The United States Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union agree that the following resolution will resolve all issues in dispute in the above-referenced grievance:
1. The United States Postal Service recognizes its responsibility under Article XIV of the National Agreement to provide safe working conditions in all present and future installations and to develop a safe working force.
2. The American Postal Workers Union will cooperate with and assist management to live up to this responsibility.
3. The Service, therefore, acknowledges that a delayed-start mechanism installed on letter sorting machines may provide an improvement in the safe working environment of such machines. A delayed-start mechanism has been cleared by the Central Region Engineering Change Committee for test and evaluation on letter sorting machines in Des Moines, Iowa.
Document Type: National Pre-Arbitration Settlement
APWU National Grievance Number: H8CNAC59
Craft: Clerk