For the first time in the history of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), all bargaining unit employees now are covered by the same contract, regulations and laws. The agreement, which became effective May 11, is packed with hundreds of new rights and benefits for employees.

To help you understand these new rights and how the contract relates to regulation and law, NTEU is beginning a series of quizzes highlighting the most important parts of the contract and how they work. The first quiz focuses on the contract’s most fundamental changes to your work life.

Answer True/False:

1. If your port has a local past practice that is not addressed in the new agreement, that local practice is ended by the new agreement.
   

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2. The new agreement gives you the right to grieve virtually any decision management makes that harms you.
   

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3. If you charge management with violating a contract provision, you cannot also charge it with violating a related law because the contract requires that you pick one right or the other to enforce.
   

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4. The new agreement gives you the right to take paid time off to speak with a union representative about a work-related problem you personally are having or that you have witnessed.
   

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5. With the the new agreement in effect, management is prohibited from making any changes in your working conditions until the contract is renegotiated in three years.
   

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6. NTEU can get information about some management decision that impacted you that employees cannot get.
   

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7. The new contract prevents management from ever violating your rights again.

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8. If there is some work-related problem that you think should have been addressed in the contract but was not, you have to wait until the contract is renegotiated in three years to do anything about it.
   

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9. The only way you can help NTEU is to become a member.
   

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10. The new agreement addresses all of the following issues: how to get reassigned to another port, how to be excused from working on your regular day off, bid and rotation rules, how to swap assignments and work locations, your rights when under investigation, grooming and uniform rules, when shift changes can be made, hours of work, leave and promotion procedures.
    

    True

    False