In this National Level Arbitration, the American Postal Workers Union challenges a Memorandum of Agreement between the Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers. The MOU arose out of the USPS-NALC negotiations leading to their 2011-2016 National Agreement. Those negotiations culminated in an Interest Arbitration Award that included the MOU. The APWU and the Postal Service agree that the MOU, despite being included in an Interest Arbitration Award, is to be treated no differently, in terms of the APWU challenge to its validity, than would an MOU adopted by the Postal Service and NALC without having been submitted to arbitration.
Award Summary: Arbitrator Goldberg ruled that the MOU regarding Delivery and Collection of Competitive Products, entered into between the Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers, did not infringe upon any jurisdictional rights of the American Postal Workers Union to the delivery and collection of competitive products. Accordingly, the Postal Service did not violate its Agreement with the APWU by entering into the MOU with the NALC.
Document Type: National Arbitration
APWU National Grievance Number: Q10C4QC13106056
Arbitrator Name: Stephen Goldberg