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DISTRICT, AREA, NATIONAL GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENTS
The below wording is the Cincinnati District decision on management not allowing the carriers to case their DPS if they would not make their leaving time. This was filed and heard by our National Regional Officer, Susan Knapp.
In accordance with PO 603 226: "At your option, you may choose to case DPS in accordance with 15, Schedules." And the attached QWl-EI NJSC minutes: "The carrier may leave late but not so significantly as to cause delay in the customer anticipated delivery window. In addition, carriers who cannot return to the office as scheduled or cannot, on a consistent basis, meet the overall evaluation of the route may be required to take their DPS directly to the street without casing."

If you are not being able to case your DPS, please take a copy of this settlement in to management. If management still will not allow you to case your DPS, please contact me immediately. The NJSC Guidelines are not attached. Carla Dedden State Steward
February-March 2010 Mail Count
STATE STEWARD UPDATE
ALL CARRIERS,
If you normally load your vehicle by pushing your cart out to your vehicle as part of loading time and management is requiring you to bring your vehicle to the dock to load your vehicle due to the snow, you are to have that time to walk to your vehicle, move your vehicle to the dock, and dismount your vehicle as part of loading time. THE CLOCK DOES NOT STOP! WEAR YOUR STOPWATCH AND DOUBLE CHECK THE TIMES BY MANAGEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!
In instances when a carrier is unable to complete route duties due to weather conditions, the mail will be handled in the office and taken out for delivery the following day and will not be recounted. If the carrier brings back DPS mail that they took directly to the street and did not case it, the carrier is eligible for payment to case the DPS mail they bring back that was undeliverable due to weather conditions. Payment for casing this DPS mail is the same as they would receive when they are required to case DPS mail when it is out of order due to machine failure (PS 8127 for regulars and PS 1234 for subs). This is figured at .0365 seconds per piece of DPS mail. This mail is NOT recounted.
IF YOUR OFFICE HAS ANY SUSPENSION OF DELIVERY OF MAIL EITHER FROM LOCAL MANAGEMENT CANCELING DELIVERY OF MAIL FOR THE DAY OR IF LACK OF DELIVERY TO THE OFFICE BY DELIVERY TRUCKS, PLEASE CALL ME IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!
February/ March 2010
“Ohio Rural Letter Carrier” newsletter
The newsletter delivery date for this issue has been delayed until after Feb 26th to target Mail Count. It is posted here prior to that date in order to expedite the availability of the information.
DPS REVIEW
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD A DPS REVIEW, OR REQUESTED A REVIEW AND WERE DENIED, PLEASE PROVIDE ME, VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE (YOUR ORIGINAL REQUEST, ANY WRITTEN DENIALS, ANY DOCUMENTATION OF THE OUTCOME OF YOUR REVIEW, AND/OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION YOU KEPT IN YOUR RECORDS). THIS WOULD APPLY TO ANY REQUESTS MADE AFTER JUNE 28, 2008. SEND THESE ITEMS TO ME PROMPTLY.
PLEASE GET THIS INFORMATION OUT IN THE FIELD TO ALL CARRIERS. CARLA DEDDEN STATE STEWARD
EMERGENCY DISMOUNT DELIVERY
When snow, vehicles, or other objects temporarily block access to individual boxes, dismount to make delivery when such service can be provided without undue physical exertion or risk of personal injury. You are not required to dismount and provide service on foot when roads or entire blocks, or equally large portions of the route, are impassable or when access to several mailboxes (along a continuous segment of the route) is blocked. Whenever necessary, request your Postmaster or supervisor to inform customers with Form 4056, Your Mailbox Needs Attention or Notice 38, Approaches to Curbside or Rural Mailboxes to keep the approach to their boxes clear by promptly removing obstructions, including snow, that may make normal delivery or mail from a vehicle difficult or impossible.
ACTS OF GOD
The following has just been posted to the “What’s New” page of the NRLCA website: Questions on pay Issues (details)
FFS IMPLEMENTATION (PDF)
DPS AWARD (PDF)
MANAGEMENT CAN PREVENT OVERTIME FOR A REGULAR RURAL CARRIER BY GIVING AUXILIARY ASSISTANCE BEFORE THE REGULAR CARRIER GOES IN TO THE OVERTIME STATUS. IF YOU GO OVER YOUR EVALUATED TIME FOR THE WEEK, YOU WILL BE PAID OVERTIME.
Angels On Track Foundation—Report Dangerous Crossings (details)
CARRIER PICKUP – SCANNING REQUEST FORM (details)
New State Steward Update (link)
Steward Elections Form------details
NEW MOU FOR FSS FLATS - AUGUST, 2009
"OHIO RURAL LETTER CARRIER"
December 2009 /January 2010 issue of the Ohio Newsletter
Special Constitutional issue
STATE STEWARD UPDATES CARLA DEDDEN CASE REDUCTION (see information)
DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS???
Local steward trainings announced. << Read More
STATE STEWARD UPDATING THE E-MAIL ADDRESS LIST If you wish to have e-mails sent to you regularly on "Hot Topics" from the State Steward, please send an updated e-mail address to me, Carla Dedden, State Steward at OHStateSteward@aol.com . If you are on the prior e-mail list for receiving from the State Steward, you need to update your e-mail address with me.
*Please check here for frequent updates from your State Steward.
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