You knew 5 months ago I was overburdened.

[Windindaface]

This is a rant from a fulltime carrier I had the pleasure of talking to out of the blue on the phone today. I am not a REP. They got my digits from a former RCA who is now REG but covered for me many years.

So this carrier expressed a major concern that I could not answer with a magic response of a the rabbit out of the hat. Told them to contact REP ADR or Association. They did contact a REP and were told to write a carefully written proposal to be brought up at State convention.

Their question was... They knew 5 months ago I was overburdened. Why do I not qualify for a Special count now to establish a baseline of what my real EVAL really is now with this count? I have not gone up the + or - of 2 hours in the past year. My PM told me today they plan to cut my run from overburden K status now to a 42 J to create an AUX because I am the only run out of this office.

What feeble knowledge I can recall off the top of my head I replied Yes they can do this by the wording in contract. Was I wrong and if not why?

Just trying to expand Machine rules for my benefit here and others …

 

[Gotrope]

Overburdened as in 47k + category? Or 2080 issue? Result of recalculated automated values?
Different answers to any of those questions. If a route is beyond standard 46k evaluation then they have a right to adjust the route to a 43k. If the route grew simply because of added miles of deliveries, then they should have adjusted it in a timely manner. The carrier can argue reducing the route below 43k if mgmt reasons do not seem satisfactory as operationally necessary. Bring in a DR anytime they try to reduce a route below 43. This type of adjustment may trigger a mailcount depending upon all information.

If the carrier has 2080 issues, why are they having issues? Do they make the carrier wait for anything( receipt of mail, parcels, llv, reworks, ???) Is the carrier inefficient? Is the route beyond 55:47? Should the carrier have been receiving auxillary assistance? This type of adjustment would not trigger a mailcount.

If the route is overburdened due to an FSS/DPS review failing. The route may be adjusted to 43k. This type of adjustment will trigger a mailcount. If they knew 5 months ago the rt was overburdened due to recalculated values...they clearly failed by not including the route in the current count.

Generally speaking( without case specific information) only an automation review or some type of drastic route change ( Like change in L non- L status) should trigger a route count. Also an auxiliary rt becoming more than 42 hours should trigger a mailcount.
11. Special Counts
a. Special counts are conducted under the following
two (2) circumstances:
(1) When circumstances have negated the valid-
ity of the latest count and evaluation. No
salary adjustments will be made as a result
of the count unless the evaluation of the
route is changed by 120 minutes (2 hours) or
more.
(2) Whenever a 120 minute (2 hours) or more
salary adjustment is made on a route,
whether due to a substantial service change
or a route adjustment, and the density of the
route after the change has been increased to
twelve (12) boxes per mile or more or has
been decreased to less than twelve (12) boxes per mile.