markups

[kcrt1]

ok ubbm and oubbm can be different markups right so you could 2 a day if you had 1 piece of each. Also what is the defination of PO box mail for the markup?

[nette]

Yes, you get two markups for ubbm as long as you seperate them.  In our office we seperate our misthrows by first class and bulk so we get two markups for that.  We also get two markups for cfs, non machinable and machinable.  That's 6 markups we get automatically everyday.  I don't know if every office has to seperate their misthrows or not though.

[idomail]

we get a mark up for po boxes, IF, the piece was sorted to us and contained BOTH (no specific order) street address and po box #.  we used to endorse the specific po number on each piece, but they stopped us a few years ago when we were getting 20-25 mark ups daily.  now it's 1 bundle and listed under no mail recepticle, and if by chance a piece comes with both po and street #'s we got 1 for that bundle as well.....

[Casca]

The way I understand it, and the way we got credit on the count for it....If the customer gets their mail in a PO Box and the letter comes to you with their physical address, it was a PO Box markup.  We did not use NMR because their mail receptacle is their PO box.

At least in our office that is.

[ruralaz]

Supervisors in our office told carriers they would only be allowed 7 mark-ups.    How can anyone know how many mark-up a route might get?  I keep getting yellow stickers on letters and flats I send down as UTF, ANK, etc...  I write the date on the back of each one and show the supervisor after they come back with a sticker.  They said we get NO credit for ANY yellow sticker that wasn't a "computer error".

[mkw94]

You are clearly another victim of managements' "red-linning" tactics.
Your PM is incorrect, and if your PM gets thier info from the District, theay are also incorrect.
At this late date (If you haven't already submitted your dis-agreement forms to your PM), you do not have an option of having their decision changed.
There is a USPS memo sent to all district managers concerning the "red-linning" tactics, to try to suit the districts goals.
I can look it up for you if you require it for your greivience, if you are going that route.....

I have always found it helpful to be prepared to show District or your own PM..... THEIR own documents as proof of your dis-agreement.

Most managers will say "we do not allow documents that are provided by the union as proof".
(Example.... the NRLCA 2009 Mail Count Guide).

So, what I do is go to the USPS website, under Postal Bullitens, and do a search for the item in question.
Chances are you will find a revision to the PO-603 or some other document that IS THEIR material.
PRINTED by them, and meant to be read by all managers for policy updates.

The markups you have in question (If they are not contained in the PO-603 or MCGuide), can be found in this manner inside a postal bulletin. As well as a page from the DMM which lists ALL of the reasons for non-delivery accronyms.... UTF, NMR, ANK, etc....

The only other option you have if you are still being denied more than 7 mark ups, is to be sure you only process 7 marked upped pieces of mail THE REST OF THE YEAR. Let management do it or request to be paid for it on a 8127.

[kcrt1]

OK here is my beef in detail The 2nd day of the count I had ubbm and oubbm and showed them to oic as seperate and she said no only one markup. Then the PO Box markup she is claiming its not a markup at all and that she instructed me to put it all in mmm. So if I grieve it I intend to say that I was instructed not to seperate ubbm and oubbm and that I was not properlly instructed on how to handle po box mail so as to receive the markup. I am 7 minutes from a break over point. The count ended with 49:41 and break over is 49:48 I am willing to fight for the 7 minutes. Her other thing is that I was not required to mark on the POB mail but I was not required to mark on cfs or ubbm either and got 1 mark up a day for those. Shes acting like shes not willing to back down and I'm not either I'll grieve it.

[ctrr03]

Guess I was one of the lucky ones.   We averaged about 13 markups per day.     District didn't like it, but.....it's how it is.      They really couldn't dispute what the PM and counters checked.   Every one of them were legitimate.    We can't help it if pars doesn't have their act together.