USPS – NPMHU Contract Interpretation Manual
C6a
When the operations at a centralized installation or other mail processing and/or delivery installation result in an excess of full-time Mail Handlers at another installation(s), full-time Mail Handlers who are excess in a losing installation(s) by reason of the change, shall have a choice to be: C6a(1) Involuntarily reassigned in other crafts or occupational groups in which they meet minimum qualifications at the same or lower level if no vacancies are available in the same craft or occupational group within 35 miles of the losing installation; or, C6a(2) Involuntarily reassigned starting with the junior with their seniority for duty assignments to vacancies in the same or lower level in the same craft or occupational group in installations within 100 miles of the losing installation, or in more distant installations if after consultation with the affected Union it is determined that it is necessary, the Postal Service will designate such installations for the reassignment of excess full-time employees. C6a(3) Reassignments of Mail Handlers shall be treated as details for the first 120 days to avoid inequities in the selection of preferred duty assignments by full-time Mail Handlers in the gaining installation.
This provision provides for the reassignment of excess full-time mail handlers when the centralization of operations results in the need to make involuntary reassignments at another installation. Section 12.6C5 generally is used when reassignments from the mail handler craft are necessary. However, when involuntary reassignments are made, under this Section, due to Centralizing Mail Processing and/or Delivery Installation, somewhat different rules apply. The options available to mail handlers for reassignment are outlined in the contract language. In addition, full-time mail handlers involuntarily reassigned are not eligible to bid for 120 days; their reassignment is treated as a detail for that period of time to avoid inequities at the gaining installation. The one hundred mile criterion is measured as the shortest actual driving distance between installations. Source: Step 4 Grievance H7C-4K-C 28684, dated July 23, 1993. Reassignments of mail handlers under this section shall be treated as details for the first 120 days to avoid inequities in the selection of bid assignments in the
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