongin in the above-cited grievances, the parties mutually agree, as a result of post-arbitration discussions, to fully resolve that the above-cited grievances in accordance with the following:
The Postal Service agrees to pay the affected employees of the Charlotte Area Local APWU a total of $1,700,000.00. The affected employees named by the Union will split the monetary remedy in equal proportions.
The Charlotte (North Carolina) Area APWU Local will furnish the Postal Service with the names of the employees affected by the above-cited grievances. The Postal Service will immediately begin processing payments to the affected employees and will make every effort to process payment submissions for all employees named and provided by the Union by the end of the Postal Fiscal Year (FY) 2009.
The parties understand that facilitation of payments to any employee affected by this settlement who has subsequently retired, who is no longer on the postal rolls, or who was on the postal rolls at the time the above grievances were initiated, but not in a pay status, may required additional time to process and may not be completed by the end of FY 2009.
By virtue of this full and final settlement agreement, this document shall also serve as the Union’s official notification to postal management that the parties will jointly contact Arbitrator Andrew Strongin to advise that an agreement to fully resolve these cases has been reached. Additionally, the parties agree that this settlement agreement is nonprecedent setting and will not be cited by either party in any subsequent grievance or arbitration hearing in any other case.
There has to be a standard here in houston no one does nothing here mangers do mailhander work in plain view.
The union here in Columbia are experiencing not the same fate as the Charlotte union all the surronding sister areas Florence Charleston Greenville have been awarded such amounts due to this grievance however Columbia SC local has not even filed the grievance anyone with any ideas other than writing the national apwu president how to get this moving for us? Here is a sad note our local president is currently under investigation for missappropriating funds yes an 11,000 check sent to the union for payment for the members was deposited into a account he opened in his name HOW F N SAD
Margie your job on the line well if the employees get some money that is less money for management to waste or give themselves in bonuses they made the mistake by trying to screw you and your job it back fired on management this time good job
Leroy
Paying the OTDL is not even possible, But then look at what CMAL did in their case,(Arbitrator Newman)stated pay the OTDL if the parties can establish it (which the local president was on)who in the end received a payout that put him in the top 15%, and the guy had a toal of over 1250 hrs of leave during this 3000 (18 months) hour period. Honesty at its best within APWU.
The payments have been received by th “affected employees”. The lazy local paid all clerks instead of going back and finding out who was on the OTDL at the time. Just pure laziness. Only the clerks who were on the OTDL in 2006 and 2007 should have been paid. Thanks Leroy.
Good Job Charlotte Area Local 375!
Stay strong during these difficult times!
Unfortunately Mgt. will continue to do things that are unlawful until they pay the fines and are held accountable.
A special thank you for Pat Davis-Weeks, NBA for arguing this grievance at arbitration and Andrew Ringler, steward who filed the grievance through Step 1 and Step 2. Also thanks goes out to our Local President Leroy Moyer for holding management to the fire to pay up now and not later. The settlement is being paid as I write this. Thanks again for all those involved. It took a lot of work and resources to see the finished product. Keep up the good work Charlotte APWU. People find it easier to complain instead of being thankful.
IT IS GOOD TO KNOW YOUR LOCAL IS ON TOP OF THINGS BECAUSE THE RALEIGH LOCAL IS NOT. WE HAVE SHOP-STEWARDS THAT ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOBS AND STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS. I HAVE A GREIVANCE WHICH WAS SUPPOSIDLY FILED OVER A YEAR AGO, WHEN I ASK MY STEWARD ABOUT IT I”M TOLD IT IS PROBABLY AT STEP 3. AREN’T THESE PEOPLE SUPPOSE TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE GRIEVANCES AND KEEP EMPLOYEES INFORMED ON THE PROGRESS. AFTER 30t YEARS I AM CONSIDERING GETTING OUT OF THE UNION. I HAVE LEARNED THAT IF A SITUATION DOSEN’T EFFECT THE STEWARDS THEN THEY REALLY DO NOT CARE. CHARLOTTE, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Hope your all happy….just a waste to have tp pay for peddy things when your jobs!!!!!are on the line, thanks for taking more money from the PO…..
Good luck! I hope you receive your grievance monies faster than we did. Been over 2 years since the settlement in arbitration and we are still waiting. Everytime Management finds someway to stall and go back to court. Good Luck my friends!!!
Thats peanuts compared to the 13 million the clerks got in our office. As a token of appreciation,the office is closing shortly.Paybacks really are a bitch.
NO qualifications are needed to be a manager. they either cant do the job because of a physical ailment or they just get lazy .
NO education is required, leaving the postal service with brainless, over aggressive and under- prepared borderline morons making decisions.
This case is played out in every region in the country. Charlotte is not unique.
And those idiots still have a job, they cost the USPS almost 2 million, but if you miss a scan, OMG, you will get a letter of warning. Keep up the good work in usps guy, because it’s managers like you, that keep of giving.
After this payment we only saved $27 million screwing the apwu people. A little rest and you can bend over again.
non precedent setting for the rest of the regions…that my friends is a classic case of looking out for me and not the rest of the unions.
If it is against the contract there………..it is against the contract from sea to shining sea.
you national level union reps better be handling this
How many will split this amount?
are we testy? seems like we found our culprit. nice retirement present left for the post office?
You ain’t seen it yet,bitch.
btw ain’t my money.
Way to go Ms. Bobbie Sue Fretwell. DM Mr. David Fields brought you in to “streamline and improve” the Charlotte operations. Finally, someone has ruled against you correctly. You are one of the most anti-craft USPS manager in history. Unfortunately, there are many, many others still employed in USPS management who are as inept and hostile as you.