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NTEU Wins Multi-Million Dollar Awards Settlement
I am very pleased to report that NTEU has secured a $10 million settlement on behalf of thousands of CBP employees, ending a five-year battle over the agency's unilateral termination of the negotiated awards program.
The settlement originally stems from a grievance NTEU filed following CBP’s 2005 cancellation of a union-negotiated awards program. Pay outs ranging from $454 to $2,419 will be provided to legacy Customs employees for fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
For eight successful years, before CBP unilaterally terminated the program, employees had overwhelmingly supported the joint awards program because they perceived it as fair, credible and transparent. The program gave employees input into who received awards, which helped to ensure that performance was rewarded based upon merit and not favoritism.
CBP will implement the settlement agreement within 60 days and provide to every covered employee half of the average award paid to bargaining unit employees for each of the impacted years if the employee did not receive an award for that year. Employees will receive payments no later than May 8.
Specifically, employees who earned an award under the terms of the program but did not receive one will get the following:
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Year
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50% of Average Unit Award
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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$461.04
$454.54
$471.71
$523.72
$508.00
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Because they were added to NTEU's bargaining unit after the original grievance was filed, certain employees, such as legacy Immigration and Agriculture employees or those workers hired after July 24, 2005, are not covered by the settlement. The contracts former Immigration and Agriculture employees were working under at the time did not include guaranteed performance awards as the NTEU-Customs contract did.
This significant win demonstrates NTEU's perseverance and commitment to fighting on your behalf, no matter how long or what it takes. In this case, it is about making sure you receive the long-overdue recognition you deserve for your outstanding contributions.
Please visit your NTEU representative with questions.
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