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Damascus	Rockville	Diamond Farms
Frederick	Rockville Main	Gaithersburg Main
Taneytown	Pike	Montgomery Village
Boonsboro	Twinbrook	Brunswick
GMF	Potomac	Thurmont
Cabin John	Derwood	Burtonsville
Branch Officers		Branch Stewards

Grievance Payments to NALC Branch 3825

 

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Memphis Tenn. February 23, 2023 (Joint Statement on Violence and Behavior in the Workplace-violation)   Arbitrators Have Authority to Fashion Appropriate Remedies Arbitrations Paying Local Union for Repetitive Contract Violations

Outstanding Arbitration Awards
for Non-Compliance and Repetitive Violations

Article 8 Violations, Portland ME

Maximum Hour Violations, Portland ME

Payment to the Local Union and Carrier for Non-Payment of a Grievance Settlement

Payments to the Local Union, Steard and Carriers for Non-Compliance and Failure to Provide Information

400% Additional for Work over 11.50 Hours

Article 8.5.G violation, Rockville, MD-Carrier awarded an additional 250% consistent with tens of Formal Step A and Step B decisions

Article 8.5.G over 12/60hour violations Rockville, MD-12 and 60 hours are absolutes, no discipline for ending tour

"The results of the subject route count/inspection shall be maintained only until a new route count/inspection is held at the Caesar Clark Station within one hundred and twenty days (120) from the date of this award. Each letter carrier at the Caesar Clark Station relevant to this grievance shall receive a one-time payment of five hundred (500) dollars. The Union shall receive a one-time payment of five thousand (5,000) dollars toward the costs of processing this grievance."

"The Union is to receive payment from the Postal Service, Toledo Ohio for the sum of Five Thousand Dollars (5,000.00} toward the costs associated with having to file/defend another grievance of same/similar nature that has previously been settled."

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Special Route Inspections
Handbook, M-39, 271.g: "If over any 6 consecutive week period (where work performance is
otherwise satisfactory) a route shows over 30 minutes of overtime or
auxiliary assistance on each of 3 days or more in each week during this
period, the regular carrier assigned to such route shall, upon request,
receive a special mail count and inspection to be completed within 4
weeks of the request."
Request for a Special Inspection
In addition to submitting your request to your postmaster, mail a copy of your request for a Special Inspection to the "Operations and Programs Support Manager" in your District. Include documentation showing that your route qualifies for the Special Inspection. This would be copies of the DOIS "Workhour/Workload Report" for your route covering at least a six week period. Your shop steward can request this information and assist you in identyfing the days that your route was over 8.50 hours during the required period.

FMLA Mailing Address

Untimely Pay Adjustment Results in an Additional $1980 to the Grievant and $1500 to the Branch

"Performance Engagement Tool" PET

"Demonstrated Performance Tool" DPT

PET Arbitration March 21, 2017

Granting Union Time, Frederick, Maryland

Management instructed to cease using DOIS projections and announcing all mail up, April 21, 2015

Failure to Meet at Formal A Complete Arbitration Award

 

4 Arbitration Wins in Toledo, Ohio-Escalating Remedies Paid to the Local NALC and Grievants

 

Step B Decision: Awards carriers $1320 each and local NALC 3825 $1500 for untimely pay adjustmsents

Step B Decision: Grievant awarded $300 and NALC local awarded $750 for violation of the Rockville Call-Back policy

Step B Decision: Management altered clock rings for one year and data declared as having integrity issues

Step B Decision: Grievant awarded $2500 when management fails to comply with a Step B decision to process a leave sharing request

36 Pre-Arbitration and Formal Step A Resoulutions: Pay Branch 3825 and the named letter carriers tens of thousands of dollars for untimely payment of grievance settlements

5 Formal Step A Resolutions: Pay Branch 3825 $7500 for management violation of the Rockville Information Request policy

2 Informal Step A Resolutions: CCAs paid an additional 50% for work over 11.5 hours a day

5 Formal Step A Resolutions: Local 3825 Paid $1500 for each Violation of the Rockville Union Time Policy

Formal Step A Reolution: Carrier paid $250 and medical bills paid when management fails to provide them with a Form CA-1

2 Formal Step A Resolutions: Cease and Desist using code 733 or any code other than 721 when delivering parcels

Formal Step A Reolution: Cease and desist having carriers collate or merge flats on the street rather than in the office

Pre-Arbitration Resolution: Pays Branch 3825 $500 for management failure to provide union a Form 1723

Pre-Arbitration Resolution: Pays the grievant $300 and Branch 3825 $750 for violation of the Rockville Call-Back Policy

Arbitration Award: 2012, Denver, CO, includes TSP in the make whole award

 

Additional Branch 3825 Monetary Settlements

Arbitration Awards Supporting an Arbitrators Right to Fashion a Remedy to Stop Repeat Contract Violations

Arbitration Cites

Arbritrations to Support Union Position That Management Failure to Provide Written Contentions Bars Their Case at
Step B/Arbitration

Arbitrations Awarding the Local NALC Branch a Monetary Award for Repetetive Contract Violations

Capital District FMLA Submitting Information

The Artificial Undertime supporting documents package

Oct.8, 2018, event Mail is Not For SALE, Convention & 2016, 2017 Branch Picnic Pictures & more by Raj Babra

 

            

A Grand Alliance to save USPS
Customer Rights
when the Postal Service
Solicits to Change the Mode of Mail Delivery

Delivery Standards

USPS Service Standards

USPS Service Standards Map

USPS Color Coding

National Color Code Policy (Date not known)

GAO Report on Service Standards, 2014

USPS Delivery Standards April, 2014

USPS OIG Report on Color Coding, 2007

In The News....

UPS-Teamsters labor deal tackles weekend deliveries, potential for drones and driverless vehicles

Non-Career Employee Turnover OIG Report

Rethinking Mailbox Access

OIG Report: City Carriers Returning after 5 PM in Capital District

USPS OIG Report: The USPS is not prepared to handle the projected increase in parcel volume.  Carrier (CCA) retention needs to improve from the 19% attrition rate and vehicle modifications are needed.  Full report, pdf.

What happens if America loses its unions

Can Part-Time Retirement Save USPS?

USPS OIG: Employee Retirement Options  .pdf

OIG Report on Unauthorized Overtime  PDF

Expert: USPS pullout would jeopardize federal health insurance program

Read an e-mail we received from former National NALC President, 1968-1977, Jim Rademacher. 

 Video of picketing at USPS Headquarters, L'Enfant Plaza, April 16, 2007.                     

April 16, 2007 video of marchers staging on the mall and the march to USPS headquarters. 

Member Resources......

 Branch 3825 Information

Arbitration, Step A & B Decisions

Branch 3825 Postal Record Scribe Articles

Grievance Summaries

UNITY the Branch 3825 Newsletter	Gaithersburg Labor Management Minutes, July 2014	Union Meeting Notice
Branch 3825 By-Laws	Rockville Local Agreement	Labor/Management Meeting Minutes
Germantown Local Agreement	Damascus Local Agreement	Gaithersburg Local Agreement
Brunswick Local Agreement	Boonsboro Local Agreement	Thurmont Local Agreement
Frederick Local Agreement	Cabin John Local Agreement	Taneytown Local Agreement
Map to NALC Br. 3825 Rockville Union Office	Br. 3825 Post Office Phone Numbers	Burtonsville Local Agreement
Useful Forms	Useful Websites	Useful Publications & Manuals
2023 Rotating Days-Off Calendar 2022 Rotating Days-OFF Calendar	NALC Web Site	2019-2023 National Agreement

USPS OIG Web Site	USPS Salary Search	The Postal Record
Leave Slip, PS Form 3971	PostalMag.com	The USPS POSTAL Bulletin
Weingarten Rights Article From Br. 43  Weingarten Card	Postal Employee Network-NEWS	Retirement Information FERS   CSRS
Entering Information in the ETC for Assistance You Provide to Other Routes Download Copy	American Postal Workers Union-APWU	More Retirement Information & Forms
Pay Chart November 2021	Federal Times Paper	CCA Training
Proof of Employment & Income	Postal News	Carrier On-the-Job Training Manual Module 4: On-the-Job Training Task Checlist Carrier training Administrator Guide
USPS Flexible Spending Account FSA Claim Form	NALC Health Benefit Plan	USPS Every Door Direct-EDDM Mapping Tool Shows the Territory on All Routes
PS Form 3996	Postal Reporter	FMLA & Disability

Reasons for Overtime, Form 3996        More Reasons	Search Routes by Zip Code Click the Route Number to View Street Map	Instructions for Submitting FMLA Documentation
Standard (SF) Forms	Thrift Savings Plan-TSP	NALC FMLA Forms
Sign up for the NALC e-Activist	What is COLCPE?  from NALC Region 2	Dept. of labor Form WH-381   Notice of Eligibility, Rights and Responsibilities  FMLA
	Give to COLCPE Online	EL-505 Manual
How to Read your Pay Stub	PostalEASE	Law Firm Explanation of Disability Retirement

PS Form 1571 Undelivered MailReport	NALC Health Benefit Plan Ph. 888-636-NALC	NALC Guide to FMLA
Request for Temporary Light Duty	LiteBlue USPS Employee Web Site How to Bid Routes on LiteBlue Obtaining your USPS PIN and LiteBlue Password	Documentation for Disability Retirement
PS Form 3074, Request for Waiver of Claim for Erroneous Payment of Pay	USPS Web Site	Information on Disability Retirement-CSRS
Give to COLCPE by Phone	NALC Branch Web Sites Posted by NALC Branch 38	Information on Disability Retirement-FERS
Postal Record Article: Waiver of Claim...Erroneous Payment	Give to COLCPE through Electronic Debit	OWCP Bill Payment Inquiry
PS Form 1260 Nontransactor Card	Sign-Up for e-Activist Network	Fitness For Duty Examinations
PS, SF, CA, TSP, FMLA Forms, NALC Br. 38	Zip Code Maps	OWCP Forms CA-16 Authorization for Treatment
Carrier HOLD sheet	NALC Br. 214 San Francisco	OWCP Injury Claim Forms
Delivery Notices HOLD Notice        MOVE Notice MSP Notice	NALC Br. 3 Buffalo, New York	Family and Medical Leave Basics The Law and FMLA January 16, 2009 Revised FMLA

Route Inspections

Additional Information

Dog Bite Awareness Montgomery County, MD Animal Control Information

The Route Inspection Process

Route Inspection Form 1838-C	Branch Communication and Newsletters From Around the Country	SL Requested-Diagnosis NOT Required
Minor Route Adjustment Memorandum, August 1, 2008	Quotes in Support of Organized Labor	Fitness For Duty Examinations

NALC Route Inspection Handbook	Creating a New USPS Personal Identification Number...PIN	Bereavement Leave
Carrier Casing Standards	2016 Region 13 Training & Event Schedule	Safety and Health Publications
Minor Route Adjustment NALC White Paper	JARAP 2011 - COR - DEAT- LOC - 3999 Page	Accident Report Form 1769
Special Inspections	FSS Flats Sequencing System Information Page	What a Federal Employee Should do When Injured on the Job

CCA Questions & Answers	CCA Information	NALC, CCA Rights & Benefits
CCA 4/2 Hour Guarantee, Standby Time & Sunday Premium Pay	CCA Continuation of Pay (COP) & Wage-Loss Compensation when Injured on the Job 20 CFR 10.216	CCAs and Opting Hold-Downs Hold-Down Form

Steward Resources........

Grievance Forms	Steward Forms	Contract Enforcement & Defending Discipline
2016 Grievance Form 8190 WORD .docx	Union Meeting Minutes Branch 3825	Grievance Investigation
2016 Grievance Form 8190 .pdf	Forms Numbers and List	Defenses to Discipline  NALC Defense to Discipline  Mail Handlers
Dispute Resolution Time Line	Grievance Checklist NALC Br. 38	Region 13 Steward Guide
Formal A Settlement .pdf WORD.docx	Br. 3825 Grievance Forms	Employee Labor Relations Forms

Informal A Settlement .pdf WORD.docx	Overtime Desired List	Department of Labor
Time Limit Extension  Time Limits Fillable	Grievance Log	NALC Guide to Local Negotiations
Dispute Resolution Process Questions & Answers	Tools & Research, NALC Br. 38	Potter Letter, Contract Compliance
USPS Manuals & Papers	PDI Recording Form	The Legal Rights of Stewards
City Carrier Duties & Responsibilities  M-41	Overtime Offered and Declined	National Labor Relations Board NLRB
Management of Delivery Services M-39	Pre-Arbitration Settlement Form
	2016-2019 National Agreement	Defenses to Discipline
Joint Contract Administrative Manual JCAM March 2022	USPS Work & Time Forms	Materials Reference System MRS  September 2009

Supervisor's Guide to Handling Grievances EL-921	DOIS Reports An Explanation of DOIS Reports	Addressing Contract Violations and Defending Against Discipline
Pivoting City Delivery	MODS Operation Codes	PS, SF, CA, TSP, FMLA Forms, NALC Br. 38
AM & PM Unit Review	DOIS: What You Should Know	Contract Talk, Activist & White Papers
Supervisor's CA-1 Checklist	TACS Forms Descritions	APWU Grievance Investigation Manual
TACS Exception Reports Guide	MODS & TACS Codes	Time to Vote
Employee and Labor Relations Manual ELM 48	Contract Enforcement & Defending Discipline	Attendance Checklist for Grievance
eRMS Information	Curtailing Mail More than 2 Days	Additional Attendance Checklist
EL-505 Letter to Injured Employee	Branch 38 Steward Tutorial	Region 2 JCAM Black Book
Branch 3825 Voucher Forms	Steward "Just Cause" Training	Tom Gates Reference Book
Voucher for Wages	"Unsatisfactory Performance"	Supervisor's Questionnaire of Considerations
Voucher for Purchases & Mileage	Carrier Route Mail Service Talk	Weingarten MEMO
	eOPF Information	Weingarten & Kalkines Warnings

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