Mail Handler Award: Validity of Untimely Step 2 Decision (2009)
Return to Contract DatabaseThe APWU properly intervened in this NPMHU National Arbitration. The Arbitrator concluded that a Step 2 decision issued by the USPS after the grievance was properly appealed to Step 3 because of the USPS’ failure to meet within the Article 15 timeframes “has no validity, force or effect” under the NPMHU CBA.
GATS Number: l94M-ll-C-98072898
Arbitrator Name: Dana Eischen
Step 2 Decision, untimely step 2 decision, no step 2 meeting