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MassiveLossesforAPWUinTentativeAgreement
ComparingtheCurrentAgreementwiththeLossesintheProposedAgreement
By
ClintBurelson,PresidentojtheOlympiaLocalAPWU
In
ordertounderstandthemassivelossesthatthenewcontractwillbringifratifiedIhaveprovidedacomparisonofthecurrentagreementwiththeproposedagreement.
I,
IssueCurrentAgreementProposedAgreement
PagenumbersinparenthesisPagenumbersinparenthesisnotednotedbelowarefromthecurrentbelowarefromthecorrectedcopyoftheCBAproposedcontract,whichisdifferentthantheagreementincludedwithballot.BidJobSecurityNormally,employeesremaininManagementwillbeabletoconvertanybidjobuntiltheybidout."ClerkorMVSCraftbidjobtoa
NTFT
,
jobregardlessoftheseniorityoftheemployee.Alljobsjuniortoemployeewhosejobisconvertedwillberepostedforin-sectionbidding.Managementhastherighttoconvert50%ofcurrentbidjobsinmailprocessingand100%ofcurrentbidjobsinstations/retailandMVStoNTFTjobs(pages189-190).Theworkweekforfull-timeTheworkweekforfull-timeregularshasWorkWeekforregularsis40hoursperweek,8beenredefinedunderNTFTrulestoFull-Timehoursperday,and5daysameantheworkweekcouldbe,"Non-Regularsweek(page24).TraditionalFullTimeAssignments-MoreorLessthan5days;Between30-48hourweeks;Between4-12hourdays;limitedflexibilityandlimitedsplit"shifts."(APWUPowerPoint)andlorasin'theproposedcontract,"Thesenontraditionalworkschedulesmayincludethosewithlessthan40hoursorlessthan5daysaweek,ormorethan8hoursaday.splitshifts,etc"(page201).
Part-TimeRegularsor
NTFT
Managementlimitedtoutilizing2.5%oftotalcareerworkforceaspart-timeregulars(page24).AssumingallNTFTjobscouldbeessentiallyconsideredpart-timeregulars,managementis'limited"to50%part-•timeregularassignmentsinFunction
1
(mailprocessing)andunlimitedpart-timeregularassignmentsinFunction4(retail/stations)(page189).TherearenowrittenlimitsfortheamountofNTFTassigrunentsintheMVScraft.
DailyOvertime
Ifanemployeeisscheduledtoworkover8hoursinaday,theemployeereceivesovertimeforallhoursworkedbeyond
8.
If,perNTFTdutyassignment,anemployeeisscheduledtoworkasmuchas
t
2hoursinaday,theemployeedoesnotreceiveanyovertimeforworking12hours,unlesstotalhoursfortheweekareover40.
OvertimeAfterFifthDay
Ifanemployeeisscheduledtowork
6
days
in
one
week,
theemployeereceivesovertimeforworkingthe
6
th
day.If,per
NTFT
dutyassignment,anemployeeisscheduledtowork
6
daysinoneweek,theemployeedoesnotreceiveovertimeforworking6
t11
day.UnknownProvisions
of,Contract
CurrentCollectiveBargainingAgreementiscompleteandinwriting.ProposedAgreementisnotcompletedandnotallinwriting.
"8.
OtherProvisions-Thepartieshavereachedagreementsandagreements
in
principleonadditionalcontractprovisionsandnewMODs,aswellasunderstandingsonvariouschangesincontractlanguage.Thoseadditionsandchangesareattachedaspartofthistentativeagreementorarecurrentlybeingfinalizedbytheparties(167)."Inotherwords,therecouldbenastysurprisesinthefinalcontractlanguage.Weactuallydon'tknowwhatwearevotingfor.
HealthCare
PremiumsManagementpays81%ofHealthCarePremiumsaftercontractexpires(page128).Employeespay19%Managementpays76%ofHealthCarePremiumsaftercontractexpires(page85).Employeespay24%.
I
I
Limitson
Preferred
Hoursfor
Non-Career
Employees
Managementmaynotnormallyassignpreferreddaytimehourstocasualemployees(page19).Managementmayassignpreferreddaytimehourstonon-careeremployees.Daytimeprohibitioneliminated.
LimitsonAssignmentsfor
Non-Career
Employees
Managementisprohibitedfromutilizingcasualemployeestoperformcraftjobsrequiringtrainingandtesting(page19)..Managementmayutilizenon-careeremployeestoworkthewindowandotherareasrequiringtrainingandtesting.Prohibitioneliminated.
Limits
on
NumberofNon-CareerEmployees
Managementmayuse
up
to6%ofthetotalnumberofcareeremployeesDistrictwideasnon-careeremployees.AndinClerkCraft,1I%cap(oftotalclerkcraftemployeesininstallation)foreachinstallationthathas200ormoremanyearsofemployment(page20).Insteadofapercentageoftotalemployees,thepercentagesallowedarepercraftandpernumberofcraftemployees(light,limitedduty,andrehabemployeesdonotcountforcomputingthetotalcraftemployees).Managementwillbeabletoutilizenon-careeremployeesineachcraftasfollows:ClerkCraft-20%ofClerkCraftMaintenance-10%ofMaintenanceMVS-10%ofMVSemployees
*
Important-These"caps"donotincludeadditionalnon-careeremployeesassignedtothenewworkthatisgainedbytheAPWUsuchasCPUs,custodialwork,and
HeRs
(pages1I-13).
CareerHiringProcedures
Careerhiringisfromopenregisterandisbasedonscore.Preferencepointsforveterans..Newhiresneednotworkasacasualinordertogethired.Basedonnewlanguagebelow,careerhiringisfromaPSE(casual)register,whichcouldviolatefederalhiringrules.Tobehiredmeansanemployeemustbewillingtoworkforpoorwagesandconditionsforyearsinordertobecomeacareeremployee."E.PSECareerOpportunityWhenthePostalServicedeterminesin.accordancewithcontractualprovisionsthatithasneedstofillvacancieswithnewcareeremployees,availableandqualifiedPSEemployeeswillbeconvertedto
filJ
suchvacanciesonasenioritybasis"(page174).
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