Opinion ID: 6316278
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Heading: Area and Headquarters Employees

Text: The Association has 7,500 members in the “Area” and “Headquarters” categories. It claims that these members include “employees who perform supervisory and managerial responsibilities associated with a range of functions” such as those in “vehicle maintenance, shared services, financial, sales, and marketing.” Compl. ¶ 57, J.A. 18. On December 18, 2018, without having engaged in any consultation with the Association, the Postal Service issued a separate and “final” pay package for Area and Headquarters EAS employees through fiscal year 2019 (“Area and Headquarters Pay Package”). The package listed a small number of Headquarters and Area positions that the Postal Service does recognize as represented by the Association, but stated that the package “will not apply to those Headquarters and Area positions who are represented by the [Association].” Id. ¶ 62, J.A. 18-19. No pay package has been issued, nor has any consultation with the Association been undertaken, for those few Headquarters and Area employees the Postal Service recognizes as properly represented by the Association for the time period at issue.