The Local Line

“A PPA Award Winning Publication”

 

The Official Voice Of The Northwest Illinois Area Local

American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO

 

194 W. Lake Street                                                       Elmhurst    IL     60126

Phone:  630-833-0088                                                             Fax:  630-833-0248

 

Jackie Engelhart – President                                                     Alan Czerwinski - News Director

 

Floor Edition

April 12, 2006

 

 

Clerk Craft Report by:  Calvin Taylor CCD 601

 

 

86 New Bids to be Posted

Management has notified the NWIAL the details about the 86 new bids that will be posted on April 18, 2006. All the jobs are open to all full time clerks. The bidding will be done on PS Form1717. The computerized and phone bidding will not be used for this posting. All the bids will be on Tours I and III. The total bids to be posted will be 88. This will include the two bids vacated by the two successful bidders on the bids awarded on April 5, 2006. You are reminded that since none of these bids are pending qualification, and unless medical certification is required, if you are deemed the successful bidder you will be placed into that bid. Take your time. Try to write as legible as you can. Make sure your 3 does not look like a 8 and your 7 are not 2s, etc. The bids will remain posted for 10 days until April 28". The results have to be posted within 10 days of the closing date by May 8". The effective date of the bids will be May 13th. Management has determined that all starting times for the 1500 automation jobs will be a 1400 starting time. Those currently holding a 1500 starting time will be changed one hour to 1400 by a yet undetermined date. You do not have to bid unless you want to have different non-scheduled days. The new bids that will be posted on April 18th:

 

 

Tour III

 

All of the tour three bids will have a 1400 starting time. There will be 28 automation bids:

 

6 Sat/Fri

8 Sat/Sun

4 Sun/Mon

10 Wed/Thur

 

There will be 12 Flatsorter-Automation 100s bids:

 

3 Sat/Fri

4 Sun/Mon

3 Mon/Tue

1 Thur/Fri

1 Tue/Wed

 

 

There will be 2 Multi-Line bids:

 

1 Sat/Fri

1 Sun/Mon

 

TOUR I

 

All of the Tour I Automation bids will be a 2225(10:15PM) start. All employees currently holding a 2250 automation starting time will be changed 15 minutes earlier to 2225 by a yet undetermined date. All of the tour one multi-line bids will be 2050(8:30PM). The FSM bids will remain at 2200.There has always been confusion about the tour one bids. To alleviate some of the confusion the night of the non-scheduled days are also listed.

 

 

There will be 36 Automation bids:

 

4  Sat/Fri (Thur night & Fri night)

5  Sat/Sun (Fri night & Sat night)

6  Sun/Mon (Sat night & Sun night)

4  Mon/Tue (Sun night & Mon night)

10 Tu/Wed (Mon night & Tue night)

2  Wed/Thur (Tue night & Wed night)

5  Thur/Fri (Wed night & Thur night)

 

 

There will be 6 Flatsorter – Automation 100s bids:

 

3 Tue/Wed (Mon night & Tue night)

3 Wed/Thur (Tue night & Wed night)

 

There will be 2 Multi-Line Bids:

 

1 Sat/Sun (Fri night & Sat night)

1 Wed/Thur (Tue night & Wed night)

 

 

The two bids that will be vacated on April 14, 2006 by the successful bidders will be as follows:

 

1 1500 Automation Sat/Sun

1 2200 - FSM Automation Thu/Fri (Wed night/Thurs night)

 

On April 11, 2006, the position of Sales and Service/Distribution Associates was posted for Unencumbered Clerks only. The starting time and N/S days is 8:30AM on Saturday; 11:00AM on Monday thru Thursday and the split NIS days are Sunday/Friday.

 

Anyone who does not have a bid or has received or will receive a notice of abolishment of their job (SPBS, CFS, Wheaton) are encouraged to bid.

 

Can a bid be moved one hour or less? The following determinations of a sufficient change in starting time Article 37.3.A.4.c. of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

 

1)No duty assignment will be reposted when the change in starting time is one hour or less.

 

2) The above criteria will also apply to cumulative changes in starting time within the life of this Agreement. Cumulative changes are changes that move the starting time outside a circle which has the starting time as its center and the agreed upon time as its radius.

  

3) The incumbent shall have the option of accepting the new reporting time, if negotiated at the local level. If the incumbent accepts the new reporting time, the assignment will not be reported. If the incumbent does not accept the new reporting time, the assignment will be reposted.

 

 

The provision of Item 21 of the Carol Stream Local Memorandum Of Understanding states in part:

 

B) If the starting time is changed beyond one hour radius (but remains on the same tour) of the original posting for Clerk and Motor Vehicle Craft employees (two hour radius for Maintenance Craft employees), but remains on the same tour, the incumbent shall have the option of accepting the new reporting time and the assignment shall not be posted. If the incumbent does not accept the new time, the assignment shall be posted for bid.