Rural carriers are overpaid, you're always done early!

[BillyBoi]

@BillyBoi I see you are a new one here. WELCOME ABOARD !!!! Also see that your are not hesitant to engage in discussions and offer input, perspectives, etc. That's an admirable trait. Have you seen this ?

The Piece Work Trap - Ruralinfo.net

An OLDIE BUT GOODIE!! The Piece Work Trap by John Dziubek former CTRLCA State Steward (written sometime after the Wells arbitration) Since 1896 rural letter…

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Interesting read. With the buzzing I've been hearing, I assume they will be chomping at the bit for another round of changes sometime soon. I'm sure the resentment will be palpable as the economy continues to circle the drain. But hey whenever they start forcing us to take pictures of deliveries they might throw a half an hour our way. I'm underemployed but the tech field I was in was taken over by H1Bs (and now AI before that bubble pops) and I have no interest in the field anymore. So needless to say, analyzing and trying to solve problems is a bit of an obsession.

 

[btdtret]

BillyBoi -- Welcome aboard!!

"So needless to say, analyzing and trying to solve problems is a bit of an obsession."

-- Then working for ( or against ) the USPS should be your dream job!!

-- Please give it a few months of honest effort.

-- If it really suits you, consider running for office steward.

 

[BillyBoi]

BillyBoi -- Welcome aboard!!

"So needless to say, analyzing and trying to solve problems is a bit of an obsession."

-- Then working for ( or against ) the USPS should be your dream job!!

-- Please give it a few months of honest effort.

-- If it really suits you, consider running for office steward.

I'm actually friends with my steward and I bounce stuff off of him all the time. I somehow got roped into going to our state NRLCA convention, not sure what to expect there....

 

[Rogtar]

I'm actually friends with my steward and I bounce stuff off of him all the time. I somehow got roped into going to our state NRLCA convention, not sure what to expect there....

Probably a whole lot of nothing occurs but you get to see the practice (and politics) of how the org functions. The real juice happens at the national from what I saw (only 1 year doing so no experience myself).

If you're okay with the process (and politicking) it might be a good way to work through and become influential in the power structure if you don't have the space for NSS. The union needs to be pulled against it's will into the modern age and if you're running to solve problems it needs people who can actually acknowledge they exist to be solved.

Bemoan all anyone wants about how things are and how an organization is failing, but if we don't bull through the pile of manure it won't ever change. One step at a time, one disappointing convention after another but getting better known and convincing others is how the process (glacially) works. Mayhaps one day the shift overturns enough to allow rapid movement, as many things nowadays works in an avalanche fashion starting slow until it suddenly is not.

 

[Old Fart]

That half hour average in @Old Fart example was at one time AT LEAST two or three times that figure. Often more. Anyway, point being is we have been under a constant onslaught since the '02 count. That, coupled with pathetic to no arguments at negotiations regarding under time, we are on track to literally work ourselves out of a job.

Our union is handcuffed. Not saying they're awesome or capable or any of that silly stuff, but without what every single union has as the ultimate bargaining chip against management of WORK STOPPAGE, STRIKE, they have no leverage. What they've tried to do is minimize the damage, but since top level management believes every employee is a liar cheater and thief, they're going to continually try to take more of our compensation.

 

[Old Fart]

Follow your carriers or tell them safety is watching and watch that 30 mins undertime turn into 2+ hrs overtime. Fact is a lot of carriers do things that are not wholly unsafe but they're not supposed to do and currently USPS benefits while turning a blind eye to it.

Our rural daily standup we take one safety item and stress that its for YOU the CARRIER'S safety, we don't do it to please some management surveying us. We save our own lives. Use the e-brake on your LLV and turn the sucker off because the 30 year old death trap can kill you or someone else if you don't. A carrier is the one talking to the group. We rotate speakers. Maybe that matters? Most of our carriers are older, with families or grandchildren.

Sidebar --last time management followed rural side for route evaluations, carriers did routes in about the normal time they've been using. However, management didn't get out of their vehicle and measure the degree of curbing wheels on level street to meet national standard.....

Just a hunch though is that the RCA's are ignoring much of safety.......