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Non-Traditional Full-Time Assignments
Union, Management Reach Agreement
On Non-Traditional Jobs in Finance, Bulk Mail Units
(03/21/13) The APWU recently reached an agreement with the Postal Service
regarding Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) duty assignments in finance
functional areas (Function 5) and bulk mail units (Function 7). The
March 12, 2013, settlement stipulates that the number of NTFT duty assignments
in Function 5 or Function 7 will be limited to the number of Clerk Craft
part-time regulars (PTRs) and part-time flexibles (PTFs) working in those
functional areas immediately prior to the date when they were converted
to converted to full time, Aug. 27, 2011. [read
more]
Union Resolves Uniform Issue
For Non-Traditional Assignments
(06/05/12) The APWU resolved a nagging problem on May 24, when the
USPS issued instructions to managers in the field [PDF] notifying them
that they must re-establish uniform allowances for eligible Clerk Craft
and Motor Vehicle Craft employees who hold Non-Traditional Full-Time
assignments (NTFT). [read
more]
Posting Non-Traditional Full-Time Assignments
In Customer Service
Operations
(11/10/11) An agreement
[PDF] between the APWU and USPS dated Nov.
10, 2011, outlines the procedure for posting Non-Traditional Full-Time
duty assignments in Customer Service operations. The agreement lists the
steps that must be taken before management can post the assignments, as
well as the information the Postal Service must provide to local union
representatives.
Q & A on Non-
Traditional Assignments
(10/06/11) The APWU and the USPS have agreed to
a set of Questions and Answers regarding Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT)
duty assignments. The agreement, dated Oct. 6, 2011, covers topics such as
posting, bidding, assignments, leave and holidays. Ten of the 30 questions
and responses relate to NTFT assignments in the Motor Vehicle Service Craft.
[read more]
APWU Initiates Step 4 Disputes
(08/18/11) The APWU initiated four Step 4 disputes on Aug. 17, 2011,
protesting violations of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement
concerning: Denial of Retreat Rights, Unencumbered/Unassigned Regulars,
Consecutive Days Off, and Non-Traditional Full-Time Assignments in Function
5 and Function 7.
[read more]
NTFT Assignments Cannot Exceed
The Number of Employees to be Converted
(08/17/11) At a meeting between APWU officers and USPS officials in
Washington DC on Aug. 16, the Postal Service acknowledged that local managers
have no authority to post more Non-Traditional Full-Time (NTFT) assignments
in Customer Service areas than the number needed to accommodate Part-Time
Flexibles and Part-Time Regulars when they are converted to full time on
Aug. 27, Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris has reported. [read
more]
