NRLCA has released a special edition of the National mag with a deeper explanation of the contract provisions along with the 2008 mail count guide.. You can download it on my front page
There are reports coming in that some carriers have already received arbitration checks? Anybody know of any office or area that has received their payments? If anyone knows, please let me know...
The quote below was posted on a message board on 12/23...
Arbitration checks, the ones where full time carriers get $686 plus
were delivered yesterday and today in zip beginning with 371. I kid you
not.... The sups were emailed this info on Friday, Dec 21, that they
would be delivered before Christmas....
NEW FSS MOU After years of research and development and the continuing testing of machines capable of putting flats in Delivery Point Sequence (DPS) order, the Postal Service is currently scheduled to begin providing flats in DPS order to some rural routes in late 2008. It is expected that this development may impact the work methods and route evaluations of rural carriers whose routes receive flats in DPS order. Therefore, the parties have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly study and address all issues related to the introduction of DPS flats on rural routes.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released the November 2007
CPI-W Private Transportation Index. Based on this release and the
contractually mandated base increase of 3.0 cents per mile, Equipment
Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for NRLCA employees will increase by 6.0
cents to 57.0 cents per mile.
In accordance with the provisions
of Article 9, Section 2.J.3 of the USPS/NRLCA National Agreement,
effective January 5, 2008 (Pay Period 02-08), the equipment maintenance
allowance (EMA) will increase from 51.0 cents per mile to 57.0 cents
per mile, or a minimum of $22.80 per day, whichever is greater.
Employees providing auxiliary assistance or serving auxiliary routes
under the provisions of Article 9, Section 2.J.5, will receive EMA of
57.0 cents per mile or $6.30 per hour, whichever is greater. The EMA
will not exceed the amount provided in the special EMA chart for route
stops and miles.
The new special EMA chart will be posted when it becomes availableruralinfo.net
