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Raises to Be Implemented March 3;
Contract Changes to Take Effect Feb. 3

Burrus Update #05R-07, Revised Feb. 5, 2007

New pay rates established by the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement will be implemented on March 3, 2007, and will appear in paychecks dated March 23. The negotiated increases in wages and uniform allowances will be applied retroactively. Checks for back pay for the period (from Nov. 25, 2006, through March 2, 2007) will be disbursed at a later date, which the union will publicize as soon as the date is known.

The APWU and USPS have agreed that other provisions of the recently ratified contract will take effect Feb. 3, unless otherwise specified in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The following contractual changes take effect Feb. 3, 2007:

• The USPS will be authorized to hire casuals for 360-day terms;
  
  
• The limit on the use of casuals “in lieu of” career employees will no longer apply to Clerk Craft employees in offices of 200 “man-years” or more;
  
  
• The assignment of casuals to positions that require training and testing will be prohibited;
  
  
• Full-time employees in all crafts on the Overtime Desired List will receive priority for overtime scheduling before casuals working overtime;
  
  
• Local implementation will begin of the consecutive days-off requirement for career employees in all crafts in offices of 200 man-years or more (except Customer Service);
  
  
• Restrictions on the hours that casuals can be scheduled will be applied;
  
  
• The 6 percent limit on casuals employed within a District will be applied;
  
  
• The 6 percent limit on casuals nationwide will be applied;
  
  
• The 2.5 percent limit on part-time regular positions nationwide will be applied.

Consistent with the provisions of the new contract, the conversion of Clerk Craft part-time flexibles in offices of 200 man-years or more will take place no later than Dec. 1, 2007. Compliance with the 11 percent ceiling on Clerk Craft casuals in 200 work-year installations (except for reporting periods 3 and 4), is also deferred until Dec. 1, 2007.

The Postal Service has provided the union with a list showing facilities that qualify as 200 man-year offices and it has been posted on the union’s Web site, www.apwu.org.

The parties are also developing a series of “Questions and Answers” regarding the agreement. Because new circumstances and questions are expected to continue to arise, this will be continuous; finalization of the 2000-2006 National Agreement will not be deferred until the completion of Questions and Answers. As additional questions are resolved, they will be circulated to the membership.

The official signing of 2006-2010 National Agreement will take place in March 2007, but we shall proceed with the printing of the agreement in the interim and make distribution as soon as copies are available.

William Burrus
President

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