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Thursday, January 02, 2003

DOWNTOWN: Postal union sues

The Pittsburgh Metro Area Postal Workers Union has filed a federal suit against the U.S. Postal Service, claiming the agency has refused to abide by arbitration decisions in grievance cases.

According to the suit, filed in U.S. District Court, the Postal Service has "wantonly" and "willfully" violated the collective bargaining agreement between the parties by refusing to implement arbitration awards stemming from a series of 1997 labor disputes in the "small parcel bundle service" operation.

The union, which represents about 2,700 postal employees, said it won binding arbitration awards in all of the cases.