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MASSENA

Local Memorandum of Understanding

between the

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

MASSENA, NY

and the

AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO

CENTRAL NEW YORK AREA LOCAL

This Local Memorandum of Understanding for the Massena, NY Post Office is agreed to effective April 15, 1996.

For the United States Postal Service:

For the American Postal Workers Union:

______________________________________

, Postmaster

William C. (Bill) Randall, Area Vice President

ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1 Union-Management Cooperation

1.2 Curtailment of Operations

1.3 Light Duty

1.4 Wash-up Time

1.5 Parking

1.6 Sections and Seniority

ARTICLE 2: ANNUAL LEAVE

ARTICLE 3: SCHEDULING

2.1 General Provisions

3.1 Regular Schedules

2.2 Choice Vacations

3.2 Posting and Bidding

2.3 Incidental Leave Requests

3.3 Overtime Scheduling

2.4 Cancelling Choice Vacations

3.4 Holiday Scheduling

ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1 UNION-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION

A. This Local Memorandum may be amended with the mutual consent of the Postmaster, the Local President and the MSC Labor Relations Representative.

B. The Steward or Area Vice-President shall be consulted prior to permanent changes in employee staffing and scheduling.

C. The Union shall automatically be provided with copies of an updated seniority roster, and notice of all changes.

1.2 CURTAILMENT OF OPERATIONS

A. The appropriate Safety Office shall be notified of all circumstances which cause the evacuation or closing of the post office. The Area Vice-President, or Local President, shall be notified immediately of all other situations which could reasonably be expected to endanger employees.

B. Every effort shall be made to notify affected employees of the curtailment of postal operations.

C. Employees stranded at work shall be given every reasonable consideration by the employer as to needs and comforts.

D. Procedures for emergency evacuation due to fires or bomb threats shall be conspicuously posted.

E. In determining an employee's ability to report for work, reasonable consideration shall be given to governmental directives, the operating status of comparable industries, and general conditions.

1.3 LIGHT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS

A. To the maximum extent possible, employees on light duty shall work their normal schedule.

B. The Area Vice-President shall be notified of the reassignment of any light or limited duty employee to or from any APWU craft.

C. Should management be unable to identify work to satisfy a light duty request, the Area Director shall be notified and provided with copies of or access to all documents and information used to evaluate the request.

1.4 WASH-UP POLICY

All employees shall be allowed reasonable wash-up time in accordance with established practice and Article 8.9 of the National Agreement.

1.5 PARKING

All reasonable efforts will be made to initiate or maintain free parking for all employees. All parking shall be on a first-come, first-served basis except spaces reserved for the Postmaster and SPO, and USPS owned and other delivery vehicles.

1.6 SECTIONS

The Clerk and Maintenance Crafts shall each comprise a separate section for all purposes, except that Window Clerks and Distribution Clerks shall comprise separate vacation sections.

ARTICLE 2: ANNUAL LEAVE

2.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ANNUAL LEAVE

A. Vacation rosters shall be broken into Monday through Sunday weeks.

B. To the maximum extent possible, no employee shall be involuntarily scheduled to work on non-scheduled days which are adjacent to their scheduled vacation. To the maximum extent possible, part-time flexible employees shall be non-scheduled on the Sunday before their vacation week(s).

C. Part-time employees shall not be required to use more annual leave for a choice vacation week that they would normally have worked in that week, but may, at their option, use up to forty hours of annual leave per vacation week.

2.2 CHOICE VACATIONS

A. The choice vacation period shall be from the last Monday in December through the first full week in December.

B. Vacation slots shall be as follows:

1. From the first Monday in May to the third Sunday in September there shall be one vacation slot per week in each section;

2. During the remainder of the choice period, the two clerk craft sections shall be consolidated, with one slot available in each week;

3. There shall be one slot each week in the maintenance craft.

C. Starting on October 1, employees shall, in order of seniority, be allowed to select full weeks of vacation up to the number of weeks allowed under Article 10.3D of the National Agreement; employees may, at their option, make one continuous selection or two non-consecutive selections.

D. Immediately following the first rotation, the vacation roster shall be rotated a second time and employees, by seniority, allowed to take up to four additional full weeks, subject to accrued or foreseeable leave balance.

E. No employee shall hold up the vacation roster for more than two working days on either rotation; employees who lose their place in rotation shall be entitled to regain the roster when ready to make their selection, but shall not be entitled to bump junior employees who have made selections in the interim.

F. On those day(s) in which as many craft employees as there are vacation slots are not scheduled off on leave, all requests for annual leave shall be approved to the maximum extent possible.

G. Employees who are called for court service during their scheduled vacation may, at their option, cancel that week and make another selection from the remaining available weeks.

2.3 INCIDENTAL REQUESTS

A. An updated vacation schedule shall be conspicuously posted throughout the year.

B. Incidental requests for annual leave shall be made on PS Form 3971, and, wherever feasible, be personally delivered to the employee's immediate supervisor.

C. Except in circumstances of extreme need, incidental requests for annual leave shall be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

D. On those day(s) in which as many craft employees as there are vacation slots are not scheduled off on leave, all requests for annual leave shall be approved to the maximum extent possible.

E. Incidental annual leave requests shall be approved or disapproved:

1. within one hour, if leave is requested for the same day on which submitted;

2. by the employee's end tour, if requested for the following day;

3. by the employee's next day end tour, if requested two or more days in advance;

F. Disapproved 3971's shall be maintained showing the date and time submitted, and, should leave become available, it shall be granted in the order it was requested.

2.4 CANCELLING CHOICE VACATIONS

A. In those weeks in which all slots are filled,an employee shall not be allowed to work on any day of their choice vacation week.

B. Employees who cancel a vacation selection shall provide written notice to their immediate supervisor at least ten calendar days prior to the start of such vacation.

C. Vacation selections of employees who leave the installation shall be treated as cancelled.

D. The employer may cancel an employee's scheduled vacation due to insufficient annual leave by providing written notice to the employee at least ten calendar days prior to the start of the vacation; normally, insufficient annual leave shall be defined as less than one hundred percent of the leave needed to cover the vacation week.

E. All cancelled choice vacation selections shall be recanvassed, by seniority, to those employees who haven't had an opportunity to select them.

ARTICLE 3: SCHEDULING

3.1 REGULAR SCHEDULES

A. All regular positions shall have fixed non-scheduled days.

B. To the maximum extent practicable within operational needs, all regular positions shall have consecutive non-scheduled days and be non-scheduled on Saturday and/or Sunday.

3.2 POSTING AND BIDDING

A. All job postings shall be posted for a minimum of ten calendar days, unless canvassed; postings of awards shall be made within two business days of the close of posting.

B. The Steward or Area Vice-President shall be provided with copies of all job postings and awards, including canvassings and PTF conversions.

C. Wherever practicable, bidding within a unit shall be accomplished by canvassing eligible employees in order of seniority; canvassing shall consist of circulating a written description of the vacant position, with spaces for employees to sign indicating that they are accepting or declining the position.

D. Successful bidders or applicants, including PTFs being converted to regular, shall be assigned or detailed to their new positions on the Saturday following award; assignment may be delayed with the consent of the Steward or Area Vice-President.

E. Bid positions shall be reposted if:

1. the non-scheduled days are changed;

2. the reporting time on any day is changed by more than one hour;

3. the duties are changed by more than 25%;

4. measurement of all such permanent changes shall be cumulative, based on the position as last awarded.

3.3 OVERTIME SCHEDULING

A. The overtime desired lists shall be conspicuously posted, and a copy provided to the Steward or Area Vice-President.

B. Except in unforeseeable circumstances, employees shall be:

1. notified forty-eight hours in advance of working a non-scheduled day;

2. notified one hour in advance of working each hour over eight hours, including notification of the general anticipated duration of the overtime;

3. given an opportunity to notify their families, make calls for transportation, etc.

C. Prior to using mandatory overtime, management will make reasonable efforts to solicit volunteers with the necessary skills from the overtime mandatory list.

3.4 HOLIDAY SCHEDULING

Employees shall be scheduled for holidays, subject to necessary skills, in the following order:

1. Part-time flexibles, transitional employees and casuals, with preference to volunteering PTF’s;

2. Volunteers whose designated holiday it is, by seniority;

3. Overtime desirees whose non-scheduled day it is, by rotation of the list;

4. Volunteers for overtime, other than desirees, by seniority;

5. Mandatorily scheduling employees for overtime, by rotation of the list;

6. Mandatorily scheduling employees for their designated holiday, by juniority.

100 MAIN ST

315-769-5935