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NTEU Agreement Brings Transparency to CBP Bid and Rotation System

NTEU and CBP have signed articles on a bid and rotation procedure and alternative work schedules (AWS) that will be implemented in the coming weeks, even as the parties continue bargaining over the rest of the contract.

The new agreement, which covers CBP Officers and Agriculture Specialists, will bring a fair, transparent and consistent bid and rotation system to employees. Experienced employees will be recognized for their years of service. NTEU will have a seat at the table when management decides who gets what position, and employees who believe they have been unfairly passed over will have access to an expedited grievance procedure.

Employees will be permitted to identify up to four preferred assignments, or more if the local parties agree. The most senior employees will be assigned to their preferred units first, until 25 percent of the work unit is made up of newly-assigned employees or until there are no employees with more seniority who want to move into the work unit. CBP also agreed to take into account the seniority of all legacy groups. Along with recognizing experienced CBP employees, the procedure will give newly-hired employees the chance to move to a preferred work unit through random selection.

As for AWS, this agreement opens the door for local managers and NTEU chapters to establish compressed work schedules, with a negotiated procedure for when parties cannot reach agreement. Compressed schedules include 5/4/9, 4/10 and other arrangements that allow employees to work fewer than five days a week. Flexible work schedules with the opportunity to earn credit hours are another scheduling option that can be locally negotiated for employees other than CBP Officers and Agriculture Specialists.


President’s Message

I am pleased to announce that NTEU and CBP have signed articles on a bid and rotation procedure and alternative work schedules that will be implemented in the coming weeks, even as the parties continue bargaining over the rest of the contract.

This is a tremendous gain for CBP employees, and one that NTEU worked very hard to secure in the months, and even years, leading up to bargaining. Your honest responses to the employee survey contributed to the victory. In congressional testimony and during meetings with lawmakers and agency leaders, I repeatedly emphasized the connection between the lack of a negotiated bid and rotation system and CBP's dismal ratings in employee surveys. This left management with no choice but to acknowledge that changes needed to be made. More

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The union expects to charter three additional chapters by the end of the month, bringing total NTEU representation to nearly 2,000 TSA employees nationwide.

The chapters also join a growing network of NTEU TSA chapters at some of the nation’s largest airports across the country. Last year, NTEU chartered TSA chapters at John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia International Airport in New York as well as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. More


NTEU Wins Key Victory Against Unfair CBP Scheduling Practices

NTEU has won another victory in its ongoing efforts to bring fairness and sanity to the work scheduling practices governing CBP employees.

This latest success involves the remedial phase of a grievance NTEU won providing back pay to Legacy Customs Officers subjected to such illegal scheduling practices as being denied consecutive days off and having different start/stop times in the same work week. NTEU beat back CBP attempts to deny compensation to employees on special teams and severely limit the time period for which it would have to grant back pay. In siding with NTEU, the arbitrator ruled that employees can submit claims for back pay dating back to 2000 and ordered CBP to provide the union with records of employee schedules to ensure accurate payouts.

NTEU is urging CBP not to appeal the decision but to move forward and provide employees with their rightful compensation.

NTEU is actively pursuing similar grievances on behalf of newly-hired CBP Officers, Legacy INS Officers and Agriculture Specialists, and will continue fighting until all employees receive the compensation they deserve and CBP institutes fair scheduling practices.






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