If DPS reviews are a moot point, why was it NOT taken out of our contract before it was ratified?
DPS reviews are completely legitimate.
I too requested one after the first mini count, had it, it failed (therefore I won), and nothing ever happened. I grieved it, and it is currently at Step 4 with all the other DPS reviews that occurred for the last 3 years, while our highly paid union officials sit on their
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The USPS is saying they don't exist anymore, but failed to remove it from our contract. There is NO fix if your Domino's pizza adds are in DPS during count and not in for all time outside of count. DPS reviews are the ONLY thing that held the stoners at the plant in check. If they wouldn't do their job and run those machinable PAID pieces just like they did during your last count, the USPS would have to pay dearly for it.
Correct !!! DPS reviews , both quality and quantity, are still a valid , legitimate, and viable option. There is language cited throughout various rulings that state with words to the effect that "the PO cannot rewrite The 603" and " was entered into freely through collective bargaining" . I did notice something, though. This is from The RRECS Guide provided by The NRLCA back in '21 ;
RRECS will
eliminate the need for Formal Reviews of DPS for Quantity because the DPS
volume is calculated every day over a 52‐week period. Therefore, the evaluation will be
based on the
actual DPS percentage received in an entire year. RRECS will also eliminate
the need for additional compensation for second runs of DPS because those also will be
calculated as DPS Cased Letters in the 52‐week totals.
First off, "will eliminate".......................that sounds like something the PO would say.........hmmmmmmmm. Then, we have the "actual DPS percentage received in an entire year" con phrase. Well, if the raw mail counted / recorded during the MMS is the SAME figure used in each week until the next MMS , then this is clearly NOT "the actual DPS percentage received in an entire year" because they ( both parties ) are using the ACTUAL DAILY PIECE count for DPS while at the same time ONLY using a STATIC FIGURE for the raw mail which was determined at the most recent MMS. This is why I say that the percentage number is "set" during the MMS. Those 12 days of raw mail and those 12 days of DPS set the baseline. This is also cited in The Bloch Award. This is why during the quantity review, you DO actually count the raw mail and NOT use an "average" number. Now, The NRLCA did back pedal a bit later on in their revised RRECS Guide with this from '24 ;
RRECS will
decrease the need for Formal Reviews of DPS for Quantity because the DPS
volume is calculated every day over a 52‐week period. Therefore, the evaluation will be
based on the actual DPS percentage received in an entire year. The DPS Percentage will
be determined every six months using the 52‐week averages of DPS and Random and
WSS Letters received. A carrier may still request the Review, and management will have
30 days to correct the discrepancy. Any re‐classification would only be effective until the
next evaluation period.
While I believe that neither party really wants a carrier to perform and prevail in a review because that would benefit the carrier , I think that the issue is that both parties THINK , or at least will state , there is no way to properly compensate the carrier. Can you say " pay adjustment" ? I understand that this is not like the old days where you moved a set number of DPS pieces into the sector segment column and , WHAM , it was done but they DO have the numbers as well as the standards and converting 86.7 to 15.45 could be done.
