Grievance Starters
Michigan State Association of Letter Carriers
Grievance Starters with Issue Statements
Article 1
Article 5 & 19
No Lunch - Improper Denial of Temp Change of Schedule
Article 5, 19 & 34
Article 7
Article 8
Article 10, 19 & 30
Annual Leave Request Denied After Career For 90 Days
Article 12
Excessing - Improper Placement of Clerk
Retreat Rights - Failure to Offer - Comparative Work Hour Report
Article 12 & 15
Improper Withholding - Carrier Technician Job
Improper Withholding - Non-Carrier Technician Job
NTFT Clerk Improperly Excessed to Full-Time Letter Carrier Position
Article 15
DOIS - M-01664 - Improper Recording of Time Data
DOIS - M-01664 - Volume Not Recorded Accurately
Failure to Comply with Grievance Settlement
Non-Compliance - Arbitration Award
Non-Compliance - MOU Full-Time Opportunities - No Withholding
Article 15 & 19
Unauthorized Overtime Improperly Recorded
Locally Developed or Modified Forms
Article 16
Letter of Warning - Unauthorized Overtime
Notice of Removal - Improper Citation of Past Elements - Unsafe Driving Practices
Emergency Suspension - Unsafe Driving Practice
Article 17
Failure to Provide Steward Time
Article 17 & 31
Failure to Provide Information or Interviews
Article 19
Act of God - Denial of Administrative Leave - Generic
Act of God - Denial of Administrative Leave - Hurricane
DPS Work Methods - Carrying More Than 3 Bundles-Park and Loop
Failure to Provide 3996 When Requested
PM Office Duties - Improper Instructions to Not Complete
Article 25
Failure to Award Temp Vacant T-6 Assignment to FT Volunteer
Article 28
Article 29
Driving Privileges Improperly Revoked
Article 41
Career Improperly Removed from Opt
Career Not Maintaining Opt Hours
Failure to Post Full-Time Reserve Position
Improper Reversion of Full-Time Assignment
Improper Reversion of Full-Time Reserve Assignment
Failure to Provide 1723 for 204b
Improper Placement on Seniority Roster
Article 41 & 30
Failure to Timely Post Vacant Assignment
ESAS (Expedited to Street/Afternoon Sortation)
Article 5 - 19 Change to local breke
Article 8 - Out of Schedule pay
Article 19 - Casing SPRs - Reversing a letter
Article 19 - DPS Work methods - Carrying more than 3 bundles- park and loop
Article 19 - Failure to provide 3996 When requested
Article 19 - Form 1571 failing to provide
Article 19 - Line 20 personal time
Article 19 - PM Office duties - Improper instructions to not complete
Article 19 - Proper handling of accountables
Article 19 - Volume improperly recorded M01664
Article 41.1.C.4 - Instructed to work off bid assignment
OWCP
Failure to Provide Health Benefit Refund
Improper Contact With a Physician
Light Duty - Failure to Provide
Limited Duty - Employee Put in Standby Room
CCA's
CCA Daily Workhour Limitations
CCA Temp Loan - Non Compliance - M-01827
CCA Loaned - PS Form 1723 Not Provided
CCA Uniform Allowance Not Provided Timely
CCA Improperly Removed from Opt
PTF's
CCA Worked Before PTF Makes 40 Straight-Time Hours
Improper Withholding - Carrier Technician - Failure to Convert PTFs
Improper Withholding - Failure to Convert PTFs
Full-Time Flexible - Maximization MOU - Failure to Create Position and Convert
PTF Improperly Removed from Opt
Full-Time Flexible - Failure to Create Position and Convert
Route Adjustments
Minor - Failure To Review Minor Route Adjustments
Route Inspections
Before - Dry-Run Conducted Improperly
Before - Improper Drawing of 7 Random Weeks for Form 1840-B
Before - Improper Unit and Route Review
Before - Inspection Schedule Not Posted Timely
Before - Union Not Timely Notified of the Inspection
Before - Unsatisfactory Conditions Not Corrected
During - Request to Verify Mail Count Denied
During - Management Completing 1838C on More Than One Day
After - Improper Review of Route Adjustments
After - Improper Route Evaluation and Adjustment
Special Route Inspection Not Completed Timely or at All
Consolidated Casing
CCA Daily Workhour Limitations
DPS - Secondary Address Mail Not in Delivery Order
Failure to Comply with Grievance Settlement
Casing SPRs - Reversing a Letter
COR Route Adjustments - M-01661 M-01859
DPS Work Methods - Carrying More Than 3 Bundles-Park and Loop
Failure to Provide 3996 When Requested
FSS Work Methods - Carrying More Than 3 Bundles-Park and Loop
Improper Throwback Case Separations
PM Office Duties - Improper Instructions to Not Complete
Proper Handling of Accountables
Special Route Inspection - Adjustment Not Completed Timely or at All
Volume Improperly Recorded M01664
Failure to Timely Post Vacant Assignment
Instructed to Work Off Bid Assignment