There were two issues in this National Level Arbitration: (1) whether the grievance was arbitrable; and (2) If so, whether the Layoff Protection MOU in the 2010-2015 Agreement protects an employee who has transfèrred out of the APWU bargaining unit into another unit covered by the Healy Award of September 15, 1978.
Award Summary: Arbitrator Goldberg rejected the USPS arguments that the grievance was not arbitrable. On the merits, he concluded that APWU's position that the Layoff Protection MOU continued to apply to an employee transferred into another bargaining unit, would present such practical problems of’ contract administration and personnel management for USPS that it should not he adopted in the absence of’ persuasive evidence that the parties intended its application in those circumstances. Such evidence was found to be lacking, and the grievance was denied.
Document Type: National Arbitration
APWU National Grievance Number: Q06C4QC09250752
Arbitrator Name: Stephen Goldberg