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Electrical Switchgear
Maintenance Agreement Reached
(05/25/11) The APWU and USPS reached agreement
May 17, 2011, regarding the performance of switchgear maintenance
by Maintenance Craft employees. The settlement stipulates that subcontracting
decisions involving switchgear maintenance will be made at the local
level, and that instructions contained in the MS 28 Handbook are
not intended to remove any electrical work from the bargaining unit,
decrease staffing levels, or encourage or mandate subcontracting. It
also calls for ongoing training of bargaining unit employees to perform
electrical switchgear work. [read
more]
Union Appeals to Arbitration
USPS Decision to Subcontract
FSM 1000 Modifications
(12/04/09)
On Nov. 17, 2009, the APWU appealed to arbitration (Q06T-4Q-C-07147172)
a national-level dispute protesting the Postal Service’s
decision to subcontract the retrofitting of FSM 1000 machines, and
challenging management’s failure to notify the union of the decision.
The grievance alleges that management violated Article 32.1 of the
Collective Bargaining Agreement and Section 530 of the Administrative
Support Manual on June 3, 2000, when it issued Management Maintenance
Order (MMO) 059-00, which awarded the work to Lockheed Martin
Federal Service employees. [read more]
Union Appeals APPS Installation Subcontracting to
Arbitration
(12/04/09) On Nov. 3, 2009, the APWU appealed to
arbitration a
national-level interpretive dispute protesting
management’s decision to subcontract the installation of APPS (Automated
Package Processing System) machines. The union asserts that the Postal
Service failed to provide notice of the decision to the APWU as required
by Article 32 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and failed to allow
the union to provide input prior to making the decision. The USPS also
failed to demonstrate that it gave “good faith consideration” to
factors listed in Article 32 prior to making the decision. [read
more]
PARS Software Grievance Resolved
(02/13/09) On Feb. 6, the union
reached a favorable resolution of a dispute over the Postal Service's
decision to assign the installation of hardware and software for the
Postal Automation Redirection System (PARS) to employees of Siemens,
the company that developed the equipment.
The grievance arose in April 2007, when the APWU learned (via Software Modification Order 22-07) that PARS installation work — which had long been performed by Electronic Technicians — would be subcontracted to Siemens. The union asserted this was a clear violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and on Aug. 20, 2007, initiated a Step 4 dispute. [read more]
Union Protests Assignment of ET Duties
(05/13/08) The union has
initiated a dispute at the national level (Case # Q06T-4Q-C-07270988)
protesting the Postal Service’s decision
to use contractors and other non-Maintenance Craft employees to install
upgraded computer software on PARS machines. The duties in question are
the responsibility of Electronic Technicians, the union contends. The
national office is asking locals to investigate conditions at their facilities
and supply the national union with documentation it acquires to support
the grievance. [read more]
