Contract Update #12
2011 No. 10 – March 22, 2012
BARGAINING MOVES TO MEDIATION PROCESS
The ongoing bargaining dispute between the NPMHU and the Postal Service – to determine the terms and conditions of the 2011 National Agreement – is headed to mediation. The mediation will be conducted under the supervision of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), which is charged, under the Postal Reorganization Act as amended in 2006, with appointing the mediator.
Earlier today, FMCS Director George Cohen announced that he was appointing Herbert Fishgold as the mediator for the NPMHU/USPS dispute. As required by statute, Mr. Fishgold is “a mediator of nationwide reputation and professional stature, . . . who is also a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators.” Indeed, Mr. Fishgold has served as a third-party neutral for more than 30 years, during which time he has mediated and arbitrated bargaining disputes in a wide range of industries at the national, state, and local levels.
The statute instructs the parties that they “shall cooperate with the mediator in an effort to reach an agreement and shall meet and negotiate in good faith at such times and places that the mediator, in consultation with the parties, shall direct.” The mediation will continue for at least sixty days, unless the parties agree otherwise, either because they have reached a tentative agreement or because they and the mediator believe that an extension of the mediation process would be appropriate. Thereafter, if the bargaining dispute is still ongoing, the parties will adopt further dispute resolution procedures, to include binding interest arbitration.
Importantly, the mediator does not have the power to issue binding settlements or resolutions, and thus cannot compel the parties to reach an agreement. Rather, the mediator serves as a facilitator of discussions, making suggestions to the parties in an effort to keep the dialogue and process of negotiations moving forward.
As the mediation moves forward, to the extent possible during periods of confidential communications, we will keep you informed of developments through additional Contract Updates.
via Contract Update #12 – National Postal Mail Handlers Union.
Hey Raul & Joe Wanats
Take your crap somewhere else. We all know the union does not support this bill. You’re blowing this crap out your rear. Get a clue & then get a life.
Rolando and Guffey are not covering your back, they care less about VERA’s, Guffey / APWU are the worst, Rolando though wants also to make the bill so amended, it will never pass.
Mismanagement and over funding, and the dues hungry Unions = downfall of USPS, lies and more lies, the USPS already uses the Inspectors and OIG, Office of Inspector General to set up craft employees, two sets of rules, just like the IRS, a Gestapo mentality, offering a decent early retirement/ Incentives would be one way to escape the deteriorating work places in the USPS, the work environment has always been about management inflating numbers, lying about getting mail out when it is stacked somewhere or sent back to be reprocessed, and using threats (OIG, Inspection Service, intimidation, following craft workers off the job etc.) and abusive tactics for managers to get their bonuses, always a daily fight for us workers to survive, yes it is a daily war to get you the customer your mail, end this monopoly now !
Support S.1789 as it is , because Goofball Guffey of the APWU already has said ( as well as Rolando the NALC Cuban Clown) that neither he nor his members will support any bill unless all the Union’s agenda items are included, the NALC and APWU are calling it the “Kill Bill S.1789”.
Remeber all you haters against the injured HA HA !!!!!
USPS Plans to Implement Consolidations As Soon As Moratorium Ends
Top-level postal managers were unable – or unwilling – to specify which mail processing centers would be closed immediately. Decisions will be made at the end of February, they said.
Postal officials said that as a result of the consolidations, approximately 83,000 jobs will be eliminated in the crafts represented by the APWU, including more than 63,800 Clerks, close to 9,000 Maintenance Craft employees, and more than 1,800 Motor Vehicle Craft employees.
GOOGLE……….U.S. SENATE………Choose your “SENATOR HOME” State. Look for the area in which to write and send your comment.
I wrote ” I work for the U.S.P.S. and I do not oppose S1789 in it’s amended form”. This bill offers three types of incentives not to be combined.
1. 25,000 cash.
2. 2 years added on to your FERS retirement
3. 1 year added on to your CSRS retirement.
“This announcement makes it all the more important that APWU members reach out to their senators to let them know that S. 1789 as amended,” must be passed now said Guffey.
Call Your Senators:
202-224-3121
(Capitol Switchboard)
[Click here for direct #s]
Tell them you Support
S. 1789
The U.S. Senate soon will likely debate the 21st Century Postal Reform Act (S. 1789), bill designed to ‘save” the U.S. Postal Service by offering Early Retirement Incentives.
As president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, I understand the budgetary and market challenges facing the USPS.
S. 1789 should be passed as amended, it will save America’s postal network. Instead of enacting shortsighted, destructive policies, Congress should approve this bill ,S.1789.
Fredric V. Rolando is the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers
NAPUS will continue to work with Senate allies to pass S. 1789, and ensure that the measure will garner the requisite votes for passage.
Blah Blah Blah, who cares, the shaft is the shaft, you cooked like the rest of us, no need for all these crafts, and unions, divide and conquer, and management has done that, me too contract, me too shaft, USPS and your Union are well done.
An amended version of a postal bill (S. 1789) is tentatively scheduled for a vote during the week of March 26, and could be brought to the Senate floor as early as Monday, APWU Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid is reporting.
The APWU is asking union members to be vigilante and to check the APWU Web site frequently for updates. “The situation could change very rapidly, so it is important that union members remain alert,” Reid said. “We may need to respond to an announcement quickly.”
The APWU was sharply critical of the original bill, and supports the now amended S.1789, to set strict service standards; allow the USPS to recover overpayments the Postal Service made to its retiree pension funds; adequately address the requirement that forces the USPS to pre-fund future retiree health benefits, and offer APWU members lucrative Early Retirement Incentives, to alleviate the excessing and reassignments our members are suffering through.
John H. Dirzius APWU
Cliff Guffey APWU
MAILHANDLERS AND CARRIERS REALLY ONLY HAD ONE WAY TO GO
IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT WAS TO GO TO ARBITRATION.
PMG PATRICK DONAHOE FORCED THIS UPON THE PARTIES BECAUSE
DONAHOE PROVED HIMSELF TO BE AN UNETHICAL LIAR WITH HIS
BEHAVIOR AFTER “SUPPOSSEDLY” NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH
WITH THE APWU. YOU KNOW, I CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHY THE BOARD OF GOVENORS KEEP DONAHOE AROUND. DONAHOE MAKES HORRIFIC BUSINESS DECISIONS THAT HURT REVENUE AND DRIVE CUSTOMERS TO COMPETITORS. DONAHOE ALSO MAKES LOUSY EXECUTIVE DECISIONS
THAT ALIENATE USPS EMPLOYEES AGAINST MANAGEMENT. PATRICK DONAHOE IS A BAD DECISION MAKER, PERIOD! I CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING HE HAS DONE RIGHT. WHY KEEP HIM AROUND? I GUESS BEING A LIFETIME
POSTAL BUREAUCRAT IS GOOD ENOUGH CRITERIA TO KEEP THE POSTMASTER GENERAL JOB, BECAUSE DONAHOE CERTAINLY HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE AN INCOMPETENT AND UNTRUSTWORTHY
EXECUTIVE WHILE HOLDING THAT POSITION.
LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AT LEAST THE POSTMASTER GENERAL WON’T GO BACK AND ASK CONGRESS TO CHANGE IT!
Mailhandlers are going to get hammered! Which ishy they will delay arbitration until the carriers have finished. Then they will say, “Me too!”
Thank you NPMHU for taking this to arbitration. We all know that arbitration is a roll of the dice and avoided if possible. To accept a sell out contract like the APWU did is unacceptable. So we would rather go down fighting and give it our best shot. Semper Fidelis……………………….