Voglio-il mio -- "We are currently are working under an Evaluation System that uses a three week count to formulate our earnings. "
-- Actually it WAS two- and three-weak counts to determine a route's evaluation.
-- Used to be two- and FOUR-weak counts in September's, but that changed to a FEB-MAR time frame thanks to Arbitrator Wells as of 2002. ( any one remember the USPS's "Managing the Opportunity"?
-- The Arbitrator Clarke ( 2010-2015 ) changed process to two- and three-weak counts in FEB-MAR as proposed by -- you guessed it -- the NRLCA!!
-- The NRLCA's mantra used to be: No Contract, No Count. That worked until the 12-26 ( middle of ) March 2016 count which was included in the 2010-2015 contract, which expired 15 MAY 2015.
-- More "fun and games" regarding counts:
- The 2000-2004 Arbitration came out on 3 FEB 2002, yet a national count was conducted beginning 28 FEB 2002 which included LOTS of changes to standards. ( think someone ( the USPS ) was given advance notice of the changes? )
- The 2015-2018 Contract included NO count for 2017. ( the parties probably thought the new evaluated pay system would be in place ( LOL ))
- Even in her last State of the Union address of August 2018, X-President Dwyer continued to cite two- and four-weak counts despite the change to two- and three-weak counts with the 2010-2015 contract.
- The 2018-2021 Contract includes NO counts for the duration of the contract, aside from the USPS's option to conduct a national count over the last 12 working days of September of any year, provided the NRLCA is given at least a 30-day notice of the impending count. ( the parties probably hope RRECS will be in place sometime during the life of the contract )
-- Carrier can always hope to have a change in pay ( hopefully upwards ) with route adjustments through territorial gains or losses, when "unusual circumstance" have negated the validity of the annual count ( that seems to get overlooked in such cases as the addition of Amazon AFTER a count) , the implementation of DPS /FSS, or change between "L" and "Non-L" classification.