Dps flats

Due to the potential impact of the upcoming national mail count, increased implementation of DPS flats, and to assist management with adjustments and assignments of rural routes following implementation of the mail count results, several modifications to existing MOU’s have been made which address residual vacancies, auxiliary routes, route adjustments, excessing of rural carriers, and [...]

On May 12, 2011, after the start of the May 2011 Special Mail Count, the parties received the supplemental award from Arbitrator Bloch setting the new DPS flat standard of 43 pieces per minute. The parties’ December 21, 2007 MOU clearly states that a standard of no more than 27 DPS flats per minute remains [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “Attached you will find the current FSS Deployment Schedule. This is the official document provided to the NRLCA from USPS Headquarters. This list is in effect as of April 28, 2011, and supersedes all previous FSS Deployment schedules. As you will notice the format has changed. This list only provides [...]

Arbitrator sets FSS/DPS Flats standard at 43 ppm: “As a result of a joint study by the parties, the USPS proposed a DPS flats standard of 69 pieces per minute (ppm). The NRLCA proposed a DPS flats standard of 17 ppm. On February 15, 2011, National Arbitrator Richard Bloch issued an award in the DPS [...]