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39 U.S.C. § 1206 — Collective-bargaining agreements

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39 U.S.C. § 1206 — Collective-bargaining agreements

**(a)** Collective-bargaining agreements between the Postal Service and bargaining representatives recognized under [section 1203 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section1203&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be effective for not less than 2 years. **(b)** Collective-bargaining agreements between the Postal Service and bargaining representatives recognized under section 1203 may include any procedures for resolution by the parties of grievances and adverse actions arising under the agreement, including procedures culminating in binding third-party arbitration, or the parties may adopt any such procedures by mutual agreement in the event of a dispute. **(c)** The Postal Service and bargaining representatives recognized under section 1203 may by mutual agreement adopt procedures for the resolution of disputes or impasses arising in the negotiation of a collective-bargaining agreement.

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39 U.S.C. § 1203 — Recognition of labor organizations

**(a)** The Postal Service shall accord exclusive recognition to a labor organization when the organization has been selected by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit as their representative. **(b)** Agreements and supplements in effect on the date of enactment of this section covering employees in the former Post Office Department shall continue to be recognized by the Postal Service until altered or amended pursuant to law. **(c)** When a petition has been filed, in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the National Labor Relations Board— (1) by an employee, a group of employees, or any labor organization acting in their behalf, alleging that (A) a substantial number of employees wish to be represented for collective bargaining by a labor organization and that the Postal Service declines to recognize such labor organization as the representative; or (B) the labor organization which has been certified or is being currently recognized by the Postal Service as the bargaining representative is no longer a representative; or (2) by the Postal Service, alleging that one or more labor organizations has presented to it a claim to be recognized as the representative; the National Labor Relations Board shall investigate such petition and, if it has reasonable cause to believe that a question of representation exists, shall provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. Such hearing may be conducted by an officer or employee of the National Labor Relations Board, who shall not make any recommendations with respect thereto. If the National Labor Relations Board finds upon the record of such hearing that such a question of representation exists, it shall direct an election by secret ballot and shall certify the results thereof. **(d)** A p

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39 U.S.C. § 101 — Postal policy

**(a)** The United States Postal Service shall be operated as a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, created by Act of Congress, and supported by the people. The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people. It shall provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas and shall render postal services to all communities. The costs of establishing and maintaining the Postal Service shall not be apportioned to impair the overall value of such service to the people. **(b)** The Postal Service shall maintain an integrated network for the delivery of market-dominant and competitive products (as defined in chapter 36 of this title). Delivery shall occur at least six days a week, except during weeks that include a Federal holiday, in emergency situations, such as natural disasters, or in geographic areas where the Postal Service has established a policy of delivering mail fewer than six days a week as of the date of enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. The Postal Service shall provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to rural areas, communities, and small towns where post offices are not self-sustaining. No small post office shall be closed solely for operating at a deficit, it being the specific intent of the Congress that effective postal services be insured to residents of both urban and rural communities. **(c)** As an employer, the Postal Service shall achieve and maintain compensation for its officers and employees comparable to the rates and types of compensation pa

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39 U.S.C. § 1206 — Collective-bargaining agreements

Page 48 TITLE 39—POSTAL SERVICE § 1205 opportunity to choose the labor organization he wishes to represent him, from among those on the ballot, or ‘‘no union’’. (b) In any election where none of the choices on the ballot receives a majority, a runoff shall be conducted, the ballot providing for a selec- tion between the 2 choices receiving the largest and second largest number of valid votes cast in the election. In the event of a tie vote, addi- tional runoff elections shall be conducted until one of the choices has received a majority of the votes. (c) No election shall be held in any bargaining unit within which, in the preceding 12-month pe- riod, a valid election has been held. (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 735.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title. § 1205. Deductions of dues (a) When a labor organization holds exclusive recognition, or when an organization of per- sonnel not subject to collective-bargaining agreements has consultation rights under sec- tion 1004 of this title, the Postal Service shall deduct the regular and periodic dues of the orga- nization from the pay of all members of the or- ganization in the unit of recognition if the Post Office Department or the Postal Service has re- ceived from each employee, on whose account such deductions are made, a written assignment which shall be irrevocable for a period of not more than one year. (b) Any agreement in effect immediately prior to the date of enactment of the Postal Reorga- nization Act between the Post Office Depart- ment and any organization of postal employee

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