{"id":22244,"date":"2018-01-17T08:38:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T13:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=22244"},"modified":"2018-01-17T08:38:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T13:38:59","slug":"clerk-craft-and-usps-agree-on-36-million-remedy-settlement-for-violations-regarding-sales-retention-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2018\/01\/17\/clerk-craft-and-usps-agree-on-36-million-remedy-settlement-for-violations-regarding-sales-retention-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Clerk Craft and USPS Agree on $36 Million Remedy Settlement for Violations Regarding Sales Retention Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body field\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"news-date-inline\"><span class=\"date-display-single\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/news\/web-news-article\/clerk-craft-and-usps-agree-36-million-remedy-settlement-violations-regarding\">APWU News<\/a> &#8211; 01\/16\/2018<\/span>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>On Jan. 12, the Clerk Craft and the USPS agreed on a $36 million remedy settlement for the Postal Service\u2019s violations regarding the Sales Retention Team (SRT) Pilot Program. The money will be distributed among Clerk Craft employees to be identified by the National APWU. The Postal Service is required to cooperate and provide information necessary for the union to identify employees eligible for payment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Eligible employees are those in the Clerk Craft bargaining unit who were on the rolls in the\u00a0installations (bid clusters), attached to the Sales Retention Team (SRT) sites, in the following locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Akron, OH<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Atlanta, GA<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Boston, MA<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Dallas, TX<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Dayton, OH<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Everett, WA<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Aurora (Fox Valley), IL<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Philadelphia, PA<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Portland, OR<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Saint Petersburg, FL<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">San Francisco, CA<\/li>\n<li class=\"last\" dir=\"ltr\">Tampa, FL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The remedy settlement results from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/news\/web-news-article\/landmark-arbitration-decision-upholding-craft-assignments-and-job-posting\">Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg\u2019s decision on Dec. 8, 2016<\/a>, holding that the Postal Service violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) by assigning injured workers to perform Clerk Craft work with Sales Retention Teams without first assigning the work to the Clerk Craft.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Arbitrator Goldberg ordered the Postal Service to cease and desist these violations of the CBA found in this case, assign SRT work to Clerk Craft employees, and post SRT work assignments for bid without delay. \u00a0The Postal Service posted Customer Retention Agent duty assignments for bid by eligible Clerk Craft employees at all Customer Retention Program sites and awarded positions in March and April of 2017.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The arbitrator remanded to the parties and ordered that\u00a0they \u201cseek agreement on an appropriate financial remedy for the violations of the [Collective Bargaining] Agreement here found to have occurred.\u201d \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7249\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1aa-APWU-small.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This January 12 monetary settlement was finally reached as the parties prepared to present disputes over remedy to the arbitrator in a hearing scheduled for Jan. 16.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This monetary settlement reaffirms that the work performed at the Sales Retention Team sites, now called Customer Retention Program sites, is Clerk Craft work.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis is another step forward in protecting our work that will ultimately benefit everyone in the APWU,\u201d said President Mark Dimondstein.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe monetary remedy shows the value of collective persistence and perseverance in the face of USPS unethical behavior,\u201d said Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson. \u201cThanks go to Assistant Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks, who served as case officer and negotiated the monetary settlement, Assistant Clerk Craft Director Lynn Pallas-Barber for her assistance throughout the case, and Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman for expediting the scheduling of the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"last\" dir=\"ltr\">Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/news\/web-news-article\/landmark-arbitration-decision-upholding-craft-assignments-and-job-posting\">here<\/a>\u00a0to read the previous article on the Sales Retention Team dispute.<\/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\">Attachments<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"file\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"file-icon\" title=\"application\/pdf\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/modules\/file\/icons\/application-pdf.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a title=\"2018-01-12-Step-4-Remedy-Agreement-for-Sales-Retention-Teams.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/sites\/apwu\/files\/news-attachments\/2018-01-12-Step-4-Remedy-Agreement-for-Sales-Retention-Teams.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" type=\"application\/pdf; length=1604719\">Step 4 Remedy Agreement for Sales Retention Teams<\/a>\u00a0(1.53 MB)<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Please contact your APWU union steward or the APWU with any questions or concerns.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APWU News &#8211; 01\/16\/2018\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0On Jan. 12, the Clerk Craft and the USPS agreed on a $36 million remedy settlement for the Postal Service\u2019s violations regarding the Sales Retention Team (SRT) Pilot Program. The money will be distributed among Clerk Craft employees to be identified by the National APWU. 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