Bid Awards
​Effective Febuary 11, 2023

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Bid Posting January 13-23, 2023

FSS Status Report

                                                                                                                      October 21, 2022
Sisters and Brothers,                                                                                       
           As you may already know the employer intends to terminate the FSS operation on all three tours. The jobs currently held on the FSS will be abolished effective January 21, 2023 and those employees still holding those positions will become unassigned regular mail handlers who will remain on their current tour. Under these circumstances the contract does not require a “re-bidding” of the entire building and we encourage those currently holding FSS bids to keep an eye on the upcoming bid postings.

          Per Article 12 of the National Agreement Unassigned Regular Mail Handlers (UARs), may obviously bid on vacant duty assignments but can also be placed into a residual vacancy and the rules that govern that process are contained in Article 12.3B11 which reads in part
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“An unassigned full-time employee may bid on full-time duty assignments posted for bid by employees in the Mail Handler craft. An unassigned full-time employee may be assigned to any vacant duty assignment. Such employee shall be given a choice if more than one vacant assignment is available.”
 
The Contract Interpretation Manual reads,

Question: What is the schedule of an employee who is converted to full-time status or otherwise becomes an unassigned regular?

Answer: If not assigned to a residual vacancy, an employee who is converted to full-time status or otherwise becomes an unassigned regular assumes as his/her regular work schedule the hours worked in the first week of the pay period in which the change to unassigned regular occurs. This schedule can only be changed by: the employee becoming a successful bidder under Article 12; the employee being assigned to a residual vacancy under Article 12; the employee making a voluntary request for a temporary change in schedule; or in keeping with the terms of Chapter 4, Section 434.6 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). See further the discussion under Section 8.4B.

In Solidarity,
George Gohr

Branch President
George Gohr

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