How many of you people have heard the Term: "Medical Necessity?" Did you know that the OWCP will purchase "in home" appliances, such as beds, mattresses, chairs, wheelchairchairs, and more, in an effort to accommodate your FECA Injury?

They will and do. Are you interested in knowing how you can get a Tempurpedic Mattress, Shiatsu Chair, "Zero Gravity Chair, or anything else to meet your Medical Needs?

Let's Talk.

DIRTYDAVE
DKIRTLEY1@COX.NET

To a Claims Examiner, a Claimant is nothing more than an assigned "Claim Number" and the only interest a Claims Examiner has in the Claim Number is: "is the Paper Trail Acceptable?"
The many problems facing Claimants is the failure to recognize their own responsibility with their Claim.

No where in the Regulations does it say anything about the difficulty a typical Claimant experiences, just to find a Good Doctor or how difficult it is to develop an Acceptable Paper Trail.

Most of the difficulty ends when a Claimant finds a Good doctor and begins to create an manage an Acceptable Paper Trail.

The trouble a Claimant must go through just to do what I suggest is of no concern to the OWCP or a Claims Examiner

Why do I state this? For no other reason than it appears that it needs to be said as far as I am concerned.

Who "did what to whom" isn't important. Every Claimant has a story to tell. Every Claimant should carefully consider just what their needs are and focus directly on them are things are surely not going to get any better for them.

If you really want to turn things around, then dump your "dud Doctor" and "Clean Up Your Paper Trail" and make sure that even when you have to "go through hell" just to get anywhere, that you aware that there isn't any other way to go about it.

Just My thoughts,

DIRTYDAVE
DKIRTLEY1@COX.NET

I think Legal Tape Recordings of Random Postal Facilities, Authorized by an OUTSIDE BRANCH of the GOVERNMENT, which provided COMPLETE IMMUNITY to Voluntary Participants, would probably answer more questions than anyone has successfully produced to date, in an effort to clearly demonstrate the source for the Public Perception of "GOING POSTAL."

What Do You Think?

DIRTYDAVE
DKIRTLEY1@COX.NET

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TO NONAME. SORRY, I HAVE MY UNION CARD IN MY WALLET. UNION GAINS ARE MINE ALSO.

It's easy to blame management,the president,the unions.But how many of us sit back and look at our job as if we owned it. How many of us work with someone who's idea of working is taking in house annual.We as employees carry a heavy burdun of the blame for how this happen.Management allows the deadwood to lay around and rot, but we also allow itby carring them.We allow a fellow clerk to work with us , then 204-b and do nothing about because of the favors they give you.As a Union rep my job is to make sure management gives you what your are entitled to but i cant stop what you give them back.Employees get hired and go on comp to never work on the floor.we read in stead of doing our work. If you owned this business how would you react to the current problems. All i see you doing right now is point fingers at everyone else blaming them for the possable loss of our jobs.All of you failing to stand up for your self and saying the union will get me paid. everyone want to get paid for doing nothing.The next time you take that 25 minute break, or shut off your machine for 20 minutes so you can BS with the person across the isle.Think what would i do if i owned this business.Were all to blame for this.

Republican and/or democrat: What's in a name? A rose by any other other name, would smell as bad. NAFTA and GATT are anti-union, anti-US worker acts. Democratic president Clinton stumped for them. I have no more respect for the democrats, they just talk as if they were pro-union, but I believe they take the same "wages" and pass similar legislation. PS. I am union, and steward, and local officer. I just don't believe in parties anymore. I'll support the candidates that I can believe in, not the party that claims BS and screws its supporters.

MPE - last time I looked the President had to sign what Congress passed. If I am incorrect please tell.

Anyone who votes Republican and is a member of organized labor is fighting against themself.

YOUR THE FOOL THAT VOTED FOR G Bush, thank you very much.
obviously you are not a union member.
Freeloaders like you get the union gains at contract time.
Thank you very much. TO UNCONCERNED MPE.

To LA-Carrier, yes I voted for George Bush, thank you very much. If any postal employee looses their job it will not be because of George Bush, or anyone else who holds the office of President. It will be beacuse of the leadeship at the top in the Postal Service and to some extent our great, and I use that term loosely, union. Both side have shown great anamosity for each other and have made some very unreasonable demands. And another little point. It is not the President, Rebublican nor Democrate, that makes the laws of this great country, it is Congress. Civics 101.

Do you suppose we will be able to accept tips if they put us on pizza delivery wages? Probably would have to put in a pot and share with management......

Interesting...
If the elitists manage to send all of the manufacturing jobs overseas...and put the rest of us into the unemployement lines...who will they sell the products too?

won't be us...

I read an economic report about a year ago that said that anyones salary figures at about 50,000 a year, supports the existance of 1.7 other jobs in the economy. Meaning if we lose this level of pay, those McDonalds down the street from the P&DC will suffer as well. We won't even be able to work there either.

Folks, we better get these congress people buried in constituant mailings or they are going to take it all away.

This includes the retired folks as well since the reports indicates an idea of cutting them adrift from federal retirement.

Do you smell corruption? It smells like death.

GO BUSH IN 2004. If we can't work in the post office I'm
sure there will be plenty of openings in the Marine Corp Reserve.

From the report " Utilizing the Postal Service’s Core Strength: “The First Mile” and “The Last Mile.” The Subcommittee recommends that the Postal Service continue to explore opportunities to utilize its core strengths in the “first” and “last” mile of the mail delivery stream through the development of mutually beneficial partnerships with the private sector."

We just had a stand-up talk were we were told that because of the contract with Airborne Express we can't treat bulk rate parcels from them as we do other bulk rate parcels. It confuses us,we treat the parcel as if it was priority when it was bulk rate.

It is just another attack on american workers by the Bush Administration. With this anti-union, anti-worker government we have right now, we will see more. Thanks to those who vote for Geroge Bush.

POSTALBALL - wheeldeliver

When they eliminate the Contracts
Bottom and Middle Management and every employee in the bargaining unit, will, stand, in the, same, unemployment line.

Last time I looked there was no different line for Management and Craft.

Write your reps.

"Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts." Mother Jones
--
Took the Workforce Subcommittees report to work yesterday.

Shocked at the lack of interest(?) and or concern when things like "Last Best Final Offer", "Pay Comparability", "Collective Bargaining - New Subjects" were discussed.

The report stated that the "TOTAL COMPENSATION PREMIUM" (For Current Employees) would be reviewed. I have to assume that this includes
every "perk" that these Union's have bargained
 for over the last 30+ years are now
 subject to unilateral reduction by 3 political appointees.

And by their good graces we get to bargain for the things that actually were a few of the ONLY Fringe Bennies we had to begin with.

What would make some political appointee think that these suggestions and or recommendations are acceptable?
Are we so weak and apathetic as a Union(s)
 and as registered Voters that this type of suggestion and or attack on Hard Working Men and Women - UNION MEN AND WOMEN(!) Actually has a chance to succeed?

As far as the reports go, what exactly do we get to bargain for if we are stripped of our present contracts?

Oh yeah we will get the right to bargain for what part of our NEW unilaterally imposed POVERTY LEVEL WAGE goes towards our new POVERTY LEVEL RETIREMENT plan.

When will the Members and Non Members alike wake the hell up and realize we are close to working at Wal-Mart.

This type of reform is NOT what is needed.

Although... it will bring equality to the workroom floor.
We will all be equally placed in second class status.

Postal$life

Lion Steve

The Reforms would be implemented by eliminating the present Contracts for ALL Unions.

PTFinHELL-

Do you believe that most of the measures would have to be instituted after the NALC(2006)and other labor contracts expire? Actually, I really doubt that most of the recomendations will ever make it to legislation.

Lion Steve, no one knows for sure, but here's how it usually works. The "Official" commision report will be published and distributed July 31 (even though all of us are reading it). Congress will soon take their summer break, pushing this into September. Next year is an election year, making controversial decisions almost impossible to pass both houses, and its pretty clear APWU is going to do its best to make this controversial. Even after the reform bill is signed, most of the recommendations of the commission require the formation of commitees, boards of directors, a requlartory board, etc... Your probably safe for a year, but you might consider donating to COPA for good measure.

Anyone have a timeline in mind for postal reform legislation? I have read that the earliest that reform legislation would be considered would be early next year. I was wondering if some(if not most)of the proposed changes for the workforce would have to be made after the expiration of the current labor contracts. The NALC contract runs until 2006. Just wondering because I'm due for retiremant next year at this time.

It's coming and there is no "Great White Hope"
to derail Bush. Where is Moe Biller when you need him.
He still carries those IOU's in his pockets. We are all hoping that Bill Burrus throws down those cards face up.

Folks, our careers are on the line. The Presidential Commission is made up of Bush people. Bush has already initiated cutting the federal civilian force. Now there are starting with Postal Workers.

People,
We need to wake up and fight this aggression. Our Jobs Are At Stake here. As Branch President of my facility. I see clerks fighting over who gets to go into standby(340). That is ridiculous, they even filed a grievance to make the list of clerks rotate as to who goes in 340 on a given day...WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?
Time to wake up and smell the coffee, otherwise it will be to late.

Hey ladies and gents, anybody still think the EO is a bad deal. Bush and his buddies are going after every decent paying job they can they can get their money grubbing hands on. I know, maybe George W. would make a better Postmaster General than he does a president. What u tink?

People I know this isn't the early out board, but I have to say that anyone who can grab that "bird in the hand" is going to be lucky. This report if adopted will bring changes to the USPS that no working person will want to see.
I walked the picket line during the 1970 strike, and if half of what the Workforce Commission recommends is adopted, we might as well go apply for our second jobs at McDonalds right now. Read item #4 very closely. Can you say Paycut?

http://www.lunewsviews.com/recommendations.htm#workforce

Enron and World Com move over. Here comes the Postal Service!

SantaAna-Your statements seem to speak for all of us, but you need to take it one step farther. After supervision and the learning of the ropes on how to become totally worthless as managers-the creme of THAT crop is selected for higher level details and after enough ass kissing become postmasters making even more money.

Alas, the postal commission has sided with management today saying they need even more money for their expert knowledge, while all the postal craft workers need hourly pay cut and reduced benefits because we are not worthy.
Can you say Enron?

Oh, I forgot to mention just how worthless the average supervisor really is. They all think that they are really good at what they do. Most of them spend a few hours a week doing the schedule and planning overtime assignments. The rest of their time is spent trying to scheme and back stab their fellow supervisor or particular craft employee. What a gig to have. My supervisor spends most of his time sucking cigarettes and drinking coffee. Most supervisors would not be managing anything in a Fortune 500 company. They do not have the credentials, like a 4 year college degree. I look at the supervisor ranks where I work and I see a bunch of broken down former craft employees who could no longer do craft work due to failing health or injuries. A lot of the supervisors in place now were just plain lazy craft workers. They want an even easier gig so hello to supervision. It is kind of funny when they want you to go out of your way to make them look somewhat competent, but then you recollect what a worthless P.O.S. they were. Yeah the USPS needs to clean up and lean up and only place left to trim is with management. I can hardly wait.

They need to do a work study on all managers to see how little they do. My supervisors spend about an hour a day on smoke breaks, take 2 hr lunches. and BS about an hour a day before doing anything. But they keep making more 204 B's.

This is a reality check for everyone in the craft. I have often wondered how long people in the craft get paid for 8 hours, but usually only work for 5 or so. Think about it. If the USPS were your company would you manage it the way it is currently being managed? I for one would not. The gravy train could get derailed and management clearly believes that the employees are the problem. The fact is if you are a younger worker, like me, the future is not too bright for the USPS as it currently is structured and operated.

in our small building of 200 postal workers, there is a
tremendous amount of standby time for all with the
exception of the dbcs unit.
parring down is long overdue.

This report on lobor is even worse than I thought it would be. There is no doubt now that every postal worker will have to strike lawmakers where it hurts the most-on the ballot you mark. This must be an almost complete group attack from all of us to let every congressmen everywhere know we will not back down from the position that if they even think about passing these reccomendations--that none of them will ever be elected to the office they now hold. There are plenty of votes from all of us and we will vote our paychecks and retirement!!!

 Here we go again. Cut worker pay while giving mgt. more money. This is what I expected from this commission. Now is the time to contact your representive. I have worked to hard over the last 17 years to let this slide.

We are top heavy as it is