The issue in this grievance concerned carriers being required to scan ALL International Mail Pieces. This IS the current direction from USPS, but the carriers in this case were only required to scan those pieces beginning with C, R, A,…
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The issue in this grievance is the scheduling of PTF Rural Carriers on their “String” routes. Local management took the position that they could schedule a PTF on any route and bypass the PTF for work on one of their…
The issue in this case involved management adjusting a route that was not overburdened for the stated reason of “leveling out the evaluations of the routes.” The parties agreed that no national interpretive issue is fairly presented in this case….
The issue in this grievance concerns whether the postmaster or designee must be accompanied by the rural carrier assigned to the route during a route inspection. After reviewing this matter, we mutually agree that no national interpretive issue is fairly…
The issue in this grievance is whether additional compensation is warranted when local management requires rural carriers to verify parcels are properly sorted to the assigned routes immediately upon completion of parcel distribution. The parties agree that management may require…
The issue in this grievance concerns the proper credit provided during a mail count for letter mail with addresses that cannot be processed in Delivery Point Sequence (DPS) order, such as apartment or high rise buildings. After reviewing this matter,…
The issue in the grievance is management refusing to issue an emergency salary advance, claiming that the grievant had been “terminated” when, in fact, the grievant was not. The parties agree that: “Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, Section 23-3, Employee Emergency…
This case involves management bypassing an RCA to work on a route that is not the primary assignment when scheduling day-to-day to avoid paying overtime. The parties agree Pre-arbitration settlement, G00R-4Q-C 02139495 (M-84 in the Quick Reference Guide) from Willis,…
These cases involve management not allowing carriers to sequence or mark parcels in the office if they will not make their leaving time for the route or if they would work over 10 hours for the day on their route….
This case involves management refusing to compensate carriers when servicing newly established Amazon Parcel Lockers. The parties agree that the actual street addresses associated with APLs must be served by a rural route. During a mail count, in addition to…
This case involves management refusing to compensate carriers when servicing newly established Electronic Parcel Lockers (EPL). The parties agree that If it is determined that EPLs will be used for parcel delivery, actual time will be provided for time spent…
This case involves management requiring carriers to maintain PS Form 4232 for each customer on the route even though the route has 911 addressing. The parties agree only rural carriers that provide service to customers that have Rural Route and…
This case involves management stating that the withdraw of DPS flats in a non-withdrawal office is included in the final hot case pull. The parties agree, in those instances when a rural route is NOT provided the withdrawal allowance, DPS flats MUST be provided…
This case involves management not crediting additional time for carriers to retrieve accountable mail in the AM during a mail count when the accountable cage or location to retrieve accountable mail is not “near” the carriers case. The parties agree…
This case involves management requiring a carrier to dismount and go into a business that participates in the Ship from Store program and is required to scan a barcode, without calling the delivery point an official dismount. The parties agree…
This case involved management refusing to consolidate a 21-hour auxiliary route into two “J” routes and one “H” route following a mail count to create two “K” route assignments for a PTF. The parties agree if the number of “K”…
This case involves management requiring rural carriers to take a 30 minute lunch break after 6 hours of work even if the carrier did not want to take a lunch break. The parties agree that rural carriers at their option…
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