The issue in this grievance is whether management may revert a vacant duty assignment once it has been posted for bid and no bids are received. After reviewing this matter, we mutually agreed that no national interpretive issue is fairly presented in this case. This is a local dispute suitable for regional determination by application of the October 1, 1984 settlement of Case HlC- NA-C 81; specifically paragraph numbered 2 should be applied in this instance. Paragraph numbered 2 reads, "[T]here may be, on occasion, exceptions wherein the Postal Service may leave vacant a duty assignment after it has been posted and no bidders were received or there were no successful bidders. However, these exceptions must be operationally justified, and will be limited to changes such as those occurring through mechanisation and technological changes, transportation changes, etc."
Accordingly, we agreed to remand this case to the parties at Step 3 for further processing.
Document Type: Step 4 Agreement
APWU National Grievance Number: H4C3WC10836
Craft: Clerk