Mr. Gary Kloepfer
National Representative-at-Large,
Maintenance Division
American Postal Workers Union,
AFL-CIO
1300 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005-4128
RE: Q98C-4Q-C 01234701
APWU HQTT20016
Class Action
Washington, DC 20260-9998
Dear Mr. Kloepfer:
Recently, we met to discuss the above captioned grievance at the fourth step of-our contractual
grievance procedure.
The issue in this grievance is whether the National Agreement was violated when the Postal
Service created a Promotion Eligibility Register (PER) for a Level 3 Laborer~CustodiaI position
which is a non-MSS position by using Maintenance Selection System (MSS) criteria.
After reviewing this matter the parties mutually agree that no national interpretive issue is fairly
presented in this case.
During their discussions the parties agree that the April 1997 Maintenance Selection System
Handbook applies to MSS positions and procedures outlined in Postal Bulletin 21770 dated
August 23, 1990, should be used to determine eligibility for maintenance craft positions not
covered by the procedures in the EL-304 handbook.
Accordingly, we agree to remand case G94T-1G-C 98126393 to the parties at Step 3 for further
processing, including arbitration if appropriate based on fact circumstances and application of the
above understanding.
Please sign and return the enclosed copy of this decision as your acknowledgment of agreement
to remand this case.
Time limits at Step 4 were extended by mutual consent.
Sincerely,
Rodney Lambson Gary Kloepfer
Labor Relations Specialist Representative-at-Large
Contract Administration Maintenance Division
American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
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