I'll go first. The photos they require us to take, we won't be given any extra RRECS time to take them.
Well, I sure hope this won't be the case IF this task becomes mandatory. According to the Clarke Award , in part ;
6. The parties agree that no standards changes shall be proposed prior to
the Chairperson’s final determination of the revised Evaluated Compensation System,
except that Article 34 may be utilized for any new work functions assigned to rural letter
carriers.
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Thereafter, any future changes or additions to the time standards and
other components of the revised Evaluated Compensation System will be established
consistent with the processes established by the Chairperson in his final determination
with regard to the revised Evaluated Compensation System. The parties agree to
renegotiate the provisions of Article 34 so as to reflect the processes developed by the
Chairperson’s final determination and to provide that either party may call for a review of
one or more standards.
8. The parties will each bear the costs of their respective party-appointed
Members and their designees. The Postal Service will bear the costs of the Chairperson
and other costs of the Project.
The "processes established by the Chairperson" are the three engineers ; one PO , one union, and one neutral. Now, we all realize that neither the PO nor the union really pay much attention to binding litigation but , at least, there is "something" on paper that articulates the procedures to which are to be adhered. Of course, an Arbitrator's jurisdiction is limited only to disputes between the parties and if BOTH parties come to some kind of "agreement" BEFORE adhering to the Clark Ruling, well...................................there is no dispute between the parties even when NEITHER party was in compliance with the original ruling.
You can take a look for yourself. Page 36 is where it details quite a bit but the whole award is has a lot of other "interesting" info regarding EMA and other time standards.
