wiz1369 /m49663 they don't care about service, today during the stand-up, sup. asked for any questions. I asked if a tub of flats are mixed with 2nd class and BBM (commingled) we are to consider the whole tub the higher class, then why isn't a tray of DPS mixed with First class and BBM (commingled)considered the higher class mail? Sup. said we are not going into that now. Then I asked, "how can we be sure that the BBM mail that we are pulling out is not already delayed and now we are delaying it even further?" Sup. said we are not going into that now, any other questions other than this suject? I asked, "is there an instruction from higher up that states all medical appointments must be made on the carriers day off, as you have instructed?" The sup. then stated that he didn't like my attitude. My response. "Hey, I don't like it either but I'm stuck with it." He then ended the stand-up, no more questions. Still looking into the commingled DPS mail situation, any thoughts appreciated. as far as the "attitude", it comes and goes, comes when I clock on and goes when I clock off!

I must be having a brain fart. I've looked, but can't find it.Where is it written that a regular carrier does not have to check the schedule daily. That management is responsible for notifying the carrier if he/she is to report early or on their SDO.

WIZ......wow thats gotta feel great chatting with the DM like that :}Question. I was trying to find it in writing that we get the 1840 for 24hrs before the consultation? and any news on next "adjustments" will take place. We made it out of this last one(oct) with no adjustments :}Keep up the fight!

Pensylvania /m49667 -- sometimes they are right, and this is one of them. You can't have a holddown on an aux route, so when the route became an aux, your holddown ended.

Question: I've been on a holdown for a year as PTF. With the new adjustments they recently make the route an auxiliary (6 hours total) even though I've been pivoting every day to complete the 8 hour tour. Monday was the SDO of the route and I worked the same route, and on today, Friday, I was told to come in later, at 10am. Management says that my holdown not longer applies, but I'been doing the same route on a daily basis. Are they right or are they making up a new rule?

FEDUP

the Postal Operations Manual has been updated it is now 645.2 although it reads the same

When a carrier does their redbook, should they be clocking to 743 time? Should this redbook time be counted during the MIARAP?

Tim /m49647, Fledgling in /m49646 does make a good point about the Article 41 violation. But, like when they used to tell us to curtail and pivot, in undertime, before MIARAP, our NBA told us to not even file on it. They've lost too many of them. Then there's the POM 646, dealing with curtail and pivot. And if management wants the older mail to go first, then I guess they have that right to manage the mail.

POM 646.2 Pivoting Usage

"Pivoting is not limited to periods when mail volume is light and when
absences are high, but also can be utilized throughout the year for
maintaining balanced carrier workloads."

A lot has to do with what region you're in. Some areas have won on this type of situation. While others haven't. You might want to have your President get a hold of your NBA and see what they have to say about it.

maleman /m49961 wouldn't it take LONGER to pull out the circulars, than to deliver them? I would remind management that we are the U. S. Postal SERVICE...they are forgetting that.

sfo general- thanks....and i WAS a steward...

new out of area Manager is instructing carriers to pull the circulars out of their DPS to make it back by 5:00, only on routes with apts not residential. raises several questions, if BBM circulars are mixed in with DPS first class, would it be considered commingled as it does with mixed flats in a tub, how would you know if the circulars you are taking out of DPS were not already delayed when they were run through DPS. if you pull them out of the DPS you could be delaying them even more. we have never done this prior to her arrival. looking for info on the subject...no luck yet

1 4#3 /m49657 Unfortunately that's way outside my district... When the 1840 reverse is given to the carrier, they have to have it 24 hours before the final consultation, take it, study it, and if it doesn't work, or is way out of line, write notes, discuss it with your office Union/USPS reps, and attach the notes to the final. That way, the DEAT will see it and may re-visit the problem...they are supposed to act on those notes.

Mike /m49658 Read Article 15 in the JCAM!!! Remember...once your file is open...management gets a copy of all of it! They don't get much from me at the Informal...as it is just an exchange of information...my file expands greatly after that, but the Formal USPS Rep gets an entire copy by the end of the meeting.

thought i won my first 5 step b cases but i forgot to send a copy to usps formal a rep so now the cases will be reopened and remanded to back to formal a. Help!? Please training references for formal a would be much appreciated.

The team I am dealing with is in danville,va The carrier is gonna have a route atleast a hr longer than it needs to be.