Assignment of Duties Improper
Union Appeals to Arbitration

(03/14/08) The union appealed a national-level dispute to arbitration March 11, protesting the assignment of non-Maintenance Craft employees to install software on the Carrier Sequence Bar Code Sorter. (Case # Q06T-4Q-C-08083300) The duties in question are properly the responsibility of Electronic Technicians, the union asserted.

The case arose in January, when the Postal Service issued Software Modification Order 001-08, assigning the duties to Senior Mail Processors or Operations Support Specialists. The union filed a Step 4 dispute Jan. 23, and outlined its position in a Statement of Issues and Facts on March 5, 2008.