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Local Memorandum of Understanding
For Offices Without a Local Union Structure
The APWU and USPS signed a landmark agreement Jan. 25, 2008, for Members-at-Large who work in small post offices and are not represented by a local union.
The Local Memorandum of Understanding for Offices Without a Local Union Structure [PDF] outlines the rules for these small offices on topics that are typically the subject of negotiations at the local level between USPS managers and union officers. It provides the protection of a local contract to thousands of union members in small offices who have not previously been covered by a local agreement.
The LMOU is the result of negotiations for the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement. During national contract talks, the APWU won a commitment from the Postal Service to negotiate such an agreement. Discussions about specific contract language culminated in the LMOU. (Click here for more about the development of the LMOU.)
ABOUT MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
APWU Members-at-Large work in the smallest offices operated by the USPS, and are not represented by a local union. Members-at-Large (MALs) face special challenges: Without a union structure, they have often found it difficult to stand up for their rights.
And until recently, MALs have lacked some of the most basic protections other union members enjoy — because MALs were not covered by local contracts. That changed on Jan. 25, 2008, when the APWU and USPS signed a landmark agreement establishing a Local Memorandum of Understanding for Offices Without a Local Union Structure.
