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VERA Rumors

RDruckus said:
A bill like it is constantly floated, then dies somewhere. Happens year after year, with maybe a year or two off. I've stopped getting my hopes up.

I understand much of our district dead-wood cleared out on the retirement train after the new PMG was installed. (PM says that's why we can't get timely edit book processing.)
The carrier who trained me decades ago told me to never expect the rurals to be included in any VERA. At that time clerks and city carriers were offered one with time and cash incentives.
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Rural carriers were included in the 2009 VERA. I bought a jeep from one when I took their route
 
Can't they just convert these employees to a certain class of RCA or CCA?
They can call them MRCA, MCCA, to avoid layoffs they must work 38 or 40 hour weeks, supply their own vehicles and travel up to 50 miles to plug a huge operational shortage.
Let's put the shoe on the other foot.
 
RDruckus said:
Can't they just convert these employees to a certain class of RCA or CCA?
They can call them MRCA, MCCA, to avoid layoffs they must work 38 or 40 hour weeks, supply their own vehicles and travel up to 50 miles to plug a huge operational shortage.
Let's put the shoe on the other foot.
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Polling RCA's and some regulars this is a key point they want addressed. They'd like some level of service credit for years as an RCA, one who worked full time, basically like regulars. This was an issue that was lifted up the past two contracts, but obviously the PO chose to shelve it as they don't want to pay for anything, especially when they get no performance for it. Fair and unfair are very subjective in PO management world.
 
Voglio-il mio said:
See post #35!
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At this point, all of it is speculation. It COULD be for EAS only, or it COULD extend to the crafts. It depends upon where the PO believes they need some significant reductions in the workforce, or reallocation of resources.

If they eliminated most of the district police force, who's main role is to find new ways to catch and punish carriers for some insignificant infraction, then EAS is clearly the place they need reduction of staff. That would be common sense thinking, not a strong suit of PO leadership.

Craft employees with 25+, especially anyone hired prior to 1988, are expensive, and a reduction in those jobs would give the same result only with lower costs. It would also alleviate lots of the complaints of CCA/RCA's by giving them the routes of the retirees.

What will they do? Probably most is dependent upon what their goals are, and they likely look more closely at city craft than ours as that's where the big savings could happen. We could just get lucky and tag along.
 
Old Fart said:
Polling RCA's and some regulars this is a key point they want addressed. They'd like some level of service credit for years as an RCA, one who worked full time, basically like regulars. This was an issue that was lifted up the past two contracts, but obviously the PO chose to shelve it as they don't want to pay for anything, especially when they get no performance for it. Fair and unfair are very subjective in PO management world.
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I'm sorry, I meant don't give these big shot managers a VERA, give them a taste of what they've been feeding our RCAs. They can work or get laid off.
 
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