Anybody who lived thru the 2012 contract saw the RCA starting wage get knocked down from close to $20 clams an hour in 2011 to $15 and change with that contract... it didn't make it back to $20 for about 10 years... that's a pretty good kick in the teeth, losing 10 years of pay raises... rest easy tho, I'm sure the @mailmanusa can tell us how it's somehow the carriers' fault tho...
It's perspective. Some employees tend to get bogged down in woe is me attitude. Some stuff is simply out of office control. Deal with it as best you can and focus on the offer time.
And sadly, that's only the incidents they were forced to admit to. Many go unreported.Between being robbed, dog bites, traffic accidents, workplace violence... some contend USPS is a fairly dangerous job...
The U.S. Postal Service reports more severe injuries than any other employer, according to OSHA.
The USPS is an extremely dangerous place to work
www.fedweek.com
There is something to the stewards being burned out by carriers. Not so much the job of Steward but, the abuse carriers give to stewards. It can be really toxic in some locations. Some carriers don't acknowledge limits and blame the moons cheese flavor on the union.You said you were a union stewy at one time... not sure if that's the reason, or not... but, I've noticed there are a lot of NRLCA peeps who tend to want to say everything is the carriers' fault... it's almost as tho they're in bed with and on the side of USPS mngt... So far, in this thread, that seems to be your main theme... I really haven't heard you criticizing USPS mngt or the $#!++ywork environment... everything seems to be the fault of whiny, crying, criticizing carriers.... it's all those damned carriers' fault... is that pretty much it in a nutshell??? At your office, are you the guy that's always kissing mngt's butt, and feeding any little bit of dirt you can on fellow carriers to mngt???? I've seen some like that in my day... some like to call them @$$ kissers, rats, snitches, etc...
No, I think they were pointing out the dissatisfaction with the retrograde benefit structure, in general. When old timers tell everyone what a good job it was in their day - the new kids really can't understand in today's market. Old timers are describing an orange and the newer hires are getting tang.
Might be my imagination, but a union peep was all about thinking it was ridiculous to want something as small as a postpaid envelope for contract voting, and here we seem to have some everything-is-the-carriers-fault mentality going on... I'll admit some peeps do create their own problems, but there are plenty of examples where others are creating them as well... this thread just seems odd in that it started off with a video of some of the dark side of the USPS then peeps go on to argue most things are somehow the employees' fault... weird to me...
I just thought it was ridiculous that NRLCA can't somehow squeeze the price of a stamp once every 3 YEARS from 3 years' worth of dues at roughly $900 clams a year.... so, for 75 cents, every 3 years, they're gonna have to jack up the dues from ~$2700 clams to ~$2700.75... LOL.... that's ridiculous...
I could do a documentary about the usps, and let me tell you....it wouldnt be complimentary either......my customers are one of the few good things about it, and not surprisingly, the po had nothing to do with that....LOL... sure you don't wanna listen to ole DB, who worked for USPS for 25 years... what about this guy, he worked for USPS for over 30 years...
Dr. Steve Musacco is a Ph.D. in organizational psychology, a M.S. in Counseling, and a B.A. in psychology. He’s been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist and completed Coachu’s coaching program. He also worked for the postal service for 30 years.
Going Postal – Suicides, Murders, Harassment
Yeah, unless it's some sort of benefit for the union fatcats... then there's always some $$$$ cash for that... but springing for a postage stamp every 3 years to benefit the members, well, we'll have to run that one thru the wringer, 2 or 3 times... still seems ridiculous to me... APWU has seemed to figure out how to do it without bankrupting the whole operation...
To be fair, apwu and nalc both have over double the membership of nrlca. That affords a bit of cushion in those unions budgets.Yeah, unless it's some sort of benefit for the union fatcats... then there's always some $$$$ cash for that... but springing for a postage stamp every 3 years to benefit the members, well, we'll have to run that one thru the wringer, 2 or 3 times... still seems ridiculous to me... APWU has seemed to figure out how to do it without bankrupting the whole operation...
35 and counting...imo, fitness of duty standards were dropped or discontinued totally...this is what you getLOL... sure you don't wanna listen to ole DB, who worked for USPS for 25 years... what about this guy, he worked for USPS for over 30 years...
Dr. Steve Musacco is a Ph.D. in organizational psychology, a M.S. in Counseling, and a B.A. in psychology. He’s been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist and completed Coachu’s coaching program. He also worked for the postal service for 30 years.
Going Postal – Suicides, Murders, Harassment
Come on, man... we're talking about squeezing a measly 75 cents out of 3 years of dues... almost ~$2700... even the annual party-throwing NRLCA big spenders should be able to handle that... js... cut back on a couple of hors d’oeuvres and BOOM you're there...
They both don't throw annual shindigs like the NRLCA, right???? Js... maybe realign priorities.... put members ahead of party throwing...
Again, not saying it's not possible. Just saying that according to NLRB, finances have to match the intent of the membership.Come on, man... we're talking about squeezing a measly 75 cents out of 3 years of dues... almost ~$2700... even the annual party-throwing NRLCA big spenders should be able to handle that... js... cut back on a couple of hors d’oeuvres and BOOM you're there...
Nrlca tried for years to move to biannual proceedings. The delegates voted it down.NALC and APWU can't afford annual shindigs, but they can afford postpaid contract voting envelopes.... things that make you go hmmmm....
