THE BULLETIN BOARD
September 2007
[September 25th]2007 Labor Day Parade Photos
Take a look at the marching contingent that your Local produced this past Labor Day by visiting the 2007 Labor Day Parade Photo Gallery, kindly provided by the PMAPWU Retiree Chapter photographer.
[September 17th]Get Out The Vote -- APWU National Officers Election
Voting is easy and automatic if you simply follow the directions on the reverse side of the ballot. Be sure to put your ballot inside the envelope marked "Secret Ballot" before putting it inside the business reply envelope addressed to the American Arbitration Association offices in Washington, D.C.
Get Out The Vote Drawing: General Membership
There will be ten randomly drawn $100 winners, so get your envelope to your steward ASAP.
Get Out The Vote Drawing: Retiree Chapter
There will be three randomly drawn $25 winners, so get your envelope to one of the Retiree Chapter officers ASAP.
[September 6th]Casual Award - Update #3
As previously reported, the United States District Court granted the USPS an extension until August 31, 2007 to respond to our lawsuit seeking compliance with our Pittsburgh Clerk Craft Casual In Lieu Of Arbitration Award dated April 9, 2007.
The USPS Argument
As put forth by Acting Labor Relations Specia1ist Dan Klein
"Specifically, the disagreement is over the appropriate method for computing the
number of work hours" and "Defendants'[USPS] position is that the total hours required to calculate the remedy should be 'overtime' hours worked by casual clerks during the relevant time period."
The Arbitrators Award/The Union's Position
"The appropriate scope of the remedy would be the hours worked by casual clerks from March 25, 1994 to August 20, 2004, excluding the [500,000] casual Christmas season hours..."
and
"... these were the hours worked by the casual clerks in lieu of being worked by the full and part-time clerks."
Order of the Court
IT IS hereby decreed that a Status/Settlement conference be held regarding the above-captioned matter on Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. in room 5260, 5th Floor, United States Courthouse, 700 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
[September 5th]REMINDER: Proposed Constitutional Change
The third and final reading of a proposed constitutional change to amned the salares of Officers will be read at the Septemter 15, 2007 Regular Membership Meeting. Subequent to reading the proposed change, the matter will be opend for debate and the vote will be taken.
[September 5th]APWU Questions USPS Requirement for Absences of 3 Days or Less
excerpted from a Letter from Greg Bell, APWU Industrial Relations Director
It is the APWU position that when a supervisor deems documentation desirable for the protection of the interests of the Postal Service pursuant to part 513.361 of the ELM, the supervisor has the burden, on a case-by-case basis of justifying a demand for medical documentation.
In other words, the supervisor must have a legitimate reason for suspecting the validity of a sick leave request. In the absence of evidence of a legitimate reason to suspect that an employee's request for sick leave is not for purposes in which sick leave may be used, a demand for medical documentation is improper.
Read the entire text of the letter Greg Bell wrote to USPS Headquarters at PostalReporter.com
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