FSS

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 [...]

FSS IMPACT OFFICES ONLY….. A count period for DPS flat impact offices has been established as the 12 working days after Mother’s Day. (May 9 through May 21, 2011). In order to qualify for this mail count period, an office must have been receiving DPS flats for 30 days prior to the start of this [...]

Arbitrator Issues DPS Flats Award but Remands the Case to the Parties for Further Discussions We have received Arbitrator Richard Bloch’s award in the DPS Flats Standard case. At issue is the DPS flats rate for DPS flats taken to the street in Postal-provided vehicles. Pursuant to Article 34 of the National Agreement, the Postal [...]

Ruralinfo Postal News: Updated: FSS DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE: “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 January 27, 2011, and supersedes all previous FSS Deployment schedules. Updates will be posted as received by the NRLCA from [...]

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 December 29, 2010, and supersedes all previous FSS Deployment schedules. Updates will be posted as received by the NRLCA from Postal Headquarters. [...]

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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 October 5, 2010, and will remain in effect until the NRLCA receives an updated list that will supersede the current FSS Deployment [...]

FSS facility summary by FSS location – 47 sites FSS Locations as of May 2010 FSS Deployment Schedule for 100 machines to 47 sites FSS Deployment Schedule – Updated August 2010 – RIBBS Version Zone listing for 9 FSS operational sites A list of zones and their anticipated live mail dates for each site and [...]

FSS Deployment Information

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “The USPS notified the NRLCA on November 13, 2009, of proposed procedures for the implementation of delivery point sequence (DPS) flats on rural routes in accordance with Article 19.2 of the National Agreement. The NRLCA scheduled a meeting with the USPS to discuss those changes on December 16, 2009. It [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association On September 14, 2009, the NRLCA received the Postal Service’s official notification that it proposes to implement a new street standard for handling delivery point sequence (DPS) flats on rural routes with postal-owned vehicles. The Postal Service’s proposed standard is 69 pieces per minute or 39 pieces more per minute [...]

On July 28, 2008, the parties signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning a temporary modification of three contractual provisions of the National Agreement between the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA). After further consideration of the impact of delivery point sequence (DPS) flats on rural routes, the parties [...]