Comments on: Arbitrator Limits Abusive Postal Supervisor’s Contact With Carriers

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:20:29 +0000

A craft employee would be fired for what that supervisor did.

By: JB

JB — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:56:20 +0000

You know the funny thing is that when you have a craft employee that threatens a Supervisor they are given several chances and there are no agrreement like this. There are craft employees that feel threaten by other craft employees and the theats are founded in an Investigation. The employee is removed from the Office but comes back never the less. When you look at the policy for zero tolerance there are exceptions. We can go back and forth about this. All I know is that people think they have it rough when they don’t. Try going to a third world country.

By: pablo

pablo — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:07:02 +0000

Why is this a-hole still on the company payroll?! He has 37 years in according to the facts, so couldn’t he be nudged into retirement? I agree with Rick: zero tolerance applies to craft employees only, from the looks of things. National management is obsessed with bullying workers to get more productivity. There is no accountability for these sociopaths. It has only gotten worse over the last couple of years, and I sadly predict there’s no end in sight. The Joint Statement is almost 20 years old now. People are gonna start snapping. You CANNOT push people around this way & then play ignorant when violence erupts. I sure wish the insulated sociopaths at the top would retire since they’ve run the place into the ground…….

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:39:59 +0000

I’m wondering why this supervisor even has a job? If this were a craft employee, they would have been walked off long ago. I disagree that this will send any message. This supervisor has most of his duties taken away or restricted, yet still gets to collect the same paycheck. Firing abusive supervisors would be the only way to send a “zero tolerance” message. However, management has always been tolerant of their own transgressions. When there has been a problem with someone in management, they are usually given a lateral move. The fact that this supervisor is still in the same facility after all these years and all the problems just illustrates my point.

By: J Jameson

J Jameson — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:07:14 +0000

Hurray!!! Finally an arbitration that gives us a measure of protection amd justice from the many abusive sociopaths that seem to find their way into management.
This will also send a message to upper management that intimidation and fear will not be tolerated.
Remember that management decided that they were not to be held accountable for violations of the Violence in the Workplace Agreement, only the employees, and fought it all the way to arbitration. They lost!!

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:51:28 +0000

Why is this supervisor even being allowed to have any contact with employees? If this person cannot act in a humane manner with employees he does not belong being in charge! That’s whats wrong with this postal service (among other things). They reward the “incompetent workers”, while the upstanding ones are treated like garbage. This occurs in both the clerk craft and in management. I wish I had enough years in to retire.

By: retvmf

retvmf — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:28:22 +0000

If this is true, no postal supervisor will be allowed within 15 feet of any employee. They are all abusive. That’s the management culture, period.