USPS Position Letter: Article 11; Holidays (1982)

Holidays , Holiday Scheduling , skills

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The question in this grievance is whether or not management violated Article 11 of the National Agreement when the grievant, a full-time regular on Tour 2, was required to work on a designated holiday. He states that part-time flexibles on Tour 3 were allowed to be off when they should have been scheduled to work in place of full-time regulars, even if on Tour 2. According to the file, machine qualified PTFs on Tour 3 were allowed to be off on the grievant's designated holiday. Local management is contending that these employees could not have performed the work on Tour 2 as they had different job skills. They further contend that had one of the Tour 3 PTFs worked in place of the grievant, she could have worked two eight-hour shifts within a 20 hour span. Article 11, Section 6.B. requires that full-time regular schedule employees will not be required to work on a holiday or designated as their holiday unless all casuals and...

Document Type:  USPS Position Letter

APWU National Grievance Number:  H1C3PC5145

Craft:  Clerk

Tags: Holidays , Holiday Scheduling , skills

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