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9 Labor Guidelines

9.1 General

Purchase teams must:

1. Maintain good relations with industry and labor so that Postal Service purchasing requirements may be met without delay;

2. Be impartial in any dispute between supplier management and labor, and not try to conciliate, mediate, or arbitrate a labor dispute;

3. Cooperate fully with the Department of Labor's investigation and enforcement activities; and

4. Cooperate fully with federal and state agencies responsible for enforcing requirements in such areas as safety, health and sanitation, work hours and minimum wages, equal employment opportunity, and child and convict labor.

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