I have to sell your labor cheaply to keep my job and yours,pretty soon you will be known as the "Wal-Mart Workers of the Postal Service".

kister is retiring because he is a crook all he ever did was take the money and never came to work he is a crook who stole your money he a waste just like the rest

see what i mean

yeah, i hear ya guys.......i hear mailhandlers whine and moan all day long that never tried to step up to the plate and put themselves out there for their fellow mailhandlers as a rep.........b*tch and moan about the union but won't give statements or file grievances........cry about not getting a slice of a settlement or a bigger slice without appreciating the people that actually attempt to enforce the contracts and agreements that ultimately contribute to their job security and stability.......and the mailhandlers that take every pay and benefit they receive for granted and don't even pay dues but come crying to file grievances when the supervisor won't approve their leave or somethin.........bunch of whiners that act like the politicians are worthless and never do anything for anybody while ignoring the strength in unity motto......won't send an email or write a letter or pick up a freakin phone and call a congressman for FERS sick leave issues or HR 22 or the employee free choice act and don't even know what the heck your talkin about half the time cuz they don't care about anybody but themselves....need to get the head out of their *ss and realize that management would never just hand over the pay and benefits that they earn on a silver platter, it's the result of massive efforts by many individuals that don't just clock in and collect a check...the real crooks are the one's that like to whine and cry and only worry about themselves like bmc 2 for example....all this sh*t is deeper than management, i bet there are some rich, powerful and influential people out there with some evil designs on privatizing the postal service to get their greedy hands on a big cash cow and what we are going thru now is just a part of that agenda........shifting mail flow thru private channels and contracts, driving up the postal rates and run the usps into the ground to create the illusion that it can't survive on it's own and need's "rescuing"........and "walla" in come the robber baron's.....welcome to the great depression, fitting that you bring up the ol company store "wal mart"...and fitting that walmart's good buddy fedex already has it's greedy claws planted firmly in postal *ss!

House Subcommittee Approves
Amended H.R. 22

H.R. 22, legislation supported by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, was amended, marked up and passed out of the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on June 24, 2009. The changed bill would provide three years of financial relief for the Postal Service, allowing the agency to postpone a portion of its annually required payments to the Postal Service Retirement Health Fund (RHBF).

Originally, H.R. 22 was to provide eight years of lower payments to the RHBF. That bill garnered, with help of NPMHU activists, 337 cosponsors. However, due to road-blocks by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and others, the bill was reduced to three years duration. Despite not costing taxpayers one penny, CBO said the legislation would negatively affect the federal budget. (See attached Fact Sheet)

"It's not exactly what we wanted. However, it was all that Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA and Subcommittee Chair) was able to get," said NPMHU National President John F. Hegarty. "In passing this bill, Chairman Lynch has helped move the Postal Service a giant step closer to resolving this issue and stemming some of its budget bleeding." Also present and speaking in favor were long-time postal advocate Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) and Ranking Minority Member Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). There were no "nay" votes.
   
The coalition must now convince the full House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to do likewise, before it can go to the full House for a vote. There is no Senate counterpart, but the matter also will require Senate passage.

 

  
NPMHU Fact Sheet
 
Restructuring Postal Service Obligations
 
 
Background: Some leading economists have now declared that our economy has moved from recession to depression. The negative impact of this prolonged financial downturn on the USPS is magnified by the diversion of mail to the Internet and electronic communications. There is less mail to process or deliver. Volume was down by more than 9 billion pieces last year, which equals a 4.5 percent decline. By the end of the current fiscal year 2009, the USPS may lose 12-15 billion more pieces. Some of the biggest users of the Postal Service, including the housing, banking and retail sectors, have drastically cut their advertising budgets.
 
At the same time that revenue is declining, certain costs have been growing, particularly fuel. Overall labor costs are relatively steady, because in 2009, the Service expects to cut another 100 million workhours-double last year's reduction. The Postal Service also has shed more than 100,000 jobs in the past eight years.
 
The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PAEA) did not envision such an economic crisis. One provision in the law requires the Postal Service to pre-fund an account that covers the prospective health care costs of current and future retirees. This costs the USPS over $5.4 billion per year for the next 9 years. The Postal Service already has paid over $32 billion into this special Retiree Health Benefit Trust Fund (RHBF or Trust Fund).
 
A bipartisan coalition in the House of Representatives has introduced H.R. 22, which would reduce the Postal Service's economic burden by allowing it to use the money in the RHBF to pay for the annual costs of health care for current retirees. This legislation would institute an accounting change that will reduce the Postal Service obligation by $2 - $4 billion per year for each of the next eight years.
 
NPMHU Position: Support H.R. 22 and ask your House Representative to cosponsor.
 
Current Status: The House bill already has 336 cosponsors (6/18/09). There is no Senate bill, but one may be introduced soon. Hearings have been held at the subcommittee level in the House and Senate. The House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia marked up and passed a three year version of the bill, but no full Committee or House Floor action has been scheduled. The NPMHU supports this version bill.
 
Analysis: Only an economic recovery, in the long run, will help America recover-and that includes the Postal Service. In the meantime, the Postal Service, along with all the unions and management associations, and many of the bulk mailers, are asking Congress to alter this PAEA provision. The PAEA requires massive pre-funding of the RHBF for the next eight years, whereas H.R. 22 will result in more level payments. The change in the law would allow the USPS to pay some of its retiree obligations from the RHBF and free up more than $2 billion per year for the next eight years. No current or future retirees would be impacted, and the fund will continue to grow-just at a slower rate in the short-term. Even with this slower growth, the Postal Service will provide more pre-funding of its retiree health obligations than either the U.S. Government or most private companies.
 
There is no similarity between this bill and any Congressional "bail out" legislation. Bail outs involve taxpayer subsidies to companies. The change in the PAEA that is included in H.R. 22 is simply an accounting change (called an "intergovernmental transfer of funds") which will not cost taxpayers one cent.
 
[Note: Despite the change not costing taxpayers or the U.S. Treasury any money, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says that for government accounting purposes the change adds to the deficit. While this is illogical, confusing and, on the surface, incorrect, CBO is sticking by its projection.]
 
The bottom line is that the Postal Service, its employees and its customers need the accounting change included in H.R. 22 to maintain postal operations and universal service. By spreading out contributions into the Retiree Health Benefit Trust Fund, Congress can preserve the Postal Service, while maintaining service and postal jobs during the current economic downturn.
 
Action Needed: If your Representative is a cosponsor (and more than ¾ of the House of Representatives are cosponsors), thank him/her. On the Senate side, educate your Senator about this issue and urge him/her to support any effort similar to HR 22. See the NPMHU website for more directions.

so, in keeping with that agenda, expect management to keep flushing money down the toilet on contractors etc like there is no tommorrow......expect them to keep limiting and diminishing postal face to face contact with customers, cutting retail hours, closing/consolidating retail stations, and cutting out alot of carrier contact with customers until customers have more day to day contact with ups and fedex (ups store/fedex kinkos) than the postal service and the only postal contact they really get is a freakin computer machine sitting in a starbucks........expect them to figure out ways to attack our LMOU's......and expect them to launch an all out attack on anything having to do with our leave and article 12 bid job rules......they want us to be like a herd of mindless cattle getting shuffled around the plant.........mooooooooooo, cuz at the end of the day, what we do is not appreciated at all and if we don't fight for our rights and the postal service, we'll just be slaughtered like a bunch o cattle......moooooooooooooooooooo

huh!?!

time to wake up, get off your *ss out the break room5761 dumb*ss hahaha

Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. and Iraqi governments have continued to enforce Saddam Hussein's 1987 law that bars unions and collective bargaining in all public sector and enterprise workplaces.

Iraqi unions have organized (at great risk and with great sacrifices) but without the protection of a basic labor law, even though the Iraqi constitution requires one and Iraq is signatory to the International Labor Organization Convention on the right to organize and bargain.

Union leaders and activists have suffered harassment, beatings, detention, torture and even assassination. Union offices have been raided and vandalized by US and Iraqi troops. Union bank accounts and assets have been frozen.

Through all this, the U.S. government has remained silent.

U.S. Labor Against the War has posted a petition that calls upon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as the principal foreign policy representative of the government, to speak out for labor rights in Iraq and press the Iraqi government to respect and protect the rights of workers and unions.

Please take a moment to sign the petition and add your voice to the international movement in solidarity with the courageous unions and workers of Iraq.

When we strengthen labor rights in Iraq, we also strengthen our fight for labor rights right here in the U.S.
Thanks for all you do for peace and justice,
The Officers, Steering Committee and Staff of U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW)
1718 M St, NW #153
Washington DC 20036
202-521-5265

Eagle Industries, a U.S. Army contractor, is planning to close its factory in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The company has already started shipping machinery to Puerto Rico, where labor is cheaper. The move would put 350 people out of work.
But Eagle workers are standing up and fighting back. They include single mothers of young children, pregnant women, middle-aged folks, and parents who both work at Eagle.

Eagle workers make soldiers' backpacks under an Army contract which requires the backpacks to be made in New Bedford. If Eagle moves to Puerto Rico, the Army must agree to change the location of production or Eagle will lose its Army contract. Because Eagle doesn't want to lose this contract, Army decision-makers may be able to save the workers' jobs.

Please help Eagle workers save their jobs by sending a letter to the Army today.

Since April 2008, the workers have been trying to form a union in order to win improvements in their working conditions. The workers want better benefits and a safer work environment. Previously SweatFree Communities has reported on the poor labor conditions at Eagle. SFC is now working closely with Workers United, helping with mass meetings and rallies.

Two months ago, Alliant Techsystems (ATK), a large defense contractor, purchased Eagle Industries. At first, workers hoped that conditions might improve but instead they are facing unemployment.

Sens. John Kerry and Ted Kennedy and Rep. Barney Frank have urged the Army to keep the contract in New Bedford, giving workers hope that their jobs could be saved. Now we need to add to this momentum with an outpouring of public support. Help by sending a letter to the Army today.

To learn more, check out the coverage on our blog and the latest media hits.

Thanks for your help,

Liana Foxvog
National Organizer, SweatFree Communities

Trina Tocco
Deputy Director, International Labor Rights Forum
  Take action now to save the jobs!

I am really just about fed up with the union at the Cincinnati Bulk. I just sent in my paperwork to get out of the sorriest union, I have ever come across. It hurts me to do so, but after paying my money for 27 years, I just can't do it any longer. I hope and pray that everyone that is still in the CBMC will be able to last......I am leaving in 3 weeks!!!!!!

27 years?What a dumb arse!

For the first time in 27yrs. Hadenough probably had to do some work. Yeah lifes tough when you have to earn that paycheck. Ive had enough of people who trash the very Union that made Hadenough be actually employable for that long. He puts the Baby in Baby-boomer.

way to make a difference buddy......got an idea though, how bout you just go a step further and retire hahahaha do us all a big favor, since it sounds like you ain't doin much of anything but b*tchin hahaha

/m5767 /m5768 My professional mouthpieces can't say it better than you 2. Keep the wool over the sheeples,would you?Interest in a HQ job?

on fri i reported to work, sick the day before, no badge available but I found it on my supv desk. Went to clock in but my supv stopped me and wanted me to fill out 3971 for being late. I told her I wasnt late and clocked in at 0506 .06 clicks late . Supv charged me awol for .06 and refusing a dir order . 3971. I understand 5 min leeway,3971 on the clock.The Quistion I have is she gave me a printed 3971 that said .07 clicks late. MY CHECK has .06 lwop. HER 3971 is inaccurate and I explained this to her in the so called investigation. SHE CHANGED HER STORY AND SAID THE 3971 WAS READY FOR ME WHEN I REPORTED TO WORK. I know it sounds nutty but how can she know I would be .07 late. when a supv gives you a printed 3971. im sure the computer will record the time she printed out my 3971. I know this is LIKE A TACS report BUT HOW OR CAN I FIND OUT THE TIME OF THE PRINTED 3971.