NPMHU and USPS Agree on Effective Dates
for Contract Implementation.

February 15, 2007

TO:              All Local Union Officers and Representatives
                   All National/Regional CAD
                  
FROM:        John F. Hegarty, National President
                    Mark A. Gardner, National Secretary-Treasurer
                  
RE:              Effective Dates for 2006 National Agreement

          As reflected in the attached letter from USPS Vice President for Labor Relations Doug Tulino, the effective date for the 2006 National Agreement has been established as Saturday, February 17, 2007, except as may otherwise be provided by the terms of the National Agreement.

Among the terms effective on February 17, 2007 are new provisions governing bereavement leave; administrative leave for bone marrow, stem cell, blood platelet, and organ donations; leave sharing across postal districts; and higher level pay for temporary details under Article 25.
Many other provisions have specific effective dates other than February 17, 2007, including the following:

  1. The first negotiated 1.2% wage increase is retroactively effective on November 25, 2006.  As previously reported, this wage increase will be implemented during PP04-2007, which began on February 3, 2007, and will be reflected in paychecks issued on February 23, 2007.  The retroactive portion of this 1.2% increase (from PP25-2006 thru PP03-2007) will be paid in PP12-2007, in paychecks to be issued on June 15, 2007.

  2. The new Step P on the wage scales also is retroactively effective on November 25, 2006.  For those Mail Handlers who have satisfied the 24 week in Step O requirement, this new Step P will be implemented and reflected in PP12-2007, in paychecks to be issued on June 15, 2007.  Retroactive amounts related to the new Step P also will be reflected in those paychecks for PP12-2007.

  3. The new Step AA on the wage scales is effective February 3, 2007, and will be applied only to newly hired employees effective on that date.

  4. The shorter waiting periods in Steps A and B (to be advanced to Steps B and C, respectively) are retroactively effective on November 25, 2006.  These adjustments in pay also should be reflected in paychecks for PP12-2007.

  5. Increases in clothing allowance are effective on November 25, 2006, and will be implemented accordingly.

  6. New casual reports under Article 7.1, covering all Bulk Mail Centers and all installations employing at least 50 career mail handlers, will be implemented as soon as administratively possible.  We will provide further information about these reports when it becomes available.

  7. Changes to Article 12.2G9, providing new rules for Mail Handlers who voluntarily transfer from one postal installation to another, and are subsequently accepted for voluntary transfer back to the original postal installation within one (1) year, are effective January 1, 2007.

  8. Changes to Article 12.3B11 – providing that, except in cases where the installation is under withholding, the senior part-time flexible employee in the installation will be converted to full-time regular if no qualified unassigned full-time regular employee is available to be assigned to a residual vacancy – are applicable to residual vacancies remaining from any bid posting after June 1, 2007.

  9. The MOU governing purges for Letters of Warning relates to LOWs with an issue date prior to the effective date of the 2006 National Agreement – that is, prior to February 17, 2007.

  10. The increase in the maximum allotments in the existing program for salary allotments – providing one additional allotment for the use of NPMHU bargaining unit employees – will be implemented as soon as administratively practicable.

  11. The 30 consecutive day period for local implementation and negotiation of Local Memoranda of Understanding will occur within a period of 60 days commencing September 1, 2007.

  12. The first changes in health insurance contribution rates are not effective until 2008, and will be implemented at the beginning of next year.

  13. The no-layoff clause, as extended, applies to all Mail Handlers employed as of November 20, 2006.

          We appreciate your patience and support during this long bargaining process.  Please contact the National CAD should you have any questions.

cc:     National Executive Board

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