{"id":13513,"date":"2015-12-19T13:18:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T18:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=13513"},"modified":"2015-12-19T13:19:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T18:19:24","slug":"apwu-maintenance-division-files-suit-to-enforce-ewhep-staffing-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/12\/19\/apwu-maintenance-division-files-suit-to-enforce-ewhep-staffing-award\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU: Maintenance Division Files Suit to Enforce eWHEP Staffing Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body field\">\n<p><span class=\"news-date-inline\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">APWU news &#8211; 12\/18\/2015<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The APWU filed a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/sites\/apwu\/files\/news-attachments\/eWHEP%20Complaint%202015_12_11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">complaint in federal court<\/a>\u00a0on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMC), Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint asks the court to direct the Postal Service to comply with a ruling issued by Arbitrator Ira F. Jaffe on Oct. 19. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7249\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1aa-APWU-small.gif\" alt=\"1aa-APWU-small\" width=\"295\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the October ruling, Arbitrator Jaffe ordered the Postal Service to \u201ccease and desist\u201d from using Maintenance Management Order 112-10 (eWHEP) and to return to using MMO 022-04 (BMC Gold), to prepare Maintenance staffing packages for BMCs, (also known as Network Distribution Centers or NDCs).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d Raymer said.\u00a0 \u201cWe have all had to deal with the Postal Service\u2019s refusal and failure to comply with arbitration awards. Now, management blatantly refuses to implement the arbitrator\u2019s decision. We are not going to allow them to ignore this clear ruling and just continue their assault on our livelihood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service responded to an APWU request to comply with the ruling by writing,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManagers have been advised<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>not<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>to prepare any new staffing packages for NDCs using MM0-112-10 (eWHEP) &#8230; There is no requirement in the award to change or update existing staffing packages and as such it is the intent of the Postal Service to maintain existing staffing packages until such time as a new staffing package is required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"last\">Director Raymer is requesting that BMC locals provide status updates to his office regarding any grievances that have been filed locally on staffing. Any other questions should be directed to the Maintenance Division officers at APWU\u2019s national office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-article-file field-type-file field-label-above field-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"field-label\"><strong>Attachments<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"file\"><a title=\"eWHEP Complaint 2015_12_11.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/sites\/apwu\/files\/news-attachments\/eWHEP%20Complaint%202015_12_11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" type=\"application\/pdf; length=359627\">PDF<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>(351.2 KB)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APWU news &#8211; 12\/18\/2015\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The APWU filed a\u00a0complaint in federal court\u00a0on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMC), Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The complaint asks the court to direct the Postal Service to comply with a ruling issued by Arbitrator Ira F. 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