This USPS Step 4 Decision outlines Management's position on whether the disputed duty assignment was properly awarded to the junior employee. The facts in this case indicated that the subject duty assignment had scheme and window training requirements. There were no qualified bidders at the time the bid was relinquished, and management awarded the assignment to the next senior scheme qualified employee and placed the employee into window training. The union contended that the next senior employee, regardless of qualifications, should have been placed in the duty assignment. It was the position of the Postal Service that management had met its contractual obligations set forth in Article 37 of the National Agreement, as in their view, the subject assignment was properly posted and awarded, and that local management properly placed the correct employee in window training in accordance with Article 37, Section 3.F.3.
Document Type: USPS Position Letter
APWU National Grievance Number: H1C5DC25381
Craft: Clerk