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Publication of the JCAM was undertaken in good faith in order to educate the local parties and facilitate the resolution of disputes concerning issues on which the national parties are in agreement.  \nWhile the parties at the national level still dispute the proper application of some portions ofthe Collective Bargaining Agreement, there are significant areas of agreement. The JCAM represents the parties’effort to inform labor and management in the field of these areas of agreement and encourage consistency and compliance with the issues treated. The narrative explanation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement contained in the JCAM should be considered dispositive of the joint understanding of the parties at the national level. Some sections of the contract do not have a narrative explanation. No inference should be drawn from the lack of explanatory language.  \nThe actual language contained in the Collective Bargaining Agreement appears in text boxes. Shaded contract language means the provision does not normally apply to the city letter carrier craft. The small text boxes found in the right-hand margin next to contract language identifies where the memos referenced in the contract language text boxes are located in the JCAM.  \nPreface  \nThe JCAM is self-explanatory and speaks for itself. It is not intended to, nor does it, increase or decrease the rights, responsibilities, or benefits of the parties under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. It neither adds to, nor modifies in any respect, the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.  \nAt each step of the grievance/arbitration procedure the parties are required to jointly review the JCAM in order to facilitate resolution of disputes. The JCAM may be introduced in arbitration as dispositive of those issues covered by the manual. If introduced as evidence in arbitration, the document shall speak for itself. Without exception, no testimony shall be permitted in support of the content, background, history or any other aspect of the JCAM’s narrative.  \nThe parties at the national level will update the JCAM at least once during the term of the national agreement. The parties at the local level should exercise caution to ensure that they are working from the most current issue of the JCAM and apply any revisions or modifications prospectively from the date of revision.  \nNALC-USPS Joint Contract Administration Manual-December 2025 Table of Contents-1  \nTable of Contents  \nArticle 1 Union Recognition................................................................................................... Page 1-1  \nArticle 2 Non-Discrimination And Civil Rights................................................................... Page 2-1  \nArticle 3 Management Rights ................................................................................................ Page 3-1  \nArticle 4 Technological And Mechanization Changes ......................................................... Page 4-1  \nArticle 5 Prohibition Of Unilateral Action ........................................................................... Page 5-1  \nArticle 6 No Layoffs Or Reduction In Force ....................................................................... Page 6-1  \nArticle 7 Employee Classifications ........................................................................................ 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