Forgot to add this one also. Just got both of these from a retired mail handler out of 305. Hope they help someone:

Auto Workers International and its Local 155 (7-CB-15815; 352 NLRB No. 130) Warren, MI, Aug. 26, 2008.
http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Board%20D...ons/352/v352130.htm

The Board adopted the administrative law judge's finding that the Respondents violated Section 8(b)(3) of the Act by failing and refusing to execute a written collective-bargaining agreement ratified by the bargaining unit. The Board modified the Order and notice to include a unit description but it declined to change the judge's cease and desist language or enter an affirmative bargaining order as requested by the General Counsel.

(Chairman Schaumber and Member Liebman participated.)

Charge filed by U.S. Mfg. Corp.; complaint alleged violation of Section 8(b)(3). Hearing at Detroit on Feb. 19, 2008. Adm. Law Judge John H. West issued his decision April 24, 2008.

Thought I would pass this one on to those who may use it:

Honeywell Electronic Materials Mfg., LLC (19-CA-30824, et al.; 352 NLRB No. 135) Spokane, WA Aug. 28, 2008.
http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Board%20D...ons/352/v352135.htm

The Board affirmed the administrative law judge's finding that the Respondent violated Section 8(a)(1) of the Act by (1) soliciting employee grievances and promising to address them in order to undermine employee support for the Union; (2) stating the futility of employees' support for the Union; and (3) interrupting an employee's nonwork-related conversations with other employees because the employee supported the Union, where those conversations were short and nondisruptive. The Board also affirmed the judge's finding that the Respondent did not violate 8(a)(1) and (3) by discharging Terri Bedell for misuse of the Respondent's peer-driven award program.

Grady Smudge and I are still lurking about. As to the newbies to the postal service. Of course there is going to be change but we as union people must make sure that these changes coincide with our national agreement and we must also make sure that managers toe the line according to the CBA and local contracts. Anything thing less and there will be anarchy, anarchy I say. We're still with ya Grady

IN REPLY TO CURIOUS ONE WE AT THE LABMC CAN IDENTIFY WITH YOUR FLIGHT BECAUSE OUR UNION PRESIDENT EDDIE COWANS IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE LABMC I BELIEVE AS EVERY GENERATION HAS GOTTEN WEAKER OVER THE YEARS THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLYS TO OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP THE ONLY THING THAT COMES OUT OF THIS MANS MOUTH ARE LIES AND COMPROMISE HOPEFULLY AFTER THE ELECTION HE WILL BECOME EX-PRESIDENT A POSITIVE CHANGE IS NEEDED ALTHOUGH THE DAMAGE AND PROBLEMS HE HAS CREATED WILL NOT GO AWAY OVER NIGHT

Also, the Branch President has threaten several employees, and then ran in the tour office changing the story. He had a job abolished, and then had it reposted and bidded on it hisself being the senior man in the place he got it.

The union is basically working hand in hand with management, not to metion the 2 casual in lieu of grievances we lost, even after the arbitrater told the dumb asses what they did wrong, and how to correct the problem, and finally agreeing to not file anymore causual in lieu of grievances.

Sammy,

It is unbelievable the things going on in the Cincinnati Bulk Mail Center. First of all, we have union stewards that do not do the job, mailhandlers do not like going into the union office because they are going to be told management can do whatever they want, you have no grievance, etc,etc. The Branch President does nothing about it, the Local President does nothing about it. It is just a bomb in there waiting to explode.

see poo you can say something positive! it was by far your best post ever stay the course!

Edited by author 09-10-2008 11:44 PM
thanks idjit..i am glad someone got the message we need to stay union strong today and in the future yes we can learn from the past.. but we must deal with our current situation now and the restructured bmc of the future.... together we stand united we survive ...all due respect to those before us but ours is a different postal enviornment ...we cant waste time crying about change it is here and continuing ...the past will not return i urge all my brothers and sisters to be active in the unions get into leadership positions within the union and do something positive

Idjit,

Like I said, I can use the help, anytime anywhere, but I would also like to pass on what I have learned over my 30 years of being an old fart in the Union.

I may something to offer that will help the new and younger ones in dealing with the OLD FARTS that run the Postal Service. I once felt the same way they do now, but they need to step up and take the plunge.

Changes do not come easy and when dealing with a national arbitrator on our contract, you got to know how the OLD FART think. And how else do you learn about old farts, but from an old fart.

Sure the Union will be around after I retire, no doubt about it. But what shape will it be in 5 years or even 10 years from now? The future is now, not next week or next year. What we do now will determine the types and number of jobs we mail handlers have. The language in our National Agreement is our protection.

Management would love nothing better to do then to weaken our Union and keep us fighting among ourselves. In fact, I truly believe that managements biggest push to discredit the Union is to get rid of all crafts and only have one postal employee classification. Once this is done, it will be interesting what rights the employee will have, because everything will have to start from scratch, no benefits, no lay off protection, no pay rasises or COLAs, no nothing, everything will come to a complete standstill. Everything will have to be renegotiated. It can happen if we allow our Union to be decertified or congress makes a stroke of the pen.

Again, my opinion.

i have to stand up and agree with poo smells like you he seems to be all for moving forward and dealing with the current situation we find ourselves in as postal employees he does not sound divisive at all in fact you fellas seem thin skinned and negative maybe you guys should open up to the facts and stop knocking the young guys as for you grady i read your blogs which are quite inconsistent you want to ignore anyone who does not agree with you i enjoy union member because he seems to be well intentioned and sincere unlike you

Tell me more about the Cincinnati Bulk Mail Center, and the union. And how some one like that could be the AVP? who put him In office and why?

We had a branch meeting yesterday and they said that management likes the fact that they own the bulk and they like it's location. They also said that they plan to bring other operations to the bulk. So that kinda plays into what you are saying. If the FSS's can do both letters and flats then the other p&dc centers are in trouble. We have to keep writing to our congressional reps. All crafts and all facilities. We are all union people and like the old saying goes an injury to one is an injury to all!

Hey Union Member ignor that idiot he's just a divisive element with-in the union who serves no good, let's focus on helping and providing info and hopefully some of the more intelligent posters like Tom Sawyer and Smudge will return. At one point we had posters from many BMC's sharing info lets get back there.

Poo Smells Like You

Why the hell don't you start offering help, good advise, better ideas on solving or helping solve the problems at hand.

Or is your only expertise shooting your mouth off, running down everyone else who does try.

Show us what you've got, if you are such a big bad young mail handler stud who can make a difference.

Start now and help us old farts out. I, as others, always welcome good help and new ideas.

Grady,

From what I can find out, the idea of the "Super Centers" is still in the process and not to be counted out. All the smaller P&D facilities will be at risk through out the states.

All that will remain of them, will be a very few employees on Tours 2 and 3. Tour 1, will only have enough employees to DPS letter mail that comes carrier routed from the super centers and to make dock transfers to the contract drivers of all other mails that are already broken down by AOs.

It would also appear that there is an renewed effort to remove all tray managmenet systems still being used. Another waste of money when they installed them in the first place. They gave management a place to hide mail.

I might add, that if you read the SPO closely on the FSS, it will DPS standard letter mail just as well as flats, something I find enteresting as far as the locations they are being installed. Locations that fall under the "regional distribution" policy of two years ago.

grady with all due respect stop with the wah wah wah how bad it is changes are postal reality the future is here we will deal with it because we will be here you will be retired youre whining and scare tactics do not help us we can take it from here we will stay union strong and fight on it will never be as it was for you 30 years ago it is as it is

too many of you are drinking the grady kool aid try thinking for yourselves old farts and know it alls got us to where we are now they talk talk talk how great they are they will be gone into retirement we will still be here so lets dialogue on what we need to do for our future we must stay union strong out with the old in with the new we are the leaders of the future and the future is now .....

Well the SSM-5 and the PSM-8 are completely gone all the belts and steel have been removed they are in the process of removing the inspectors look-out galleries. After that is done we expect them to start putting the FSM's in.
Everyone is saying the offer to become carriers is a very bad idea.I don't know what they (MGT) is thinking with that idea. But I have to add that thinks are getting worse by the week.