From Gary Kloepfer. Assistant Director, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Leroy R. Bartman in case H00T-1H-C-03081013 regarding the Postal Service’s purchase of a Low Cost Tray Sorter which was installed by the manufacturer. The arbitrator ruled the Postal Service violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement and ordered the […]
“Thus, the panel majority ruled that USPS must compensate the SLA 100 percent of vending machine income for all of the vending machines located in the rotunda and in the cafeteria at the Chicago Processing and Distribution Center in accordance with the income sharing provisions of the Act and implementing regulations at 34 CFR 395.32 […]
Denying an employee’s request for advance sick leave based solely on the grievant’s low sick leave balance doesn’t make sense. Why else would a person need advanced sick leave? http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/elm/html/elmc5_003.htm#ep444505 Article 10 – Advance Sick Leave Denial This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Timothy Buckalew’s decision in case B06T-1B-C-08264489 regarding the Postal […]
APWU News The union won a major victory against subcontracting Feb. 10, when Arbitrator Shyam Das directed the USPS to assign Maintenance Craft employees to maintain computers at approximately 8,000 of the nation’s largest associate offices. The arbitrator also instructed management and the union to discuss the possibility of assigning additional computer maintenance work at […]
Article 7 – Hiring Casuals in Lieu of Career Bargaining Unit Employees This is a summary of Regional Arbitrator Glenda M. August’s decision in case G06C-4G-C-08248741 regarding the Postal Service’s decision to hire a casual employee to replace an enlisted military employee. In this case a career postal employee enlisted in the Military. Management hired […]
From PostalReporter reader: Our Union is in receipt of the attached arbitration case. It has awarded close to $30,000 to letter carriers in the Milford Post Office (New Hampshire) . It also includes some retirees and transfers from the Milford Post Office. The case deals with Postal Managers that “Stole Time” from the electronic time […]