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Mutual Transfers |
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U.S. Postal Service
employees can exchange jobs with other postal employees, as long as certain conditions are
met. ELM 351.6 states: |
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ELM 351.6: General Policy |
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Career
employees may exchange positions (subject, when necessary, to the provisions of the
appropriate collective-bargaining agreement) if the exchange of positions is approved by
the officials in charge at the installations involved. Mutual exchanges must be made
between employees in positions at the same grade levels.
The following employees are not eligible to exchange
positions:
1. Part-time Flexibles with full-time employees.
2. Bargaining-unit employees with non bargaining-unit employees.
3. Non-supervisory employees with supervisory employees.
Employees can post their mutual transfer requests with their appropriate postal labor
unions (which are published in union publications), at some labor union Web sites,
and at this
Web site - PostalMag.com. (See right column for details.) |
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Guidelines |
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Letter
Carriers |
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Carriers may not exchange
assignments, since vacated routes must be posted for bids in
accordance with local and national agreements. |
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Clerks |
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When mutual exchanges are made between full-time Clerk Craft
employees in different installations, both of the exchanging
employees shall take the seniority date of the junior employee
involved and shall be reassigned as unassigned full-time
employees. |
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Maintenance Craft |
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The seniority for Maintenance Craft employees who are
reassigned between installations as the result of a mutual
exchange in accordance with applicable provisions of the Employee
and Labor Relations Manual will be established for both employees
as that of the junior employee involved. |
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Motor
Vehicle Service |
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Mutual exchanges may be made only between full-time Motor
Vehicle Service employees who are the same level and have the same
occupational code. The seniority for Motor Vehicle Craft
employees, who are reassigned between installations as a result of
a mutual exchange in accordance with applicable provisions of the
Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), will be established for
both employees as that of the junior employees involved.
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View/Post Transfer Ads |
Current Listings
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Listings
Clerks
Letter Carriers
Rural Carriers
All Others |
How to post a mutual transfer ad:
1. Register and login at PostalSpot.com.
2. Select your craft (mail handlers, custodial,
and others please use "All Others")
3. Click on New >> Discussion
4. In the Subject area enter where you are now and
where you want to transfer to. (For example:
Dallas to Orlando)
5. In the Message section include pertinent
information. Information can include your name,
position, duty hours, seniority date and related
comments. Example:
"Dallas to Orlando. My seniority date is June 2,
1991 and I wish to transfer to Orlando to be near
Walt Disney World. Plenty of OT available in
Dallas. All offers considered. Bill, 555-555-5555" |
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Transfer Tips |
You can
increase your chances of finding the right person in the right
area to arrange a mutual transfer with by following these
steps:
Obtain the addresses of local postal facilities in the area(s) you wish to transfer to.
Make a flyer with your transfer and contact information.
Mail the flyers to the local postal facilities. Include a
short letter addressed to the supervisor/manager asking that
your flyer be posted on the time clock or other visible area. |
Quotable
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so dewy sweet, you don't even have to lick the stamps."
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Newman |
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