National Award Das: DBCS Safety and Article 14 Information Request Cost (2012)

The Arbitrator concluded that the evidence did not indicate that the Union’s right under Article 14 to be fully heard on the DBCS ergonomic issues and to have the Postal Service respond substantively to the Union’s proposals was ever fully accomplished. At the same time the evidence did not establish that the USPS acted in bad faith or otherwise violated Article 14 of the CBA or Section 8(a)(5) of the NLRA. The parties were directed to reactivate and complete the Article 14 process. The Arbitrator also found that charging the Union for information reasonably requested in good faith to fulfill its joint role and obligations under Article 14 was not consistent with the overall structure and tenor or Article or the parties’ past practice.