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Rebel /m33252 You did what I would have done. Leave it in the box with Notice 107 "Let's Keep the Mail Safe" and a number to contact the OIC who should have access to the DMM C023 and Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted and Perishable Mail. I used to collect those types of packages which I always assumed contained specimens and samples for testing at a lab somewhere. Awhile back we were shown a mandatory training video not to accept this type of mail.

Troll patrol /m33250 Thanks, dude. I need all the help I can get. These guys outnumber me 50 to one.

I see in Billp's message that if a route goes to a 47 or 48k it can be cut to a 44k per agreement of the extension. I thought the PO could cut the route to a 43K. What is correct?

33236. Your post sounds like a child posting. If my collection box says mail will be picked up at 2:00 and I am done at 1:30. Guess what? A clerk has to go out and pick it up. If you wait until 2:30 to pick up there mail that is your fault.......................Toby

 /m33236 I don't think your PM can hold you in the office and make you go back out to collect mail at a business, BUT it is up to management to set your starting time. They can conceivably make you start late enough that you are at that business when their mail is ready to be picked up. Hopefully that won't happen to you.

Had a couple of postal employees come to our PO today to check for handcaped accessibility. Found a few things that didn't meet criteria. Like only 54 inches of sidewalk from the front door to the sidewalk. Sidewalk had a drop of 2.2 degrees instead of the allowed 2 degrees, etc.
  I'd say they spent an hour and a half or so. Came from just about 200 mile away. Commented as they left, "Well, since you have less than ten employees here, I guess we can waive all of these infractions".
  I'm laughing because it is just so pathetic, you either have to laugh, cry, or blow your head off. It just seems so illogical to bust the chops of so many good hard working employees busting their ass, and then blow $$ on something like this.
  Not to mention, if there is something that makes the PO handicapped inaccesible, what difference does it make to a handicapped person if there is less than ten employees?
  Sorry, I'm just tired of this stupid BS.

regarding 33252, if the OIC didn't know, why didn't she look it up? I work in a little two person office and my PO would know the answer.

I have a question regarding seniority. Carrier A was hired by the postal service 3 months prior to Carrier B. Carrier A was originally hired in one office and then transferred to the office where carrier B was. They both made regular on the same day and now are bidding on a new posting. Who has seniority? There are no breaks in service for either carrier.

any word on a new contract? extension? count?

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/m33262 gtownvp
Article 12, section 2.
Very lengthly and involved. Read it carefully.

/m33263 homer
Contract negotiations are not discussed in a public forum. Negotiations do not officially start until 90 days prior to the expiration of the current contract. My GUESS is an extension is not likely.
Mail count, it depends on any new language in the new contract so it is unknown at this point.

gtownvp
In your example carrier "A" would win the tiebreaker because the "length of service as a RCA"

troll, the dna tests came back and you are my daddy

/m33265 Rayt - After reading the contract on this, they appear to not have addressed that issue specifically. All other things being equal, when RCA A transferred into the office with RCA B, he/she lost the previous 3 months of seniority (even though it was added to the 1-year continuous service calculation) and was placed after carrier B "in the office". If only one of them had made regular, it would have been B over A. Following that logic, carrier B would have seniority over A in all instances. In awarding a route on bid, the RCA with the longest continuous service "in the office" is awarded the route over one who has transferred in after them from another office even if the transferree has more accumulated service overall. The contract and the analysis have left this ambiguous. Who had the first choice of routes when both of them became regular on the same day; probably B.

troll of many handles /m33256

I am here for you too troll. Now, you are only outnumbered 25 to one.