September mail counts are ALWAYS the last 12 working days of September.. ALWAYS. My calculations show that the dates for this year’s special count should be September 17th through September 30th. September Special Mail Counts Most September mail counts are…
Who knows what MMM mail or 3M mail? MMM is mail from your DPS that is: Missorted – This is mail that belongs to a different route in your office. Missequenced– This is mail that is out of sequence in your…
(Edited by Ruralinfo.net for clarification and to fix an error) This is something many managers like to deny credit for during a count. Remember all of those times throughout the year where you get mail back from CFS for whatever reason?…
This always seems to be a confusing matter year after year.. NON DELIVERABLE DPS – Rural carriers are paid less to deliver a piece of DPS than they are for a regular worked letter. The premise of DPS is that…
Let the games begin, because really that is what they are.. Games.. I mean what other time of year are we considered “petty” when we ask for time for things we do EVERYDAY? These are not fun games, these…
In 2016, a National Mail Count will be conducted for twelve (12) working days beginning Saturday, March 12, 2016 and ending Friday, March 25, 2016, for all routes except those routes which both the regular carrier and management agree in…
By Ruralinfo.net There have been a lot of comments during this mail count where carriers are seeing parcels with USPS scans being delivered by UPS. I know it might seem the opportune time for the USPS to try to circumvent…
National Level Step 4 Grievance Filed Over Credit for Carrier Pickup Items in the 2015 National Mail Count This morning the NRLCA filed a National level Step 4 grievance on issues related to the Postal Service’s expansion of its Carrier…
USPS Headquarters has issued the following instructions to the field concerning Sunday and Holiday delivery of parcels during the 2015 Mail Count: “Any Amazon parcels received for intended Sunday/Holiday delivery will NOT receive credit in Column 6, Parcels, on the…
The USPS is in agreement with the NRLCA that only those parcels received from Amazon that are on the Amazon Manifest will be delivered on Sundays and the Holiday and will not be credited to the route during the count…
The NRLCA has been notified that 3 additional products have been added to those eligible for Carrier Pick-Up. They are: First-Class Package Service, Parcel Select, and First Class Package Return Service. For purposes of the Mail Count, these additional categories…
Did you know that 1 min during a mail count can be worth $2088.00? Thats right… If you are close to moving into the next hour of evaluation, overlooking something small could mean a $2088.00 mistake. Just as an example:…
Let the games begin, because really that is what they are.. Games.. I mean what other time of year are we considered “petty” when we ask for time for things we do EVERYDAY? These are not fun games, these…
The mail count guide on the NRLCA Website has been corrected with regard to the proper mail count credit for UPS Parcel Return Service (PRS). After further discussions with the Postal Service, it is agreed that when a carrier collects…
Aux routes 2601 – 3448 – loss of 153 routes or 4.25% H routes 5229 – 6214 increase of 985 or 18.84% J routes 6757 – 7481 increase of 724 or 10.71% K routes 17410 – 15537 loss of 1873…
