Mojave 93501 LMOU

ITEM 1 Additional or longer wash-up time

ITEM 2 The establishment of a regular work week of five days with either fixed or rotating days off.

ITEM 3 Guidelines for the curtailment or termination of postal operations to conform to orders of local authorities as local conditions warrant because of emergency conditions.

ITEM 4 Formulation of local leave program.

ITEM 5 The duration of the choice vacation period.

ITEM 6 The determination of the beginning day of an employee's vacation period.

ITEM 7 Whether employees at their option may request two selections during the choice vacation period, in units of either five or ten days.

ITEM 8 Whether jury duty and attendance at national or state conventions shall be charged to the choice vacation period.

ITEM 9 Determination of the maximum number of employees who shall receive leave each week during the choice vacation period.

ITEM 10 The issuance of official notices to each employee of the vacation schedule approved for each employee.

ITEM 11 Determination of the date and means of notifying employees of the beginning of the new leave year.

ITEM 12 The procedures for submission of applications for annual leave during other than choice vacation period.

ITEM 13 The method of selecting employees to work on a holiday.

ITEM 14 Whether "overtime desired" list in article VIII shall be by section or tour.

ITEM 15 The number of light duty assignments within each craft or occupational group to be reserved for temporary or permanent light duty assignments.

ITEM 16 The method used in reserving light duty assignments so that no regularly assigned member of the regular work force will be adversely affected.

ITEM 17 The identification of assignments that are to be considered light duty within each craft represented in the office.

ITEM 18 The identification of assignments comprising a section, when it is proposed to reassign within an installation employees excess to the needs of a section.

ITEM 19 The assignment of employee parking spaces.

ITEM 20 The determination as to whether annual leave to attend union activities requested prior to determination of the choice vacation schedule is to be part of the total choice vacation plan.

ITEM 21 Those other items which are subject to local negotiations as provided in the craft provisions of this agreement.

ITEM 22 Local implementation of this agreement relating to seniority, reassignments.

MAY Implies Permission

SHOULD Express a moral obligation but not more than that.

SHALL Denotes compulsion

WILL  Simply denotes the future. Does not imply compulsion.

WHEN APPROPRIATE Allows full discretion to management.

WHEN PRACTICAL Only slightly more "compelling" than "when appropriate" though there is more room for argument that something is practical, it is still management that decides when something is practical.

NORMALLY Allows management to decide when the situation is "other than normal".

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICAL Allows management to decide if action is practical.

WHEN POSSIBLE Very Compelling. The only argument for inaction would be that it is not possible, and this is very difficult case to support.

ITEM 1 Additional or longer Wash-up Time:

Wash-up time will be five (5) minutes prior to lunch and five (5) minutes prior to the end of the tour. This period of time will be used solely for wash-up.

A. Full time positions will be posted with fixed consecutive calendar days off, with the exception of relief positions. In cases of major changes in mail handling operations, the regular work week may consist of fixed or rotating days off.

B. The employer shall schedule public policy employees, casuals, and part-time employees to weekend duties to the maximum extent possible.

ITEM 3 Guidelines for the curtailment or termination of postal operations to conform to orders of local authorities as local conditions warrant because of emergency conditions.

A. Emergency will be determined by the postmaster or his designee based upon information available and/or advice of the postal inspection service, state, and local enforcement authorities.

B. All employees in the crafts exclusively represented by the union who are so affected by acts of God, shall be placed on administrative leave until such time as the emergency has been eliminated. This disaster must be general rather than personal in scope and impact.

C. If local conditions warrant closing of business and other local industries, and public transportation is sharply curtailed, or the postal facilities are affected by any other emergency condition, employees of the crafts exclusively represented by the union shall be granted administrative leave for the duration of the emergency.

ITEM 4 Formulation of local leave program.

A. Installation heads and their designees shall be responsible for scheduling and granting annual leave by the use of a posted vacation chart and the seniority bidding process.The union will maintain the vacation chart via the seniority bidding process.

B. The formulation of the local leave program will be administered to be consistent with the current National Agreement.

C. First round of choice annual leave selections (see Item 5) are made by seniority in accordance with item 7.

D. Second round of choice annual leave selections (see Item 5) are made by seniority after the completion of the first round.

E. Non-choice annual leave selections are made by seniority after the
completion of the second choice round.

F. Annual leave selections of choice and non-choice periods shall be
for no more than the amount of earned annual leave through
the annual leave calendar year.

G. The sign-up period for choice and non-choice vacation periods shall
be from December 1 through December 31 of each year.

H. Immediately after choice and non-choice period selections are
completed, employees may submit for additional weeks of annual
leave that they have remaining on the books. This is by seniority,
per calendar day.

I. After full weeks of annual leave submissions, employees may
submit for incidental leave (less than a week). This may be for their
remaining annual. This is by seniority, per calendar day.

J. Any additional submissions during the leave year for weeks will be
granted in accordance with item 9.B & 12.B. This is by seniority,
per calendar day. Submissions must be made 5 days prior
to the posting of the schedule in which the leave falls.

K. Any additional submissions during the leave year for single or
multiple days will be granted in accordance with item 9.B and item
12.B. This is by seniority, per calendar day.

L. Notice of relinquished/cancelled annual leave will be submitted on
a PS 3971 to management at least 10 days prior to the posting of
the work schedule for the week in which the leave falls.

M. When weeks of annual leave are relinquished/cancelled, that
period shall be reposted for bid for a period of (5) days and then
awarded on a bid basis by seniority.

N. Employees must have sufficient annual leave to cover all annual
leave bid requests.

O. There will be no trading of bidded annual leave.

P. Each employee will have 24 hours to make their choice for each
round of bidding after they are personally contacted by the
installation head or their designee. Failure to comply will incur
bypassing to the next senior person. It is the responsibility of
those employees who are sick or on annual leave during the
month of December (see item 4.G) to notify the designee of
intended vacation bidding and contact phone number.

Q. No employee within the crafts exclusively represented by the
union shall be denied their vacation bid(s) because of supervisor relief.

R. All advance commitments for granting annual leave
must be honored except in serious emergency situations.

S. When a regular bid assignment is changed or voluntarily bidded
upon, the employee will retain the previously approved leave.
When Part-time Flexible employees change tours, their previously
approved annual is retained.

ITEM 5 The duration of the choice vacation period.

The choice vacation period will last from the first full week in March through the last full week of October.

A. The vacation period for Regular full-time employees
shall commence after their normal scheduled days off
in the week of sign-up, until the following scheduled days off.

B. Part-time Flexibles shall have non-scheduled days
off of Saturday and Sunday with leave commencing on Monday
with non-scheduled days off of Saturday and Sunday at the end
of their leave period for the week of sign-up.

C. In the event that a full-time regular with split days off -
they have the option to revise their schedule as listed
in 6b, or their vacation period shall commence after the
first day off of the week of sign-up until the following
week’s non-scheduled day off.

A. Employees who earn thirteen (13) days of annual leave per year, shall be granted, one choice, of up to ten (10) days continuous annual leave during the choice vacation period, or of two, five (5) days periods. The number of days annual leave, not to exceed ten (10) days shall be at the option of the employee.

B. Employees who earn twenty (20) days or twenty-six (26) days of annual leave per year, shall be granted, one choice, of up to fifteen (15) days continuous annual leave during the choice vacation period, or of ten (10) and five (5) days periods at the option of the employee.

ITEM 8 Whether jury duty and attendance at national or state conventions shall be charged to the choice vacation period.

A. An employee who is called for jury duty during the employee's scheduled choice vacation period is eligible for another available period provided the time is available.

B. If a national or state convention falls within the choice period, the number of union officials who attend the convention will be three (3) and part of the number of employees allowed off at one time during the choice vacation period.

ITEM 9 Determination of the maximum number of employees who shall receive leave each week during the choice vacation period.

A. The maximum number of employees may be exceeded based on business condition as determined by management.

B. The number of workers who shall be allowed off at any one time in each section (or tour) is 10%. The 10% will be determined by the number of APWU bargaining unit employees in each section (or tour) as of November 1st of each year.

C. Three tenths of a percent (.3) of these percentages shall round up to the next full number. Less than three tenths (.3) of these percentages rounds down to the next full number.

D. The identification of sections or tours for leave purposes shall be:

1. Maintenance
    a. Electronic Technicians
    b. Maintenance Mechanics
        (MPE’s, MMG’s, MOS)

2. Administration

3. Retail

4. Custodian

5. Tour 1

6. Tour 2

7. Tour 3

ITEM 10 The issuance of official notices to each employee of the vacation schedule approved for such employee.

A. The vacation schedule approved for each employee will be posted as soon as possible.

B. The return of the duplicate PS form 3971 shall be notice of intended annual leave.

Employees will be notified by official posting of beginning of the new leave year by November 1st.

ITEM 12 The procedures for submission of applications for annual leave during other than choice vacation period.

A. Ten percent (10%) of the employees shall be allowed off during the non-choice period annual leave periods. The 10% will be determined by the number of employees on the rolls as of November 1, preceding the leave year.

B. Applications for leave for the period from December 1 to December 24 may be submitted along with non-choice period selections. Such applications will be held. If management decides leave can be granted, it shall be approved on a week to week basis, by seniority and based on operational needs. Management shall allow one (1) person
annual leave according to item 9.D for the week in which Christmas falls. This is preceding the 25^th of December.

C. Non-choice consists of all available weeks after the close of the choice vacation selections. This period shall continue through January 31 of the following year.

D. In a light mail situation, when the employer or employee solicits for annual leave, if it is granted, it shall be granted by seniority on a rotating basis in accordance with item 9.D

Holiday scheduling shall be in the following order:

A. Volunteers on their regular scheduled day.

B. Casuals

C. Part-time flexibles

D. Non-volunteers on their Holiday.

E. Volunteers on their non-scheduled day.

F. Non-volunteers on their non-scheduled day.

ITEM 14 Whether "overtime desired" list in article VIII shall be by section or tour.

A. Lists of 10 and 12 hours shall be established by:
     1. Maintenance
     2. Administration
     3. Retail (Tour 2 operations)
     4. Custodian
     5. Tour 1
     6. Tour 2
     7. Tour 3

B. The completed "overtime desired" list shall be posted on all official bulletin boards.

C. When overtime is to be given, employees shall be notified at least one (1) hour prior to the end of tour. The
employee is authorized to make one phone call. If the notification is not provided, the employee is not
required to work overtime.

D. The employer shall post charts of all employees on the "overtime desired" list, by seniority, on the bulletin boards of all units or sections for the recording of overtime offered and worked shall be recorded by each employee's name. Employee's contacted or unavailable shall have the overtime opportunity offered recorded by their names. The chart shall be used to comply with the equalization of overtime opportunities by seniority for all regular employees. The completed chart shall be posted on the main official bulletin board at the end of each quarter.

E. When overtime is given, management will specify the amount of overtime.

F.  Upon equipment failure within the employee’s last scheduled hour, creating a potential to cause a delay
in dispatching the mail, the employer will be relieved of the one (1) hour notice, only for those employees
needed to dispatch the affected mail.

ITEM 15 The number of light duty assignments within each craft or occupational group to be reserved for temporary or permanent light duty assignments.

Light duty assignments will be considered on a craft unit or tour basis when practicable.

Light duty assignments shall be supplemental to regular assignments, and can include temporary assignments to vacant positions until such time as they have gone through the bidding procedure and assigned to the successful bidder. Under no condition shall light duty assignments be created to circumvent regular assignments, or in any other way jeopardize them. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that employees on light duty assignments have the right to "bump" a regularly assigned employee.

Any work a disabled clerk or maintenance craft employee can perform shall be considered light duty.

The entire office will comprise one section.

A. The employer will make every reasonable effort to provide sufficient parking spaces for employees.

B. As long as we have access to the land, the northern most area of the northeast parking lot will be designated
‘Employee Parking’.

C. Ten (10) spaces in the west end of the customer service parking may be utilized by employees between the
hours of 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

D. Four (4) spaces in the west end of the customer parking area shall be utilized by employees 24 hours per day.

ITEM 20 The determination as to whether annual leave to attend union activities requested prior to determination of the choice vacation schedule is to be part of the total choice vacation plan.

Choices are not considered part of employee's choice vacation.

A. The labor-management committee meeting will be held monthly at a time convenient for both parties. A copy of agendas will be submitted 24 hours prior to the meeting.

B. The social and recreational program is an employee service committee. This committee has a representative from each craft or occupational group. The committee shall have a written constitution. The social and recreational committee meeting will be held regularly, but not less than one in six months. The meeting will be held on official time.

ITEM 22 Local implementation of this agreement relating to seniority, reassignments.

B. The employer shall consult with the union President or his/her designee prior to reposting a vacant duty
assignment.

C. The employer shall consult with the union President or his/her designee prior to creating a new duty
assignment.

D. The employer shall consult with the union President or his/her designee prior to changing a duty
assignment.

E. If the principle duty assignment, or scheme knowledge requirements are changed, the bid job shall be reposted for bid.

F. If the days off of a duty assignment are changed, the bid job shall be reposted for bid.

G. All bid jobs will be posted seven (7) days for bidding.

                                                                                                                                   Local 6074

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