STEP 4
February 22, 2013One Comment
The issue in this grievance involves management requiring rural carriers to case Delivery Point Sequence (DPS) Letters during a DPS letter formal review request for 12 days. The Parties agree that when rural carriers are required to case DPS letter mail, appropriated compensation will be provided in accordance with Handbook PO-603, Section 541.41. DOWNLOAD via [...]
Continue readingFebruary 22, 2013No Comments
The issue in this grievance involves management denying LWOP on Saturday due to the unavailability of a leave replacement, when the leave replacement was assigned to express mail and collection runs and is not servicing a route. The Parties agree that a leave replacement assigned duties per Article 30.2.Q., will not be considered unavailable for [...]
Continue readingNovember 14, 2011No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “This grievance concerns management requiring rural carriers to perform “Forward” scans on mail pieces that are undeliverable as addressed (UAA). The parties agree that this is not currently a rural carrier function and is performed by an in-office-user in accordance with PO-610. Click here to view the Step 4 Settlement…”
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2011No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “This grievance concerns what should be the proper credit during a mail count when a carrier provides certificate of mailing services. The parties agree that a rural route will be provided two minutes credit under column 24 (Registered, Certified Accepted) for each certificate of mailing piece or PS Form 3877 [...]
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2011No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “This grievance concerns management not allowing carriers to case DPS letters and requiring them to take their DPS letters directly to the street if the carriers are unable to leave within 20 minutes of their scheduled leaving time. The parties agree that there are exceptions to the 20 minute delay [...]
Continue readingJuly 18, 2011No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association THIS GRIEVANCE CONCERNS MANAGEMENT UTILIZING A PS FORM 3883 (FIRM SHEETS) ON NON L ROUTES. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT PS FORM 3883 (FIRM SHEETS) ARE DESIGNATED FOR HIGH DENSITY “L” ROUTES ONLY Click here to see the Step 4…
Continue readingJuly 18, 2011No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “This grievance concerns union access to a contract postal facility which consolidates mail that has been entered into the postal network, such as a surface transfer center. The parties agree in accordance with Article 23, union officials shall be permitted access to contract postal facilities provided the Postal Service has [...]
Continue readingJuly 18, 2011No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “The parties agree that no changes in carrier work methods, casing equipment, or office procedures can be made between the date of the Pre-count conference and the mail count unless these items were specifically discussed at the conference at least 15 days prior to the mail count. The parties further [...]
Continue readingJuly 18, 2011No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “This grievance concerns management utilizing leave replacement on auxiliary assistance to deliver Express Mail during a mail count and then following the mail count requiring the regular carriers to deliver any Express Mail items provided they could meet the delivery time.’ The parties agree that management shall not circumvent paying [...]
Continue readingMay 6, 2011No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “The Parties agree that Auxiliary routes may not be used for limited duty work if other craft employees are entitled to this work under Article 30.2.G. Click here to view the step 4 settlement…”
Continue readingFebruary 14, 2011One Comment
Ruralinfo Postal News: STEP 4 SETTLEMENT CONCERNING THE ASSIGNMENT OF A NON-SATURDAY RELIEF DAY UPON RECALCULATION OF THE FORMULA This grievance concerns management assignment of a non-Saturday relief day upon recalculation of the formula, specifically, whether or not management must offer Friday/Saturday rotating as the non-Saturday relief day. The Parties agree that in those circumstances [...]
Continue readingFebruary 9, 20115 Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “This grievance concerns whether management can require rural carriers to take delivery point sequence (DPS) letter mail directly to the street in order to meet the required delivery time for express mail. The parties agreed that rural carriers may case DPS letter mail provided they can meet the overall evaluation [...]
Continue readingSeptember 24, 2010No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “This grievance concerns the Postal Service’s application of a USPS/NALC MOU, in violation of the USPS, NALC, and NRLCA MOU, which was established to handle disputes on the assignment and conversion of deliveries from one craft to the other craft. Although this National level grievance has been filed, individual grievances [...]
Continue readingSeptember 18, 2010No Comments
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “This settlement involves 2 issues;1. The appropriate adjustments to be included in a base hour change when one or more rural routes are moved from one facility to another, including stations and branches of the same post office.2. The proper assignment of rural carriers in those instances when all rural [...]
Continue readingSeptember 4, 2010One Comment
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “On August 31, 2010, the Association filed a National Level Grievance challenging the Postal Service’s implementation of the National Reassessment Process (NRP). This Step 4 grievance will address Management’s failure to assign rural carriers to limited duty work in accordance with various provisions of the National Agreement, Postal handbooks and [...]
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