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 PUBLIC LAW 96-326—AUG. 8, 1980 Public Law 96-326 96th Congress

94 STAT. 1023

An Act

To establish dispute resolution procedures to settle disputes between supervisors and the United States Postal Service.

Aug. 8, 1980 [H.R. 827]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1004 ofPostal Service title 39, United States Code, is Eimended by adding at the end thereof dispute resolution. the following new subsections: "(c)(1) The Postal Service and the supervisors' organization shall, Supervisory unless otherwise mutually agreed to, meet at least once each month organization. to implement the consultation and direct participation procedures of subsection (b) of this section. "(2)(A) At least 7 days before each meeting, each party shall— "(i) provide notice of agenda items, and "(ii) describe in detail the proposals such party will make with respect to each such item. "(B) Grievances of individual employees shall not be matters which may be included as agenda items under this paragraph. "(d)(l) In order to facilitate consultation and direct participation by the supervisors* organization in the planning and development of programs under subsection (b) of this section which affect members of the supervisors' orgsmization, the Postal Service shall— "(A) provide in writing a description of any proposed progrgim and the reasons for it; "(B) give the organization at least 60 days (unless extraordinary circumstances require earlier action) to review and make recommendations with respect to the program; and "(C) give any reconunendation from the orgsmization full and fair consideration in deciding whether or how to proceed with the program. "(2) If the Postal Service decides to implement a program described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Postal Service shall before such implementation— "(A) give the supervisors' organization details of its decision to implement the program, together with the information upon which the decision is based; "(B) give the organization an opportunity to make recommendations with respect to the program; and "(C) give such recommendations full and fair consideration, including the providing of reasons to the organization if any of such recommendations are rejected. "(3) If a program described in paragraph (1) of this subsection is implemented, the Postal Service shall— "(A) develop a method for the supervisors' organization to participate in further planning and development of the program, and "(B) give the organization adequate access to information to make that participation productive.

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