{"id":6673,"date":"2013-10-18T07:44:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T12:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=6673"},"modified":"2013-10-18T07:44:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T12:44:44","slug":"apwu-wins-global-settlement-remedy-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2013\/10\/18\/apwu-wins-global-settlement-remedy-case\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU Wins \u2018Global Settlement\u2019 Remedy Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a decision [PDF] issued Oct. 16<\/a>, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that APWU members are entitled to retroactive pay for time postmasters or supervisors performed craft duties in excess of limits outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. \"4-APWU-Small\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision is an important victory for the APWU,\u201d said Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris. \u201cWe have fought long and hard to protect jobs and increase work hours for clerks, especially in small offices. This decision will result in back pay for union members who were denied work opportunities as a result of contract violations. I hope postal managers take note of the cost of their failure to honor the contract,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

APWU President Cliff Guffey praised the ruling. \u201cThis is one more example of the union working for you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The dispute arose when the APWU sought a monetary remedy for contract violations that occurred between May 23, 2011, when the contract was signed, and March 29, 2013, when Arbitrator Das sustained a related grievance<\/a>. In the March decision, Das agreed with the union\u2019s interpretation of the so-called \u201cGlobal Settlement,\u201d which is part of the 2010-2015 contract. He agreed that all time postmasters or supervisors spend staffing the window must be counted towards the limit and, in the absence of a clerk, all time a window is open must be counted, regardless of what other duties the postmaster or supervisor may perform during that period.<\/p>\n

Following the March award, the APWU and management discussed the appropriate remedy for the violations that had already occurred, but were unable to reach agreement. They returned to Arbitrator Das to settle the matter.<\/p>\n

At the hearing, the USPS argued against a retroactive monetary award, claiming that no actual contract violations had been established and asserting that any remedy should be applied only to violations that occurred after the March ruling.<\/p>\n

Once again, Arbitrator Das rejected management\u2019s position, noting that during the period in question \u201cthe union and the employees it represents did not get the benefit of its bargain with the Postal Service.\u201d<\/p>\n

The union also asked the arbitrator to instruct management to provide the APWU with documentation necessary to establish that violations of the limits occurred. Das granted the union\u2019s request and ordered the USPS to provide the records within 90 days of his award.<\/p>\n

The Global Settlement stipulates that postmasters may perform up to 15 hours per week in Level 18 post offices and up to 25 Hours in Level 15 and Level 16 offices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a decision [PDF] issued Oct. 16, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that APWU members are entitled to retroactive pay for time postmasters or supervisors performed craft duties in excess of limits outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. \u201cThis decision is an important victory for the APWU,\u201d said Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris. \u201cWe have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apwu-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673","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=6673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6674,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673\/revisions\/6674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}