After several months of discussion with the APWU, postal management has agreed to eliminate the use of “dually appointed” Rural Carrier Associates and Postal Support Employees (PSEs). In accordance with a letter dated Dec. 7 [PDF], the dual appointments will end no later than Jan. 13, 2012.
As a result, there are now no circumstances under which a Rural Letter Carrier or Rural Carrier Associate may be permitted to perform APWU bargaining unit work. Light mail volume would not justify it, nor would heavy mail volume or an emergency. RCAs are simply prohibited from performing Clerk Craft duties.
Eliminating the dual appointments, which were prevalent in small offices, will protect Clerk Craft work for APWU members.
Management operates in deceit mode. Contractual violations mean zero to management. Only weak honest managers with intergity abide by national negoiated contracts.
This was in the newly passed APWU contract. Why is it taking the USPS so long to follow the contract? I know, they don’t bother to read it, they make the rules up as they go along. Time to eliminate all the management top to bottom and get some real leadership in this place before we are all on the unemployment line.
Haven’t seen a Clerk contract but I understand that a PSE could be used in the Carrier craft….we don’t want them carrying, as injured carriers cannot be used to assist in the office as light/limited duty employees, thanks to NRP.