{"id":2699,"date":"2011-08-26T22:36:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T03:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2011-08-26T22:36:40","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T03:36:40","slug":"usps-says-no-excessing-for-failure-to-bid-on-ntft-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2011\/08\/26\/usps-says-no-excessing-for-failure-to-bid-on-ntft-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Says No Excessing for Failure to Bid on NTFT Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/APWU-News8.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2700\" title=\"APWU-News\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/APWU-News8-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>USPS: No Excessing for Failure to Bid on NTFT Jobs<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>APWU Web News Article 095-2011, Aug. 26, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The USPS has instructed Area Labor Relations Managers that employees may not be excessed because they fail to bid on Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) duty assignments. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/news\/webart\/2011\/11-095-no_retal_exc_email-110826.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">notice<\/a> [PDF] was sent in response to union allegations that management is trying to force senior employees to resign or retire by threatening to reassign them outside of their bid office if they don\u2019t bid on non-traditional jobs.<\/p>\n<p>In an e-mail message to the field, the Area Manager for Labor Relations wrote, \u201cAPWU President Cliff Guffey has informed us that he has received reports from union representatives in the field that some managers have told employees that they will be excessed if they fail to bid on NTFT duty assignments.\u201d NTFT assignments can range from 30 hours per week to 48 hours per week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf LR [Labor Relations] becomes aware of situations involving this allegation please ensure they are investigated and properly handled,\u201d the message continued. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwu.org\/news\/webart\/2011\/11-095-no_retal_exc-110826.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">We have advised Mr. Guffey<\/a> [PDF] that of course, employees have the right to bid on posted duty assignments of their choosing and no employee may be excessed for failing to bid on any NTFT job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An article on the union\u2019s Web site on Aug. 25, said Guffey believes management is trying to force senior employees to resign or retire by threatening to excess them. \u201cIf you work in an office with junior employees, they must be excessed from the office before you, whether or not they occupy non-traditional schedules,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo don\u2019t be intimidated to quit, and don\u2019t be coerced into bidding on a non-traditional assignment unless you want it,\u201d Guffey advised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased with management\u2019s written response,\u201d the union president said. \u201cI look forward to hearing from our members that it is being adhered to in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS: No Excessing for Failure to Bid on NTFT Jobs APWU Web News Article 095-2011, Aug. 26, 2011 The USPS has instructed Area Labor Relations Managers that employees may not be excessed because they fail to bid on Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) duty assignments. The notice [PDF] was sent in response to union allegations that management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apwu-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2701,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699\/revisions\/2701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}