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Contract Administration Unit About |
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February 1, 2008
New handbook on the Safe Driver Program |
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The Postal Service has released a new handbook to establish policy and provide guidelines for Postal Service drivers who will be awarded driving privileges or currently have driving privileges. A PDF (4.2MB) of the handbook can be viewed here. |
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Updated February 1, 2008
Recent Regional arbitration decisions |
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| At the training conference in Las Vegas November 16-18, Vice President Gary Mullins provided several arbitration “C” numbers in the New Carrier Workforce presentation.
In an ongoing effort to provide tools to combat contract violations, CAU has scanned and posted several recent Regional arbitration decision which support the union position concerning Article 8 violations and with Window of Operation (WOO). The Postal Service often argues it has a right to establish a predetermined time when carriers should be off the street--the WOO. Consequently, the Postal Service argues it has no option but to work carriers who are not on the OTDL to meet the WOO obligation. These new regional cases will provide some significant insights into arguments the union has advanced which have been successful. The addition of two pertinent national decisions should also be studied in preparing case files.
After reviewing the linked “C” number decisions, contact your NBA for additional guidance in preparing your grievance file. |
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November 6, 2007
Managers get reminder on employees' rights |
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| Postal Service Headquarters has produced and is distributing to USPS managers and supervisors a wallet-size reference card that tells supervisors that 1) an employee has the right to union representation during an investigation, 2) an employee has the right to be informed of the reason for the investigation, and 3) the steward has a right to participate in the interview. While this reference card may not stop all abuse, it is a step in the right direction to reduce Weingarten violations. Click here to see a PDF of the new Reference Card. |
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February 12, 2007
New Guide to NRP |
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Limited Duty: NALC has published a guide to help injured workers and their representatives challenge the Postal Service's withdrawal or failure to provide Limited Duty. The Guide to NRP (National Reassessment Process) is available online with the Compensation Department. |
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Contract CD, MRS, Arbitration DVDs
CAU Updates Key Contract Enforcement Resources |
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May 12, 2006
CAU White Paper
White Paper on overtime, staffing, and simultaneous scheduling |
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A CAU White Paper explains how NALC representatives can challenge the Postal Service's widespread failure to staff facilities sufficiently, a failure that has led to numerous violations of the contractual overtime rules. Management in many places has consistently worked letter carriers beyond the contractual maximums of 12 hours per day and 60 hours per week. In addition, in many facilities the Postal Service has engaged in the “simultaneous scheduling” of overtime for ODL and non-ODL letter carriers.
The White Paper, entitled “Overtime, Staffing, and Simultaneous Scheduling,” will help NALC representatives to: (1) prepare challenges to both types of overtime violations, and (2) seek remedies requiring the Postal Service to comply with the contract by staffing its facilities with sufficient letter carriers. The paper reviews the negotiating history of the Article 8 overtime provisions, showing how a course of bargaining over more than 3 decades has produced a contract that bans the abuse of employees through excessive overtime. The white paper also shows the fallacy of the Postal Service “operational window” defense, which it has often offered as justification for its pattern of overtime violations. |
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February 17, 2006
2005 JCAM |
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The 2005 Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM) has been mailed to each NALC branch, and is also being mailed to each USPS delivery unit for use by shop stewards and supervisors. The 2005 JCAM was printed as a completely new manual, rather than as a transmittal letter with inserts as was done in 2004. While there aren’t many major changes or additions to the interpretive material, a new printing was needed because of the many rewrites, typographical corrections, and grammatical and formatting changes. The major changes to the material are summarized in a ‘JCAM Changes’ attachment to the cover letter mailed to each NALC Branch and included with the NALC website copy. Please note that there are four corrections to the ‘JCAM Changes’ pages. The referenced change on page 8-16 is actually on page 8-17, 8-20 is on 8-21, 8-23 is on 8-24, and 17-2 is on 17-3. Click here to go to the new 2005 JCAM. |
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About the Contract Administration Unit |
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NALC's Contract Administration Unit oversees contract enforcement efforts at the highest level. This group of NALC national officers, currently headed by Vice President Gary Mullins:
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Files, discusses and attempts to resolve Interpretive Step grievances involving issues of contract interpretation
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Compiles and publishes information resources for NALC contract enforcers at all levels of the union. See Arbitration, MRS, Contract CD
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© National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO |
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