I got a call from the EEO people today, I was told they will schedule a REDRESS session and let me know when.
I know a little about this, basically what was in the brochure. What are the chances the Post master and Supervisor will agree with the mediator? Why would they?
I was terminated 62 days into my probation period based on "unsatisfactory work performance" even though I did the job very well (according to the other carriers!) and never recieved any feedback. No 30 day eval, no 60 day eval, nothing.
The supervisor now claims I was fired because the postal vehicle was damaged while I was on my route and I failed to report it properly! I noticed some damage to the side while walking back to the LLV (it coulda been there for a year or an hour, I wasn't sure) and so I finished the last hour of my route and then went back to the office and asked him if the damage had always been there or was it new. Basicaly he now says I was fired because I moved the vehicle and didn't report the accident properly, I say there was no accident, he says I am terminated.
MSPB dismissed my complaint based on jurisdiction, I was on probation therefore not an employee and therefor not covered through MSPB. Done deal.
The EEO is the only avenue I have left. My supervisor is a different race and I believe he nevr intended on keeping me which is why he never did the 30 day and 60 day evals.
So, any hints on what to expect during REDRESS? All I want is my job back with back pay and probation period dates not changed.

Thanks-

What rights do you have, when your hours get cut in half drastically because you don't make as good as time as the other ptf's? How can one get all the hours and you get a few hours? We are also in need of rural route subs. I've asked to help in that area because I'm not getting any hours in my craft. Was told "no".Anyone with answers, please help!

Blessed angel/39
Unless you’re in a very small office clerks and carriers should not be performing jobs that crosses craft duties. Assuming that you are in a small office, you still are entitled to ‘opt’ for an assignment that is vacant for a week or more. Awarding the opt should be based on seniority, and whether you are ‘qualified’. If you believe that you were denied training opportunities that would place you in the ‘qualified’ category because of a reason prohibited by law (i.e. race, color, national origin, gender or sex, age, religion, disability, or retaliation for prior EEO activity), then you should contact the P.O.’s EEO office within 45-days of the date that you believe you were discriminated against. [There should be an EEO poster in your office that has the phone number that you’ll need to call. If not, please let me know.]
J.R. Pritchett, Employee Advocate
postalemployeeadvocate@juno.com

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I would like to know if a ptf carrier my junior has the right to be given a window clerk position instead of me because he has clerk experience or because he presented a letter before I did for the clerk position. The postmaster notified him of the availability of the position and did not post the position at our office. The clerk that had the position notified me of the availability but he also told me that the junior ptf clerk had already turned in his letter for the position so he told me that I better hurry up and turn my letter in. I asked the postmaster why she had not notified me of applying for the position with a letter and she told me that I had two days to turn the letter in so I turned it in the next day. I am still a ptf carrier and the junior ptf carrier is a window clerk now but is still being paid carrier pay. Oh by the way ever since the postmaster has been there she has harrassed me, discriminated against me, shortened my hours down to 12 to 15 hours per week and I have been at this office for over eight years and tampered with my hours and also retaliated against me by tampering with my work performance but the carrier's union has not done anything to really help me. The junior ptf carrier that was awarded the clerk position gets away doing unsatisfactory work as a clerk and when he runs my route sometimes and the other ptf carrier position was posted immediately but no one has applied because of the hours. Please help me! Thank you and God bless!

Boy if it was a fraudian slip I could sure think of a lot better than you did.

!!!You accepted it orally.....and then sent it a tampon?????what choice of words, freudian slip maybe...OOOOOOOOO what you said

I may have said I acceped it orally, I sent it to Tampa for review outside of the district - thanks for trying to pay me off.

I couldn't agree more with the process being flawed. It's the official time I seek, I'm not wasting time, I'm abiding my time. I'm fourtunate to be healthy and though I'm CSRS I still have a few years to go. I wish you well with your disability efforts.

Let's see if I got this right, You the complainant start the EEO process by asking for the paperwork from the defendant, the defendant sends it to you, the defendant investigates the defendant and they tell you that you the complainant are wrong and the defendant is right, then the defendant tells you to file a "formal complaint" against the defendant asking you to send the defendant the paperwork that you fill out with all the information the defendant needs to use against you and then who is supposed win in this? I'm trying really hard not to go hysterical laughing while I type this, I have tears in my eyes that are making it hard for me to see exactly what I am typing. The EEO process is a flawed process and will not change until the process is taken away from them and handed back to the US EEOC Commission. IT is a joke on the US Postal Worker and another form of cruel and unusual punishment. An outside agency has to investigate the postal service or this will never change, Good luck to you all and have a wonderful life, as for me I've decided not to waste my time with this flawed process and get out while I still have my sanity, it just ain't worth it, life has better things for me, sayonara my friends hopefully by summer next year I will be able to retire on disability and collect for the rest of life approximately $900,000 keep my medical benefits and work a real job with real people and not have to put up with the BULLSHIT!!! Most, not all of you are wasting your time. Any Comments!

I didn't have much luck or patience with the archives but I did find the case. It is an interesting one disecting between the direct method and indirect method of establishing prima facia of discrimination. You can read it for yourself at: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/054219p.pdf

I play with the EEOC in my own complaints and have been enlightened by the material in PEN. I didn't finish college, attend law school or pass the bar exam and I know I need to stick with the grievance/arbitration procedures. I'm not going to sue myself if I loose my case but I'm not to set back and let some smart ass manager bully me around without cost to the Agency.

houndsman56... let us know what is the date on the smoking gun retaliation complaint... article. I would like to see it too. thanks

There is a link toward the bottom of the page that says, "News Is Continued: Previous Postal News and News Archive". Here is the link:
http://www.postalemployeenetwork.com/postal-news.html

That will take you to the articles from August, and there is a link at the bottom of that page for articles further back in the past. You can just scroll down through them & pick out the one you want.

I would like to retrieve the article posted on PEN several weeks ago concerning a ruling from the 7th District Circuit Court in relations to the smoking gun requirement in retaliation complaints. Can someone help me find it? I liked some of the language in it.

It is shorthand for a complaint filed under the Equal Employment Opportunity law.

Hi what is an EEO?