Peak Parcels

[bobbyboo44]

Starting off I work in an office with 52 rural routes and about around 50 city routes. On the rural side we have like 5 subs. Our post master informed us starting November 27th we will start doing a 6-9 program for peak. It means from 3am-6am all parcels will be thrown into Sunday routes for subs to take at 6. Since we don't have enough subs she wants the regulars to volunteer to help. So some of the regulars would come in and run the Sunday routes and will be allowed to scan their parcels under their normal route while delivering so they get rreccs credit. The other volunteers have to stay at the office casing everyone's routes. She wont allow all of us to come in and run parcels, and if we don't get enough volunteers she will pull ccas to do it under the Sunday route so we wont get credit. Is there anything that can be done about this? Its complete bs that some routes will get credit for the parcels while others wont. We get hardly any amazon and peak the last few years has been pretty much Monday level volume all week so its very manageable.

 

[Worve]

Contact local rep now stop it before it starts.

 

[bobbyboo44]

Local rep won't do anything and adr says they have every right to do it.

 

[Shannonboy]

Get ready for a fight....all kinds of grievances there.

 

[Shannonboy]

Your Union rep should be all over this, but if not go over reps head to Union District Representative...lot of stuff pm is taking advantage of here, also pm can not treat one carrier one way, and treat one carrier another way. Thats Disparate treatment grievance right there. Get on this, dont wait, take action, prepare for a battle, because your probably gonna have one. Your pm sounds like a real jerk too, so watch yourself...
Best of luck.

 

[Knitting]

There is a step four on this.

Step 4 on 6 to 9 parcel delivery program | Ruralinfo.net

In dispute is the Postal Services action to circumvent mail, specifically parcels, in the 6 to 9 Play program. This action is in violation of, but not limit ...

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As always, it is a numbers game. Personally I'm not going to worry about it. I'll come in at 8am and be done by 6pm. If management wants to pay fat stacks of grievance money to CCAs having to cross craft, all the better. Having a certain number of packages delivered by 9am is not my concern, and is a waste of time for both the USPS and the carrier. Delivering normally while sectioning off a second trip for after normal delivery during peak season is always more efficient.

No carrier should be working more than twelve hours in a day.

No carrier should be working more than 60 hours per work week.

No carrier should be working in the dark.

No route should be improperly measured.

Grieve all this every day until your postmaster's hands fall off from having to initial 8191s. Soon you'll have enough hands to make a new postmaster. We'll call him Handyman. Happy Halloween.

 

[nlsal209]

There is a step four on this.

Step 4 on 6 to 9 parcel delivery program | Ruralinfo.net

In dispute is the Postal Services action to circumvent mail, specifically parcels, in the 6 to 9 Play program. This action is in violation of, but not limit ...

www.ruralinfo.net

As always, it is a numbers game. Personally I'm not going to worry about it. I'll come in at 8am and be done by 6pm. If management wants to pay fat stacks of grievance money to CCAs having to cross craft, all the better. Having a certain number of packages delivered by 9am is not my concern, and is a waste of time for both the USPS and the carrier. Delivering normally while sectioning off a second trip for after normal delivery during peak season is always more efficient.

No carrier should be working more than twelve hours in a day.

No carrier should be working more than 60 hours per work week.

No carrier should be working in the dark.

No route should be improperly measured.

Grieve all this every day until your postmaster's hands fall off from having to initial 8191s. Soon you'll have enough hands to make a new postmaster. We'll call him Handyman. Happy Halloween.

Can we do second trips during the Christmas period? If yes, I agree with doing the route and putting some parcels to the side for a second trip!

 

[EthelAnne]

Local rep won't do anything and adr says they have every right to do it.

Go up the food chain. Shirley Baffa is the Director of Steward Operations; Bridget Boseak is the Director of Labor Relations. The number at the NRLCA HQ is 703-684-5545

 

[Gotrope]

There is a step four on this.

Step 4 on 6 to 9 parcel delivery program | Ruralinfo.net

In dispute is the Postal Services action to circumvent mail, specifically parcels, in the 6 to 9 Play program. This action is in violation of, but not limit ...

www.ruralinfo.net

As always, it is a numbers game. Personally I'm not going to worry about it. I'll come in at 8am and be done by 6pm. If management wants to pay fat stacks of grievance money to CCAs having to cross craft, all the better. Having a certain number of packages delivered by 9am is not my concern, and is a waste of time for both the USPS and the carrier. Delivering normally while sectioning off a second trip for after normal delivery during peak season is always more efficient.

No carrier should be working more than twelve hours in a day.

No carrier should be working more than 60 hours per work week.

No carrier should be working in the dark.

No route should be improperly measured.

Grieve all this every day until your postmaster's hands fall off from having to initial 8191s. Soon you'll have enough hands to make a new postmaster. We'll call him Handyman. Happy Halloween.

There is a step 4 filed. It has not been resolved. And likely won't be until staffing improves. USPS slow walking the process. It is voluntary for regular carriers to participate. It is a violation of the rrecs program of data capture. File and don't forget to ask for discussion time while on loading or EOS. Make it burn.

 

[stillfirstclass]

and then, make sure they don't go in and change your clock out time

 

[Worve]

Bench mark for the discussion should be 15 minutes minimum. Got to 35 min last year waiting for this year .

 

[Shannonboy]

No mgmt would do that....Would they???!!
Of course not....I got ocean front property for sale in Missouri too....lol!!! Like Gotrope said too...MAKE IT BURN!! We are tired of being treated like this, and I for one, am not going to take it anymore. The INDIGNATION does burn within me, and how much I've given in pain, suffering, health, Family, time with my Loved ones, and dear Friends. A REGRET burns, and Im determined to make a DIFFERENCE....one small flame can light a fire, and become an inferno, now I'm no inferno, but I can be a small light, and I'm determined to do that to the best of my ability.... you can too, pass the torch..

My Grandson, Grayson just LOVES Super Heroe's...so FLAME ON Buddy..

 

[hockey94]

Its BS if ppl are not starting to case a route until 9, its very possible they will be delivering the mail/packages when its dark !! I would rather deliver excess packages when its dark, than letter/flats/packages !!

 

[Shannonboy]

Thats just asking to get someone killed...
2 years ago, I got to pull a 62 year old coworker out of her truck that got broadsided by another vehicle she couldnt see because of headlights shining in her eyes, and yes it was dark, she was slow, and overburdened rt. Did pm care. ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! It almost cost that sweet lady her life, and mine too trying to get her out of that truck, and out of that intersection in the dark. A truely DANGEROUS, AND TERRIFYING moment...fortunately her, and her husband, are enjoying retirement no thanks to a MORONIC pm who cared nothing about her, only his bonus...

 

[hockey94]

My moron pm was trying to make me NOT case the DPS at the end of my route, when I knew damn well it was going to be dark, and I cant see sh*( at night. I flat told him it was to dangerous for me to be working out of 2 bundles in the dark !! I REFUSED !!

So, glad Decemeber 21st will be 2 years since I got paroled !!

 

[neciat]

Can we do second trips during the Christmas period? If yes, I agree with doing the route and putting some parcels to the side for a second trip!

Yes, we can. However, second trips are NOT compensated during the overtime period.

 

[neciat]

Having a certain number of packages delivered by 9am

Yep, that's what they do. Actually, it really isn't "help" because since they are chasing a number, they end up taking SPRs and other stuff that would fit in the box leaving the big stuff that is all in the way for the regular carriers. Then, when the carrier does get to the box, there is whatever was delivered in the way.

 

[Shannonboy]

My moron pm was trying to make me NOT case the DPS at the end of my route, when I knew damn well it was going to be dark, and I cant see sh*( at night. I flat told him it was to dangerous for me to be working out of 2 bundles in the dark !! I REFUSED !!

So, glad Decemeber 21st will be 2 years since I got paroled !!

Good job! It is a SAFETY ISSUE, and since it is, he cant do a Dang thing about it, and if he tries, flood him with grievances, form 1767, and an EEO, Make him feel the HEAT!!! THEY WANNA PLAY HARDBALL, WE GOT A PITCH THAT'LL BURN THE MUSTACHE RIGHT OFF THAT SMUG LITTLE SMIRK THEY ALWAYS GOT ON THEIR FACES....you know the one i mean...go get him!

 

[Voglio-il mio]

Yep, that's what they do. Actually, it really isn't "help" because since they are chasing a number, they end up taking SPRs and other stuff that would fit in the box leaving the big stuff that is all in the way for the regular carriers. Then, when the carrier does get to the box, there is whatever was delivered in the way.

This approach by the USPS is basically just to protect there Cash Cow portion of the business, it has no beneficial rewards for those of us performing the task. Their confidence in us to perform all required daily activities is lacking.

Its a Bean Counters approach to being efficient, making us do more work (because we are salary) on their time table to insure timely execution of the money making product.

We don't do it in our office, we refuse, and it still gets delivered timely, daily.

 

[Windindaface]

I'm sorry. Sunday is my religious holiday.

It's called Stayahoma.