Comments on: Statement of President William H. Young On Compliance with National Agreement

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:46:55 +0000

In response to “HAH” on Feb 25th. I used to feel just like you. In fact got out of the union. Then I transferred to the toughest office in the world and had to become a Steward just to defend ourselves from the meanest and dirtiest boss/supervisor ever. Just keep in mine, not always like you say it is.

By: Evil Tom

Evil Tom — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:56:40 +0000

It’s the same in the Pittsburgh area. To many chiefs and not enough indians. Managment sitting on their butts looking at Nascar web sites all day, while the only people making the USPS money(carriers) are out working thier butts off. And with all the adjustments done,PIVOTS AGAIN hahahahaha. Save money get rid of half the worthless office managment.

By: ernie a mailman

ernie a mailman — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:08:39 +0000

Yes big business will do all it can to secure your job. Trust me the management at the Post Office are no angels. That this away that away soon you have nothing, much like the democrats are doing today with our rights.

By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:13:25 +0000

Apparently some of the commenters have never experienced working with postal supervision. Hah sounds like the typical anti-union idiot when the UAW was first to tell their management to downsize. If you would like, I’ll begin to tell you ALL ABOUT Postyal managers. Maybe one is on this site right now instead of playing computer games at work. You’ve really gotta keep your eye on these sneaks.

By: DK

DK — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:51:27 +0000

MC, When the “Window of Operations” grievance was settled last year, I had a friend call the union office. Santa Ana District paid $40 million to settle this grievance. Branch 1100 is part of the Santa Ana District.
Two carriers in my office were each paid just over $10,000. Why? Because we followed the decisions and directions management gave us. Gerry Ahearn is now running a District larger than his last appointment in the state of Connecticut, I believe.

By: MC

MC — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:19:42 +0000

Ray, Just ask the Santa Ana district if the Union doesn’t do anything about management breaking the contract…..Branch 1100’s Article 8 grievance this past year yielded a health 7.8 MILLION for it’s members because of the mandatory overtime issue…and Hah, that was not the union not using the OTDL cariers instead of mandatory overtime for non OTDL carriers, it was Management, and they knew going in they were breaking the contract. Their reasoning is that the full tour overtime would go against their budget and grievance settlements come from a separate pot…UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!

By: Blind Leader

Blind Leader — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:53:18 +0000

Ray, do not know what things are like in your area, but in this area the contract is followed. Most of the carriers here are in the union and it is a good thing. If management does not follow it they pay.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:10:39 +0000

What? All of a sudden the Union is making the P.O. go by the conract! Yea right,TheP.O. has broken the contract so many times that so many carriers have gotten out of the Union because nothing ever was being done in the past… Get Real!!!!

By: Blind Leader

Blind Leader — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:09:29 +0000

I agree with JULUBR, the the SW VP is costing us more than it is worth with forcing managment to break the contract by not working OTDL carriers and paying POT.
HAH is also correct in stating that the majority of carriers are hard working people. Managment allows the lazy carriers to do less than what is expected not the union. Be careful of the MRAs. We do have a drop in volume, but adding deliveries to already overburden routes is not the answer either. The USPS needs to look at the modes of delivery also. Expecting city carriers to do something they have never done in the past is going the wrong direction, if we are working together.

By: JULUBR226

JULUBR226 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:15:34 +0000

To Hah, if anyone will drive the USPS into the ground, it will be the bonehead decisions made by upper management. Instead of scheduling a city carrier to work on his off-day, they use a rural carrier to work in our craft; then do not bat an eye when they pay the carrier 8 hours of overtime for sitting at home cause the Southwest Area V-P said “no off day overtime”. DUH!!! They pay 2 to 3 times to get the same piece of mail delivered. The “lazy carriers” I know are now in management (204-B or 102-A’a as we call them).