Gearing Up and Gettin’ Down (to Business) by Tony D. McKinnon Sr., APWU Industrial Relations Director Negotiations for the next collective bargaining agreement (CBA) are scheduled to begin in mid-February, and the Industrial Relations Department has been busy researching material and developing strategies for contract talks. Our goal will be to keep contract language that […]
Arbitrator Dennis R. Nolan has ruled that APWU members holding Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) assignments may not be excessed into full-time positions in the Letter Carrier Craft if they don’t meet the definition of full-time employees specified in the Postal Service’s contract with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). In a decision [PDF] issued Feb. […]
NALC Delivers Halt To Excessing of Certain Clerks Omar Gonzalez, APWU Western Regional Coordinator The Letter Carriers’ Union prevailed in arbitration securing an award by Arbitrator Nolan prohibiting the Postal Service from reassigning any clerk craft employee who does not meet the definition of full-time employee under the NALC contract into a full-time carrier craft […]