Caputo v. Resor

MOORE, Circuit Judge:

On July 1,1963, the Government Building in Long Island City, New York, which had been operated'by the Department of the Army, was transferred to the Post Office Department. Caputo and the nineteen other plaintiffs in the present action had worked at the building for some time. None of them did mail handling work. They were essentially maintenance personnel: operating engineers, carpenters, tractor and crane operators, boiler firemen, and the like. Two were telephone operators.

On May 28, 1963, each of the plaintiffs had been sent a letter from the Civilian Personnel Office…