The parties agree to the following:
1. The Postal Service will convert 1,142 PSEs to career status in 43 installations as identified by the Postal Service, consistent with the attached Table 1. The conversions will occur no later than May 21, 2022. The corresponding number of duty assignments will be created and posted in Function 1 in the 43 facilities as identified by the Postal Service, consistent with the attached Table 1. The conversions to career status provided for in this MOU are in addition to those conversions to career status in Function 1 that result when the MOU, Re: Residual Vacancies - Clerk Craft, is applied and the 24-month automatic conversion of PSEs.
2. PSEs will be converted based on their relative standing on the PSE rolls within the installation. PSEs will be converted "in place" within the functional area they are assigned as of the date of this MOU until the number of PSEs are converted in the 43 bid clusters associated with the facilities identified in the attached Table 1.
3. The parties agree to the hiring and continued employment of PSEs in excess of the 20%district cap in the installations as identified with the attached Table 1 and as set forth below:
A. Available APWU bargaining unit employees, starting with career employees, and including current Postal Support Employees (PSEs) within the installation will be utilized up to the maximum hours allowed.
B. The number of non-COVID related PSEs retained in the facilities in the attached Table 1 through June 17, 2022, will not exceed the number of PSEs identified in the table associated with the MOU, Re: Extension - COVID-19 Test Kit Fulfillment Pilot.
4. All conversions to career and separations of PSEs in accordance with this MOU will be done pursuant to the National Agreement.
5. The hiring of COVID related PS Es is covered in the MOU: Re: Temporary Exception Period-Clerk Craft Function 1 & Function 4-COVID-19.
Document Type: Memorandum of Understanding
Craft: Clerk