REGINA RESTRUCTURES

ROUTE EVALUATION

The Letter Carrier Route Measurement System (LCRMS) was negotiated over the years for determining a fair system for a day's work. Prior to the LCRMS, supervisors would lay out a walk as they saw fit and would decide the workload for each worker. The LCRMS was a compromise developed by the Post Office Department and the Letter Carriers' Union of Canada in the 1960's. The system is based on an average person's pace, in an average climate, on average terrain. The MSC work structuring system (MSCWSS) also evolved and, like the LCRMS, is based on time measurement of various tasks. Appendix S has resulted in changes to the MSCWSS. All MSC sites are now under the new parcel delivery model.

It is important for each individual route holder to report changes to the route, such as vacant or new calls, so that the 038's can be kept up-to-date. Volume counts are the means to realign routes based on increases or decreases in mail volume over a period of time. The City Mail Volume Index has long been subject of concern to the Union and an agreement was reached at the national level regarding a change to the Kanata Model, now called the 120 Points of Call. This system involves the daily counting of mail in depots at 120 random points of call and is put in place at least 12 months preceding a 5 day volume count in a depot.