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Thank you. Welcome back everybody.
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Episode 130, we are back. Josh Meow and myself, tonight's
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going to be a little bit of a hodgepodge.
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We're going to talk about, I know some of y'all saw some
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increases on your paychecks from this past Friday and wondering
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where the rest is, Back pay, all that good stuff.
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So we're going to cover that the best we can.
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There's an EMA increase coming up for those POV drivers.
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Yeah, Just going to be a little bit of a hodgepodge of what
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we're doing right now and what's going on.
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So how was your week Meow? Week was OK, it was a little
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different. My kid got sick at school so I I
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was ended up being off one day with him because if you puke at
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school you can't come in for a day.
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So that was fun. Not really.
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I went to a concert and then made the mistake of not taking
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the day after the concert off. So I delivered my route on three
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hours of sleep. So that was fun.
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But other than that it was pretty good.
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It was mail volume was about average yesterday.
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I had a full coverage of my DPS that was all upside down.
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So that was that was even funner.
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But other than that, I mean it was pretty good.
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How was your week, Josh? My week wasn't too bad other
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than waiter in the day. Wednesday starting to not feel
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so great and ended up with a head cold which was not fun.
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Friday morning, which was my K day because I've been rotating
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Friday Saturdays for this weekend.
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So I actually got my weekend off for once, but I was sick.
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So hey, I'll I'm not going to like my next check because it
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happened the two days of not of of extra pay, not there.
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But you know, it is what it is. Kristen, how was your week?
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Oh, my week was a little bit of here, a little bit of there.
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You know, I worked my K day yesterday because supervisor
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couldn't finish his schedule before she went on vacation and
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there was no coverage. So yeah, I said yeah, I'll go
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ahead and work that X day. Probably will get banked with
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the new guarantee period starting soon so but other than
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that it wasn't too bad. Thursday.
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Unfortunately I did have a funeral to attend and my my my
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aunt passed away and my mom's oldest sister so I was fortunate
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enough to go and represent that side of the family since
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unfortunately not everybody else could make it due to siblings
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that live across the country with appointments and mom had an
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appointment as well and everything else.
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So it was it was good to to see at least my 4 cousins and some
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of their kids and grandkids. And of course it's probably been
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a decade at least since I've seen them.
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But it's unfortunate it has to be those circumstances.
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But it was nice to spend a little bit of time with family I
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don't see very often. But other than that it wasn't
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too bad. I mean, male, male.
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I had a full coverage in my DPS as well.
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Yesterday, actually, I almost had two.
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I had one Mailer and then another one that was quite a
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bit. But other than that, you know, I
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love looking at walking in the office and going holy DPS on a
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Saturday, Batman, and then realize as I'm going through my
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DPS, that one tray 11 tray of it that was labeled to my route was
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actually belong to a completely different town.
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And I just laughed because I know the carrier that carries
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the route that that tray of DPS belong to, they were in RCA in
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our office when I first transferred in and then they
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left to go to another nearby office for a highway contract
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route and that DPS went to one of his towns on his highway
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contract route. So I'm like, Yep, not mine.
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Thanks. That was kind of a relief, but.
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Say Kristen, if you wanted you could use that X day for 3rd
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this past Thursday 'cause it's the same pay period.
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No, no. Was it?
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Nah, I'm not going to worry about that.
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We got it covered. So this is the middle of the pay
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period. So, well, I'm just saying you
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could. Yeah, but it's all good.
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We can save it. OK, I'll.
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Have something coming up after Christmas time I'm not worried
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about. It.
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Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure. All right.
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So to start off the normal stuff, relief day work list and
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Sunday volunteer lists went up or supposed to go up as of
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yesterday and they come down on the 26th and then effective
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October 4th, which is the beginning of the new guarantee
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period also becoming and what? Was that just I was going to say
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despite what my management thinks, the volunteer list is
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for R for RCAS if they want to volunteer or not volunteer to
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work Sunday and holidays or MPTFSI apologize for the Amazon
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Sundays and holidays. Yes.
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And my management seems to think it's for the regulars to sign up
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to volunteer. To work their relief day and
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being on that relief day work list allows you the option to
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choose whether you want to be paid a deck of three, which is a
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next day and a half, a day's pay, or a deck of five, which is
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the overtime. Well, it's there's three
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options. And then the deck of R which is
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just swapping out your relief day for a different day.
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Usually that one's used more for if you agree with your sub if
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they need it off, but it can be used in other instances as well.
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Right. I was going to say the main
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difference other than the half a day's pay is a DACA 3.
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Management can schedule that day, that X day.
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Yep, contractually. They are.
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Are you allowed to schedule that DACA R You get to choose.
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It is mutually agreed upon. Yep, and then if you have an
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office where your management lets you use your X days like
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normal, leave day is even better.
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But contractually, they don't have to do that.
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Right. And that's, you know, and that's
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the one thing people don't, don't, you know, don't
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understand. Most reasonable management will
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let you take the the X day when you want, but there's some out
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there that say Nope, schedule it and you're taking your X day on
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Wednesday. Yes, and as a reminder, anybody
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who has accumulated some X days leading up until October 4th, if
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they're not used by October 3rd, they will be frozen until after
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the Christmas overtime period and any X day earned between the
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beginning of the guarantee period and the end of Christmas
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overtime, which I haven't even looked up when that starts yet,
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that is the first Saturday of December, which is December. 6th
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through the 26th. Through the 26th 123.
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Yep. So the day after Christmas,
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which is nice, is also included in the Christmas overtime this
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year. So between October 4th and
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December 26th, if you earn a next day, it has to be used
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within the same pay period. If it cannot be used within the
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same pay period, it will be paid out as a deck of five regardless
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if you're on the relief day work list or not.
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Also, starting October 4th, there is an EMA increase of half
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a penny point $0.05. So EMA will go up to 97.5 cents
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for those POV drivers starting October 4th.
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And I believe it's at $39.00 for for a trip.
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Let me look. No, I think it's more than that,
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but let me look. I I believe that's what it is,
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$39.00 is the minimum. It will be, Yep, the minimum of
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$39.00 per day or 97.5 cents per mile, whichever is greater.
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Thank you, Josh. Yes, that was correct.
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EMA of 97.5 cents per mile or 1035 per hour, whichever is
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greater under the Article 9 Section 2 point G .5, which is
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employees providing auxiliary assistance or serving auxiliary
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routes under the provisions. So, so Yep, so that's there to
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look forward to. Also, some of you may have
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noticed a slight increase on your paycheck from this past
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Friday and go ahead one of you if you want to explain what that
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increase was. OK.
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As we just ratified and had our new tent of agreement contract
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signed, which went into effect May of 2024 through May of 87.
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During that time, from May of 2024, we had a COLA increase.
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In July or yeah August of 2024, we had the general wage increase
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of 1.3% per regulars or 2.3% per RC.
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As in November of 2024, we had a secondary COLA increase in
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February, which would have been should have been paid out in
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March of 2025. Those three were included in
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this paycheck that we just got Friday in this current pay
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period that we're in, which will get paid out next.
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Sorry. The 26th.
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On the 28th we'll have the Cola increase for the August of 2025
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increase. Yep, and the pay table charts
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that are now up on the union website that are effective
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September 6th include all of the increases.
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So you're looking at going wait my paycheck didn't match up with
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the new table? That's because it won't match
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until your next paycheck and then back pay is projected for
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February. Right.
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And then there is, I don't remember, I believe was it
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November? No, I forget the date in
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October. November.
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November. The for the for the. $0.55 No.
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The RCA, the. RCA $0.55 and the were dollar 55
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Yep in. The chat here, right?
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Now date on that any RCA on table 4 which is anyone hired
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after no November of P10. If you're in RCA you will be
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getting a 55 cent increase. Yep, the 55 cent hourly increase
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will come in those RCA and ARC paychecks on the 24th of
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October. And then if you are in go ahead
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RCA or an ARC for more than three years, you will get an
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additional dollar. So instead of $0.55, your check
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won't go up by $1.55. Again, but it will reflect on
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October 24th and that includes any future RC as when you hit
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that three-year mark. So this just isn't for RC as
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that have been around for three years now hit that additional
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dollar. So let's say you hit January 1st
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is your well not the first January 2nd is your higher date.
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You hit your three-year mark January 2nd.
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That pay period is when you will see an additional dollar
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increase. This is going forward for any
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RCA when they hit that three years they will receive an
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additional dollar step increase as they are calling it and then
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of. Course.
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Yeah, retroactive back pay provisions go ahead, I'm.
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Gonna say November 22nd I believe we will get the 2nd 1.3%
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increase. I thought it was 1.4.
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Which was the it's 1.41 point 4. You are correct.
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I apologize, I'm just so used to them always being finish.
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Our wall point. Four, hey, I'll be happy with
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that extra .01%, you know, and then any, any back pay they're
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estimating mid February. Yeah, they said they were.
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It is of right now they're saying will reflect on February
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27th, 2020 sixth paycheck. So in even if you're no longer
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with the post office, but you were anytime between the
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contract getting ratified, when it was ratified, whatnot, and
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after, you will get a back check, paycheck will come for
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you when they are issued even if you are no longer with the
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Postal Service. I laughed and picked on Ruby and
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told her she'll get her $5 check in February, but she rolled her
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eyes at me. But yeah, I mean, I, I noticed a
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little bit of the increase. I mean, it wasn't huge being
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Table 2, Step 2 it, but I did see a little bit in there.
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So I'll see you again for a little bit for the next one.
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And then I'm actually looking forward to the November increase
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because my step increase falls that same pay period.
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So yeah, I get a double raise in November.
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And is that with the 50 weeks? No, that will still be the 52
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because I don't see it being put in place before that yet.
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They had 180 days to get that going.
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OK, so I'm still within or Yeah, I'm still within 180 days.
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Yeah, my step increase is normally at the is like January
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6th and so I'm excited to get my 50 week one this year so.
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Mine will be next. Year and Christmas.
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Yeah, mine will be next year, but hey, I'm all about a step
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increase and a 1.4% general wage increase come November in the
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same paycheck. That'll be nice.
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And then yeah, yeah. And then praying.
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Fingers crossed I regained that hour I lost in the spring mini
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mail survey. The September 27th.
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So day after the next payday is when the new 4241 A's and M's
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will be available. So you can see your evaluations
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from this fall mini mail survey. Now, if you are a route that has
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been cut less than 52 weeks prior to this mini mail survey,
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you will not get your 4241 AS or M's because you are frozen.
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I wanna correct you, instead of saying cut say adjusted because
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anyone that add gained territory also will have that.
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Excuse me, yes. So if your route was adjusted in
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any way, whether you were an overburdened route, getting a
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section cut off, if you are a route that was built back up, if
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even yeah. So.
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And if you swap territory because they were squaring
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routes up or whatnot, any way that you had your route adjusted
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with territory from another route or given territory to
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another route, you will not get your 4241 A&M's because you are
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frozen and they feel that you don't need to see them because
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the data won't be correct. Now I do know of some routes
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that will are just coming off of that 52 wig freeze and will be
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getting their first new evaluation since they were
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adjusted coming up. And I know my friend is very
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nervous about what's going to happen to their route.
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I'm sure. I know, and if you're one of the
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people too that were, were adjusted in any way, shape or
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form, make sure that you ask management for that interim
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worksheet of what they had done to that route.
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I know that there's still people out there who didn't see that
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and just ask them for it so you can see the components of your,
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of your route. The other thing is, is that the
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if, if you have growth, interim growth, you're still and you
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were a part of that freeze, you still are supposed to be able to
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naturally grow. And if you're not seeing that
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reflected, then you need to be calling your union steward and
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communicating it with management.
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So just a as kind of a disclaimer on that, I know
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there's some people who are very confused about not getting the
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evaluations like the others. I know last October there was
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routes that were adjusted in June of last year, and when they
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got the evaluations come October, the 48 KS jumped all
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the way back up to 48 KS. And then there was routes that
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were created and they became substandard even though they
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were full size routes. And then there was some other
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people who were given territory from the overburdened routes and
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their pay tanked. And so there's give and take,
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what I know with that MOU and the freezing and whatnot.
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And I know there's a lot of frustration around it, but just
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know that that's kind of the give and take and the reasoning
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behind that, from what my understanding is of it.
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So I wish that you could see your evaluation like Kristen
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said, but until you get 52 weeks of data, it's still not going to
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really show you your true, true evaluation, sadly, sadly, really
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sad. Right.
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And when she when Meow says that there were some people that went
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substandard, we're talking the age 43 KS came back at 22 hours
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a week, which is, you know, some of them even came back barely as
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an ox route because it was that close.
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They don't or to the mini serve Minnie Mouse survey and new
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evaluations that it only had maybe six weeks of data.
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You know, and I I kind of voiceless to one of our national
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board members at National Convention that absolutely hated
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that MOU. I mean, we do basically hated
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the fact that people had to pay back money and whatnot, which we
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all agree it sucked. It does suck.
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You know I but my thing is, is some of these routes that are
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moving into SND CS I feel that they should be frozen for at
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least one mini mail survey just for the fact that my friend
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which y'all know who she is, you know her route when they moved
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into her SNDC she went from a 45 to a 48.
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She got cut last summer down to a 45 because she has.
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A Tuesday K day and she was frozen at that 45 until she gets
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her new evaluation with this mini mail survey The thing is is
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that fall mini mail survey after she was cut she stayed a 45 so
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that tells me there's. Some that they didn't adjust
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like a lot and it's there's some where it's it, it stayed the
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same kind of. And then there's others where, I
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mean, without looking at all of them, it's it's, it's
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interesting. It is interesting because you
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know, oh, you go in, we added the extra mileage, boom, you're
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a 48, we cut you. Then we cut you to a 45, which
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you were already a 45 prior to moving into the office.
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And in that first mini mail survey in that office, you were
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cut and now you stayed a 45 because you're going off that 52
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weeks of data. So for me, that's telling me
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that I think those are routes that are going into SNDC's need
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to be frozen through 1 mini mail survey and then see where the
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evaluation is on the next one. Because her route, from the way
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I'm seeing it, with how the data is working at the 52 weeks, her
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route shouldn't have been cut, right?
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That she wasn't. Truly.
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Overburdened or whatnot. Yes, that.
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Yeah, exactly. Like my station next month is
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going into an SNDC. We'll be the first ones there
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probably. No, we have to move because the
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airport told us three years ago they want their land back.
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So we will be the only station in that SNDC until after New
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Year's at the earliest. And that's mostly because we
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have to be out of our building and it's really other than the
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walk distances, the only thing that only only other thing is
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going to change is for me, you know, for my zone.
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The three rules in my zone will get smiles approximately a of
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extra travel time to and from because of how close we are to
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the to that building anyway, some of these from the other
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zone are going to lose mileage because it's right there by
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where their routes are. So so you can see where I'm.
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Saying though where when you have offices moving into an
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SNDC, you see where I'm saying though that they should be
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frozen through at least one mini mail survey.
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Yes, I. Yeah, 'cause they're not,
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they're not proving like what's happening like with that cause
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some of the SND CS these people are now walking like super far.
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Other ones, they might have lost footage.
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You just never know what the situation is.
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But until the dust fully settles with that SNDCI mean yeah,
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freezing them for that, maybe they can create a different MOU
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for that. Yeah, I guess.
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I I need to? Write that down for my
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resolution list. Yeah.
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I'm. Thinking about that one and
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every time I go to do resolutions I forget about it
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because I don't write it down. At least waiting until after the
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first RE evaluation after moving in.
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Yeah, I. Would say I'm gonna throw
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another real confusion. Yeah I agree.
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Let me throw another kind of weird confusing wrench in into
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this too since we were talking about the back pay and stuff
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too. If you were adjusted or if,
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because I get asked this a lot, if you were an RCA or APTF or
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you were a sub during the duration of of since July of
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2024 until what September 6 was the cut off for the back pay.
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You'll get back pay also at that at what you were during that
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time. And if you were adjusted, just
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keep in mind that like you're going to have back pay maybe at
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different rates to. So just keep track with your
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Form 50s. And if you're like me and you
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like to verify how much back pay you're going to probably get,
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just make sure you look at your Form 50 so that you calculate it
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correctly or rough, rough estimates.
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So but if you were a sub, you're going to be getting the back pay
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from what? From your sub time too?
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So yes and that's kind of why it takes a bit of time for them to
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calculate back pay for 130,000 plus carriers is because of how
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technical it is. I mean if you think about it,
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should it take so long? No, but when you look at all the
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the particulars to how we are paid and then you know, you have
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those that go career, you have those that leave you have, you
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know, the step increases that fall part in ways and and
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everything else it it there's so much many moving parts to our
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pay that that's why it takes as long as it does currently to get
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back pay sorted. What else you guys got on your
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mind? Exciting.
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I was just looking at this comment that was put in there.
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You get 8 seconds less per package when you scan multiple
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together and then they have. I'm assuming this is a
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documentation, I'm trying to click on it wrong one.
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Or while you're looking at while you're looking that up, I the
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only, the only thing I was going to add is that with that to go
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really back to the beginning there the Sunday sign up sheet.
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If you're a sub, you have to sign yes or no.
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No matter what. Even if you don't want to
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volunteer for Sunday, you still are required to hit yes, say yes
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or no so that they know every single sub got the opportunity
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to make their decision on it. So just a heads up on that.
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And even if you say no, they could still force you in as last
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resort. Just saying.
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Been there, done that. Yeah, they're supposed to use
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all the arcs first on a rotating basis, but typically there's not
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enough arcs. And then you use the volunteers
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on a rotating basis. And if there's not enough
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volunteers, then you're going to go to, you'll have the arcs
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working the non volunt, the volunteers, and then you're
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going to go to the non volunteers and they're supposed
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to be rotated alphabetically on a on a rotating basis.
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So you may work 3 Sundays in a row and have one off, but it
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just kind of depends on how many people and your office specific
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specificities and and whatnot. So I know, I know.
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I I never mind. Working Sunday.
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It was so recently like asking about what the volunteer list
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like why they work them all every week anyway.
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I'm like I know but it still has to get you know they still have
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to have the option. OK.
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It says standard S048F gather accountable mail slash large
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parcel fixed is also applied to each stop for delivery to the
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door. This allowance is .205 minutes
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or 12.3 seconds for the first parcel retrieved from the
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vehicle for delivery for each additional partial retrieved for
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delivery at the same location. S048V as in Victor gather
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accountable mail slash large parcel variable is credited at
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0.01. I'm sorry 0.0812 minutes or 4.87
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seconds? The 1st is what they circled, or
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you know, what they highlighted when they said that.
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And I want to go back to the relief day work list for a
27:52
moment. If you sign the relief day work
27:57
list, you can request to be removed from it at any time.
28:02
You just can't go back on it except for the two signups per
28:05
year. And if you request to go off of
28:08
it and the schedule is already made then and you are scheduled
28:12
to work, you do have to work that scheduled relief day.
28:16
I'm just saying that because I'm contemplating on whether I'm
28:18
going to go on it or not. We starting next Saturday the
28:22
20th, we have a shift around my former sub will be going regular
28:30
after a year and a half. So congratulations to him and he
28:33
will be going under the 48K route and the carrier that took
28:37
over the 48K back in July will be moving to the 42 H route.
28:42
So that's going to. Leave, huh?
28:44
I'm going to say put your name on it.
28:47
And like you say, you'd always come off.
28:49
Give it through New Year's. Yeah, the Christmas, you know,
28:52
the overture and then and then make the decision from there.
28:55
Yeah, that's where I was going with that.
28:57
Even if I decided to stay on it, I could still choose a deck of
29:00
three if I wanted the X day. And of course, we all know after
29:04
the beginning of the new vacation time at the beginning
29:08
of January, I will definitely start banking the X days again
29:13
to make up for all the other stuff I do.
29:15
But I just look at it this way that we're going to be down to 3
29:21
Subs, one's going to be to a five and one on the aux route,
29:25
my sub, and then the other one that's newer in the office and
29:31
that's going to be it. And my sub's going to be the one
29:33
route hopping when necessary. So because the 48K route is
29:38
going to, he is going to, he requested to keep the Monday K
29:42
day instead of reverting back to Saturdays.
29:44
So my sub will be working on that route on Mondays because
29:47
that's his old primary and then covering and helping out as
29:52
needed with everything else. So I like it out this way at
29:56
least through Christmas time. I don't really need any extra
29:59
time off if I know something's coming up or something like my
30:03
I'm on baby watch guys. My daughter-in-law is due in
30:06
four days. So you know when you know, he
30:10
brings the wife and baby over to visit, you know if I need to
30:14
have a day off or something in there.
30:16
But I will have one annual day left to use, so it might make a
30:20
long weekend. But yeah, we.
30:23
So yeah, I'm contemplating the relief day work list this go
30:26
around me two years as a regular and I have refused to go on it
30:30
for various reasons. So think I might just go on it
30:33
so I can bank up some money because I've got a second
30:37
grandson coming here anytime and yeah, I need the money.
30:44
Yeah, well, I just, you know, I put, I, I've been put my name on
30:49
the list as a one of the more junior carriers because I want
30:53
to, not that I necessarily want to work, but I want to choose
30:56
how I get paid when I work. So sorry.
30:58
Guys, I'm typing here real quick.
31:00
I see that. But yeah, it it's more of a
31:05
being able to choose how I get paid when I have to work rather
31:09
than with, you know, being only given the option the next day
31:14
and then scheduling it. But most of the time I've been
31:17
using my ex or the Thursdays, so the.
31:20
Oh, the other thing I wanted to say 'cause I also, I get asked
31:23
this a lot too with the the relief day work list will be
31:28
down before you'll know what these new evaluations are 'cause
31:32
I think what it's supposed to come down on the 26th, right?
31:36
Yes. And then we'll get the new
31:37
evaluations on the 27th. Let's say that you're an H route
31:41
and you think that you might go up or even if you even if you're
31:44
not and you want to sign up on the relief day work list, you
31:48
still can. You would just put your your
31:51
name like if you're in a trout right now, you would just sign
31:53
up on Saturday. And then, you know, let's say
31:56
that you do jump up. You like they were saying you
32:00
can just take your name off if you really want to at that point
32:04
or like you don't. If you chose high option and
32:07
then you decide you don't want high option, you want the low
32:10
option, you end up getting the the J day or the OR AK day and
32:16
then you're on the relief day work list.
32:18
At least they can use it that way.
32:20
So just keep that in mind if you were I in that relief day work
32:24
list, because I know a lot of people went from H to J, so.
32:27
Yeah, you can. Yeah.
32:28
I was just going to say H can sign the list and you'll be
32:34
like, well, what, why would I sign the list?
32:37
I don't get a day out. Well, for example, we had it,
32:40
you know, like me, I was saying either you get enough growth
32:44
this last 52 weeks worth of data and it puts you up to AJ.
32:49
Or in the one case we had a young lady was on an H route and
32:54
bid to AK route and one and she wasn't on the relief day work
32:58
list and it had just the new list had just went into effect
33:03
when the routes went up forbid. So she didn't even think about
33:06
putting her name on the list before that because she didn't
33:08
get a day off and she had to wait a whole 6, you know,
33:11
another six months. Or she could.
33:13
She was only getting the. Yeah.
33:15
So, yeah, keep that in mind. If you are on an H route and
33:19
there's a bigger route coming up forbid and you're planning on
33:23
bidding on it and you want to be on that relief day work list,
33:26
put your name on there. You know H routes are not exempt
33:30
from the relief day work list sign up.
33:31
You are a full time route. You can sign it because you
33:34
never know what's going to happen while you're on that
33:37
route. You can go up and become AJ.
33:39
You could bid off onto an onto AJ or AK.
33:42
You, you don't know, you know it's.
33:45
Your your office or zone could come up for the adjustment
33:50
process and they build you back up.
33:53
Mm hmm. Yep, there's, there's the
33:55
different valuables in there. You got to remember as an H
33:58
route, you know, go ahead. If you feel that you may change
34:01
routes or go up or be readjusted.
34:04
You can't have enough growth that you know, would put you up
34:08
into having a relief day. Go ahead and sign it.
34:10
Nothing. Nobody's going to stop you from
34:11
signing it. Oh yeah.
34:12
So for those that don't know, and I've already stated I'm on
34:15
Baby watch and my daughter-in-law is due in four
34:18
days and my son is back in Okinawa with his wife because
34:23
that is very important. So yeah, waiting time.
34:27
And it is another grand boy and I think his name is going to be
34:31
pronounced Lua from what my son told me.
34:35
Baby Lua. Yeah, I could be wrong, but
34:39
that's what he told me. But I don't know, it's a
34:41
Japanese name, so we'll I'll find out when.
34:44
He gets here. Baby Lulu.
34:47
Kind of baby Lua. Yeah, yeah, Kingston will have a
34:51
cousin 13 months younger than him.
34:53
That's pretty cool. And Little Kings thinks so.
34:56
Now I'm going to go into sharing a little bit because I know
34:58
everybody's probably wondering how the baby boy is doing.
35:01
So Little Man turned a year old last month while I was at
35:05
National Convention and we did have a birthday party for him on
35:09
the 31st of August. And then he thinks he's Evel
35:14
Knievel. He's got this little spider man
35:18
4 Wheeler. He can't push the button himself
35:20
yet to make it move, which is probably a good thing because he
35:24
likes to hold the handlebars and stand on the seat.
35:27
And I have to remind him that he's not a paid stuntman yet and
35:31
he needs to sit down on his butt.
35:33
And then he looks up at me and smiles and laughs.
35:40
And then my youngest daughter just started high school and
35:43
unfortunately I've missed both home football games, so I
35:47
haven't been able to make it over there to watch her in
35:49
marching band. Ruby did go for the first one,
35:52
thank goodness. There was another one Saturday
35:54
and unfortunately I had to work and did not get done in time to
35:57
make the drive over. So, but yeah, that's where I'm
36:01
standing at on the home front. Anything else we want to cover
36:04
or we'll? Go.
36:05
He'll make it over there one. Second, yeah, I don't have
36:08
anything. How about you?
36:10
We. Can wrap up.
36:10
I we can. I was going to say, I think
36:12
yeah, we could. I I know you have a long night
36:15
or short night ahead of you. Yeah, I, I keep forgetting.
36:23
I, I keep signing myself up for lack of sleep.
36:27
But tomorrow night, I'll sleep. I'll sleep on the airplane.
36:31
Yeah. There you go.
36:32
I, I know it's like our flight our our 12:30 AM flight to Rome.
36:36
I'm going. I'm actually glad it's an
36:38
overnight flight. Maybe I can actually sleep.
36:41
But yeah, I get it because I, I know how hard it is to go to
36:46
those concerts and then work the next day.
36:48
I do it way too often. It's, you know, 2 1/2 hours away
36:54
and I go and it's in the middle of the week.
36:56
And then then I was like, Oh yeah, I got to work the next
36:59
day. Yeah, I, I know that quite well.
37:01
And the older I get, the harder it gets.
37:05
Yes, yes it does. I I remember being able like.
37:10
My, my brother and sister were both like, did you forget your
37:15
age? And I was like, no, I didn't
37:17
forget my age. I'm still young.
37:18
We're all still young 'cause they're like, they're not even a
37:21
year younger than me. So I was like, it's fine, I'll
37:24
work tomorrow. It's all good.
37:26
Yeah, but I still do. It my flight leaves at 5:00 AM
37:28
tomorrow, so. Oh yeah, yeah, you do what you
37:32
got to do exactly. Therapy man.
37:38
The ride off got high for a while.
37:39
It was still worth it. Oh yeah, I can't anymore.
37:44
It was outside so my and I was sitting for part of it so my
37:48
body doesn't hurt but I'm just tired still too.
37:51
I'm debating if I want to go Friday to Falling In Reverse and
37:57
Slaughtered to Prevail. I mean I've already seen him
37:59
once this year but I really want to see him again and that's
38:03
Friday. And then I still got to get
38:05
mushroom head tickets for October 30th.
38:10
I don't have any concerts lined up right now sadly, but I'm
38:14
going to change that here probably this week.
38:16
I. Usually buy most of my concerts
38:19
like with my tax return and then I wait to see what the Oct and
38:24
they're usually for about now and I am waiting.
38:27
But it's time to, yeah. I'm waiting on incarceration
38:30
dates to be announced for next year and tickets to go on sale
38:33
so I can get my layaway down. And if anybody out there listens
38:38
that wants to go and you're, I'm not paying for your tickets by
38:42
any means, but if you want to get camping, we can all come in
38:45
together and camp together. That would be cool as hell, but
38:49
as of right now it's going to be me, Ruby and yes, we are taking
38:53
little man and I think maybe. Less, yeah.
38:56
Yeah, we are going to take little man with us and why not?
39:02
And if it doesn't interfere with my daughter, if and if it
39:07
doesn't interfere with Sophia's, my youngest daughter's, she has
39:11
a parade for their local summer festival over there.
39:15
And if it doesn't interfere with that, she said she would join us
39:20
again this year. My little teenagers getting.
39:22
She'll be 15 next month and she's getting a little
39:25
rebellious and I love it. So I'm just waiting on dates to
39:30
be released. So yeah.
39:32
And that's. My name July thing, but all
39:35
right guys, we're going to wrap it up otherwise we're going to
39:37
ramble about personal stuff and everybody's going to be like
39:40
that sucked. I don't want to hear about your.
39:42
Personal career, OK, we're friends.
39:47
Well, it's not like you didn't invite them.
39:49
You invite them, but the. Hey, you know I'm all about it.
39:53
All right, the next day's not. For that I know.
39:56
All right, Josh, your final commentary for this evening.
40:00
Just the weather's being the weather, so keep hydrating.
40:03
Under luck Nick need be. Be safe out there.
40:07
Don't go whelmed if you do, take a step back, take a deep breath
40:12
and step back in. Have a good week all meow.
40:15
Oh, well, one last thing about the relief day work list.
40:18
I was going to say you don't have to sign up for it.
40:21
You, it's your choice. I know somebody's like get extra
40:24
credit for that kind of, but it's your decision whether or
40:28
not you want to or not. You can come off at any time
40:31
like we've kind of already touched on, but it's just
40:34
another benefit that you got there.
40:36
So whether you take it or not is up to you.
40:42
Where I'm at actually, it's been raining and and we're having, I
40:46
think false fall coming along, but I know that it's still hot
40:51
like Josh was saying some places.
40:53
So, but take care of yourselves, try and stay safe.
40:58
Buckle up and we will talk to you.
41:01
Later, Kristen, thank you guys. I was going to say something
41:06
else and I totally forgot what I was going to say.
41:08
Anyways, you. Were going to say pretty pretty
41:11
man with a pretty pretty plan. No, no, I don't remember what it
41:16
was. It was going back to something
41:18
and I don't remember now, so if I remember it, Oh well.
41:22
Oh I remember now. I for those that are wondering,
41:25
I did turn off the private messaging feature on the
41:29
Facebook page. I am one person and I until I
41:35
have a set crew to answer messages and whatnot, those will
41:42
be turned off. You can e-mail us.
41:44
It may take me a day or two or whatever to get back to you, but
41:47
I do try to get back to everybody.
41:49
What I normally do, if it's a question, I don't know where I
41:51
off the top of my head, I'll take a screenshot, post it to
41:54
the other hosts and whatnot, people in the backgrounds, and
41:57
then we all come to a conclusion and e-mail you back.
42:01
So, so yes, private messages are turned off as of right now.
42:06
They have been for a little bit and they will be until further
42:10
notice. When they do come back open, I
42:12
will make an announcement on here as well as on the Facebook
42:15
page. And other than that, guys, have
42:19
a safe week this week. Things are crazy out there.
42:23
I'm not going to really get into all those talks.
42:25
We've all seen the news and we all know what's going on.
42:28
And yeah, so, but so everybody stay vigilant out there, stay
42:32
safe and stay hydrated. That's that's a must year round.
42:39
And we will be back next week.