In November of 2018, former Local President Jim Alexander met with the Medford Postmaster to sign off on the 2016 Local Memorandum Of Understanding or LMOU. The LMOU is negotiated between the local APWU designees and local Management designees for locally determined rules for implementing work schedules, annual leave, and other benefits listed under Article 30 of the National Agreement. After each new National Agreement has been negotiated, locally designated APWU representatives have the opportunity to negotiate each installation's LMOU. The current Medford 2016 LMOU was negotiated following the Arbitration Award issued July 8, 2016.
Since we are getting close to finalizing the annual leave sign-up process in Medford, many of you will want to be aware of this change.... In past LMOUs, following the annual leave sign-ups, employees would have to wait until "no sooner than 35 days" prior to the requested time off. The 2016 LMOU was negotiated stating: After final signing of the Annual Leave Sheet has been completed, annual leave will be requested on Form 3971 and shall be submitted no sooner than 60 days prior to the requested hour or hours of leave. Our members requested this change to 60 days so that employees would have better opportunities to plan earlier especially when attempting to purchase airline fares. The submitted requests will still be granted on a first come first serve basis as stated in the LMOU. PSE Clerks also have the opportunity to sign up for annual leave. When PSE Clerks are granted leave, they are granted at least a seven day period from Saturday through Friday of the week they are granted. The 2016 LMOU was negotiated stating: B. Postal Support Employees (PSEs), for the purpose of vacation planning, shall have a basic work week from Saturday through Friday. C. Exceptions may be granted by agreement between the employee and Management. Another issue that may arise for Medford Clerks that bid from the Mail Processing Center (MPC) to Customer Service facilities, and vice versa, is having your name placed onto the Overtime Desired List (OTDL) mid quarter. The 2016 LMOU states: An employee may opt to bring his/her name forward from one overtime desired list to another when he/she is the successful bidder in another facility within the Medford, OR installation. The employee shall notify management at the new facility in writing within one pay period following the effective date of the new assignment. So, if you bid from a mail processing duty assignment at the MPC, to say, a window position at the Main Post Office, if you were on the OTDL at the MPC and want to be on the OTDL at the Main Post Office, you will need to provide your immediate supervisor with a written letter requesting to be placed onto the OTDL within two weeks after you start working your new bid job. Comments are closed.
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