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This case involved management requiring rural carriers during a snow storm to park their vehicle, dismount and deliver by walking to each box on portions of the route. The parties agree that rural carriers are not required to dismount and provide service on foot when roads or entire blocks, or equally large portions of the route, are impassable or when access to several mailboxes (along a continuous segment of the route) is blocked.
You may view the Step 4 settlement letter here.
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Anytime I step out of the llv, it is excessive and dangerous to do so. So no mail for you
I can’t believe they sent this to Step 3 – it seems like a clear interpretation in the PO603 example they cited. Blah…
I can’t believe upper management was making a rural carrier do this! How dangerous!
You should never dismount and walk on curb line boxes…it is a safety hazard ….that’s all you ever have to say
As in some idiot having a party and his guests blocking every box for an entire block.
I just had a customer get mad at me for not delivering to his box. He is in a culdesac and has been notified several times for cars blocking. I pulled out of the culdesac and proceeded to the next culdesac and he drove up and blocked me from delivering. Walked up to my side and said his address and asked why I didn’t deliver?? I said I’m not allowed to dismount unless I have a parcel. He said how f’ing hard is it to get out? Then before I answered proceeded to call me lazy. I laughed at him and said have a nice day.
He sat in his truck for a long minute to keep me there and then squealed his tires as he backed up.
I called my supervisor right then and told her what happened. She had me deliver a letter with our info regarding this and said if he harassed me again I was to call postal inspectors.
We have to get out no matter what
yeah our PM makes us doing everything against directives, because om doesn’t want to take calls.
Heck we do it every winter here I’m glad it finally made a step Four grievance
Penny Campbell Wright did you read the comments we are told to get out no matter what! Why is it different rules for every office?
Yeah I would like to know that answer too!!
Because when carriers are instructed apparently not all grieve it or point the safety hazard aspect
Boom.
We were told my the union DO NOT get out and deliver