The issue in this grievance is whether management was proper in denying the Union's request for discipline records of supervisors. The Union contends that the discipline records of supervisors are needed to determine whether there is disparate treatment in disciplining craft employees. Management should discipline craft and supervisory personnel in a similar manner for the same offense. It is our position that no national interpretive issue involving the terms and conditions of the National Agreement is fairly presented in this case. However, inasmuch as the Union did not agree, the following represents the decision of the Postal Service on the particular fact circumstances involved. Article 17, Section 3, and Article 31, Section 2, of the National Agreement require the Postal Service to make available to the Union information which is relevant and necessary to process a grievance or to determine whether a...

Document Type:  USPS Position Letter

APWU National Grievance Number:  H4C2NC48829

Craft:  Clerk

Tags: Representation , information requests , Right to Information , Supervisor Discipline Records

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