Full-time employees who remain in an “unencumbered” status for more than 120 days shall demonstrate the need to post newly established full-time regular duty assignments; Unencumbered clerks must be assigned to residual duty assignments within 21 days; Management must post the duties (manual letters, manual flats, box section, etc.) on Mail Processing Clerk vacancy notices; When the senior bidder for a position listed in Article 37.3.F.7 fails to qualify, the next senior bidder will be placed into training with a full deferment period; PTF and PTR employees will be given the opportunity to simultaneously express their preferences for residual duty assignments, within 28 days; All retail operations will remain within the installation which they are part of and future retail operations established within the jurisdiction of an installation shall become a part of the installation; A Retail Training Task Force will address the problems of timely training for senior bidders in retail, bulk mail, passport applications, mailing requirements, and other matters; A Team Lead Task Force will examine ways to provide employees with greater responsibility for service to customers, including work assignments, administrative support, scheduling, etc.; When excessing occurs outside of a section, the duty assignments held by clerks who are junior to the most senior clerk whose job is abolished will be posted for bid within the section, if the senior clerk is currently qualified for the position; Residual full-time vacancies must be posted for bid among eligible part-time regulars within 28 days; A task force will explore the creation of Bilingual Sales and Service Associate positions for areas where there are insufficient bilingual employees and the community has a diverse population; 204Bs will not be permitted to express a preference for residual full-time duty assignments, nor will they be permitted to exercise retreat rights; 204Bs must remain in their craft assignments for a minimum of five working days if they return to the craft to avoid the re-posting of their bid position or in order to bid; Full-time regular and part-time regular employees will be permitted to engage in mutual exchanges. Maintenance Craft
All training opportunities must be assigned to the senior volunteer, regardless of level; Selection for mandatory training must be made by juniority; Notice of training must be provided as far in advance as possible, with a minimum notice of two weeks; Excessed employees will receive “saved grade”; Excessed employees who return to the craft may do so at the same or lower level; Employees may not be promoted while detailed to a non-bargaining unit position; 204Bs must return to the craft for a full pay period in order to avoid the re-posting of their bargaining unit assignment; Management must maintain an installation-wide seniority roster; Seniority tie-breakers were identified, and will apply to all actions; PER and PAR provisions were clarified; Lock-in provisions were modified. Motor Vehicle Service Craft
Justification for abolishing a Motor Vehicle duty assignment would exist for example if the majority of work assigned to that duty assignment will no longer be performed; All residual vacancies (including those for driver positions) must be filled, either by conversion of a PTF or other means (such as promotion, transfer or new hiring); Management must respond in writing to MVS Craft concerns when new equipment is presented for testing; Employees must be given a minimum of 14 days advance notice of any off-site training.
