DSI Positions to be Posted Installation-Wide

A Feb. 21, 2008, letter [PDF] from the Postal Service confirms a long-held APWU position: Driver-Safety Instructor (DSI) duty assignments must be posted installation-wide, without exception.

The letter from the USPS manager of contract administration confirms that language of Article 39.2.B.2 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement is clear.

The dispute arose in October 2007 [PDF], when the union learned that the Southeast Michigan District and the Detroit District had posted DSI positions for bid district-wide. To make matters worse, district managers told local APWU representatives that a directive from headquarters instructed them to do so.