12.1     SENIORITY

Management shall furnish Local 332 with five (5) copies of the updated Mail Handler seniority roster, on a calendar quarter basis.

12.2     DEFINITION OF A SECTION

            Sections are defined as follows:

            E.     All Units where Mail Handlers are assigned separately.

            F.     The opening of new facilities which affect the sections identified in Article 12.2A - 12.2E above, shall be                     discussed by the Labor / Management Committee in order to establish the realignment of the affected                     sections.

                    (Ref. Article 30.2P of the National Agreement.)

            G.     When it is proposed to take any action regarding the opening of new facilities  or the shifting of                                 operations, the employer shall notify the Union as far in advance as practicable.

12.3     REASSIGNMENTS

            Reassignments outside the bid assignment Section:

            A.     The temporary movement of full time Regulars outside the bid assignment section, as covered by                             Article 12.3E3e of the National Agreement, shall be by juniority detail, except when a more senior Mail                     Handler has expressed a preference for that duty assignment.

                     A1.     Management shall on a calendar quarter basis circulate out-of-area acceptance sheets to           employees in the appropriate areas.  Employees newly bid to these areas shall be given the opportunity to review and sign said sheets.  This provision does not involve Article 8, Overtime.

            B.     An employee temporarily reassigned from his / her bid assignment section will be returned to his / her bid assignment before another employee from another section is reassigned into that bid assignment area.

                     (Ref. Article 30.2S [12.3E3e] of the National Agreement.

12.4     POSTING

            A.     ABSENTEE  BIDDING

                     Absentee bidding will be administered in accordance with the provisions of Article 12.3C of the                                 National Agreement.

            B.     BIDDING:

                     B1.     Bids for vacancies, or newly established duty assignments, or preferred assignments shall be in                                 accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding concerning telephone bidding in the                                             National Agreement.

                     B2.     After the closing time of the bid sheet, the successful bidder loses all retention rights to his / her                                 former position.

                     B3.     Bids for all Mail Handlers shall include in the bid the following information:

  B3a.     The duty assignment by position title and number.

  B3b.     PS salary level and craft.

  B3c.     Hours of duty (beginning and ending).

  B3d.     The principle assignments are as defined by operation number  and / or location of                        activity.

  B3e.     Qualification standards and occupational code numbers.

  B3f.      Physical requirements unusual to the specific assignment (heavy lifting, etc.).

  B3g.     Invitation to employees to submit bids.

  B3h.     Name of the Mail Handler currently in the position.

                     C1.     Local 332's Salt Lake Branch Administrative Vice President or his /     her designee shall be                                         consulted two weeks prior to making proposed changes in assignment descriptions. The Union                                     will have the right to waive the two week requirement when it is determined that no purpose is                                     served by delaying said changes. Such consultation shall precede:

  C1a.     Establishment of new assignments.

  C1b.     Abolishing previously established assignments.

  C1c.     Filling of positions by assignment or details over thirty (30) days.

  C1d.     Creating new positions for bidding.
 

C2. The determination of what constitutes a sufficient change of duties, or principle assignment area, to        cause the duty assignment to be reposted.

            The criteria for posting a position that is properly held by an employee,  is as outlined in Article 12, Section 3B7, with the following additions:  

  C2a.     When it is proposed to repost an assignment because of a fifty percent (50%) change in                 actual duties performed, it must be shown that this change in duties has occurred                             consistently over a six (6) month period.

  C2b.     When a position is reposted due to a change in duties, or principle assignment area, the                 full - time regular presently filling the assignment shall have the option to accept the                     new assignment.
 

  D.     It is agreed that posting and bidding shall include any facility under the  jurisdiction of the Salt Lake                City Post Office.

           (Ref. Article 30.2S [12.3C] of the National Agreement.)