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

By: Why does Mngmnt break contract

Why does Mngmnt break contract — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:21:40 +0000

Management breaks the contract and that immediately saves that office money. The union gets involved and files a grievance and the PO pays, sometimes dearly… But the grievance payments are not taken from the budget of the PO that broke the contract. So the self serving supervisor saved thousands of operation dollars and gets promoted.

If you want to fix the problem then make grievance payments reflect on the budget of the PO that they are paid against.

And I am not a lazy carrier. I am pissed off because of the number of times I have been abused and lied to…

I am not on the ODL and when the grievance is filed because I was forced to work the people on the ODL get paid for loss of oportunity. I get nothing because I have already been paid for the time I was forced to work. So why am I working manadatory overtime so ODL people can get paid? Because managment has no incentive NOT to break the contract….

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:10:30 +0000

According to the APWU; Field support,Supervisors, and Postmasters positions have decreased by 22% craft employees by 25% and headquarters increased 38%.
NALC officers don’t want evaluated routes yet they decreased employees by 18% rurals increased by 18% Rural carriers make an average of 9000 dollars more in base pay a year than city not counting EMA. City carriers work more hours for less pay. Gotta love those Unions. Subtract those union dues from your pay and you’re not very well paid…….

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!!!!