11/30/2019 The program is being tested in 65 postal codes in the US
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Residents in the Kenton neighborhood held a rally against the test program being run by the United States Postal Service.
The program, called “Consolidated Casing,” is supposed to speed up mail carriers and eliminate routes. However, neighbors complained that mail has been arriving late or at the wrong location. It’s also left mail carriers scrambling.
“There’s just a lot more work than there would normally be,” said Willie Groshell of the Oregon State Association of Letter Carriers. “We’re trying to do our best, and we want the people that live here in Kenton to understand what’s happening, so that they can be kind and loving to all the people doing the work here, and have an actual direction to voice their concerns.”
Source: Kenton community members hold ‘Postal Protest Rally’ | KOIN.com
NALC: “Consolidated Casing Initiative” Lawsuit Dismissed
The test consists of assigning some carriers exclusively office duties — i.e., casing — and others exclusively street duties — i.e., mail delivery. In a letter dated March 21, 2019, Defendant notified the Union that the Annandale, Virginia, Post Office would serve as the first “test site.” The Postal Service also asserted that its initiative complied with Article 34 of the CBA.
This reform, the Union argues, has taken a heavy toll on some of its Annandale members. Those assigned exclusively to street duty are working longer hours delivering mail and carrying heavier satchels. See Pl. PI Mot. at 8. And as they begin work about an hour later each day, they are “more . . . exposed to the heat of the long summer afternoons,” deliver into the night hours in the fall and winter, and no longer can “run necessary personal errands before offices and businesses close.” Shouldering this burden has resulted in “ physical exhaustion, ailments, pain and mental stress.” So far, the Postal Service has introduced its initiative at seven other sites, but it will increase that number to over 240, which expansion NALC also challenges.
That us not the job I agreed when I was employed!
The USPS management always has some bright new idea that doesn’t work. What do you expect. The managers are mostly made up of personnel that sucked as letter carriers. Hiring and training new carriers is sub standard, and management runs them into the ground.
25 years as a clerk
It is nice that the public is showing support for their carriers. they are their busiest at
this time of the year.
Great plan, the Postal Service tried this lame brained idea a few years ago. The retarded donut lovers want to see the day when there is but one carrier per station and four stupidvisors. One stupidvisor will hound the carrier, while the other three will cuddle the donuts and coffee.