A new provision of the 2010-2015 contract between USPS and APWU allows positions to be converted into “non-traditional full time” (NTFT, pronounced “nifty”) assignments consisting of less than 40 hours.
From an APWU steward:
USPS San Francisco District Postal Management “reconfigures traditional full-time bid assignments to NTFT bid assignments in response to the loss of workload/financials of the Postal Service.’ Automation (tours 1&3), box section, station/branch clerks to bear the sacrifices with new workload of 30 to 36 hours.
Some examples of the assignments posted for bidding:
via APWU steward:
“Look at the stations and branches. Some NTFTs work five hours, six days a week. Some have variable schedules because they are Flexible NTFTs. While a traditional FTR cannot be forced to bid a job that is less than 40 hours, they could end up in a residual Flexible or Regular NTFT duty assignment of 40 to 44 hours.”
USPS Honolulu PC Job Opportunities Announcement via APWU Steward:
“The posted job opportunities include “Immediate Vacancies for Hanapepe, Saipan, Pago Pago, Kapaa, Waipahu, Lahaina Post Offices. Voluntary Reassignment to Part-Time Flexible – Sales, Services, Distribution Associate and City Carrier.” One warning: the Hawaiian street names and schemes are tough to learn. Island fever is a problem. Mainlanders can get bored in paradise.”
It’s not bad enough that our hours have been cut to 30 hours a week…… They just gave the PSE’s at our plant a $3.00 hr raise. Where in the hell is our raise!!!!
NTFT bid assignments were the brainchild of the APWU and agreed to by the APWU and ratified by union lemmings. Angry about it now? Occupy APWU by filling out those PS Forms 1188 today. Otherwise, shut up…deal with it and pay the impending dues increase!
Hmmm? electrical panels, fire extinguishers, blocked emergency exit doorways by these downsizing sardines idiots, we just might hit the motherload and get ourselfs some bonus $$$$$ three times a charm in fines.
When HQ is done downsizing the Plants, OSHA should come do some safety visitations on Sat & Sun nites to see the nitemare they made.
Pedestrain doors and walk ways blocked, vestibules being blocked off with OTRs cages APCs, Better have your safty talks captains
Are any of you having this situation going on in your offices. I was converted to a Ntft. I now work 5 hour days 6 days a week.. They do everything they can to not give the 2 of us that are what I called the screwed regulars any out of schedule pay. Yet the old regulars are working 50-55 hours a week. This is creating some animosity on are parts. The clerk supervisor constantly does clerk work. I spend so much time filing grievances I feel like it is my 2nd job. I am the only one that files grievances so I am totally on the shit list with management. I am at the point that I just don’t care. The union has told me that we are not really ntft’s but unassigned regulars, that nationwide this implementing of what they call ntft’s was done incorrectly. These positions were to be made bids that all could bid on but this did
not happen anywhere I know. My boss is a yes man and does not have the guts to tell his direct manager that at this time this is not working.
This is the christmas season and they are turning this into the have (old regulars) and the have nots(ntft’s) .
Good luck to us all
Disgruntled what i can tell you is its the p&dc/p&df are more dangerous to work in now with all the new volume and employees running over on each other from the closing of the other plants. soon i expect to be nail by a mailhandler driving a mule.
Management has out done themselfs on this cluster fuck and getting worst.
HILLABREW, I THINK YOU TOOK A FEW TOO MANY FASTBALLS TO THE HEAD!
“forget about the post office will ya” hillabrew do you know where you are?
Why would you forget about the p.o. when you are posting on the postalreporter news blog about postal news articles and information with them asking what you think and/or speak your mind?
Maybe talk/cry about the weather cause you know if you get caught up in one of those twisters you aint gonna be in Kansas anymore.
Union keeps saying not to bid on the NTFT jobs if you are a regular 40 hour worker under the old system and do not want a cut in hours. My question is, what happens to you if you do not bid and your current job has been abolished? What about the people who’s P&DC has been consolidated more than the 50 miles and do not want to move? Can someone who is or has gone through these situations comment on this?
quit crying you have only got one life to live, forget about the post office will ya
Most American workers not just Postal workers are busy taken care of their jobs hoping their elected officials are doing the same looking out for their better interests.
But as polls show not so.
As we all can see now, people have taken to the streets in unrest. Hopefully we as a people will be paying more attention in the future cause we are paying for all these screw-up elected officials ruining things.
Amen
Postal workers are sheep ,with no idea what is going on, vote yes sheep, vote yes sheep
“Do you want some cheese with that ” whine” !
Wow, i say that same pairing thing to my supervisor.
Forget the rules Enjoy the fun 🙂
I VOTED “NO”. I LOST ON THE CONTRACT. WE NOW DEAL WITH IT!
Why don’t cut down management work hours from 30-36 to bear the sacrifies for the USPS financial hard time?
Do you want some cheese with that ” whine” !
for over 30 years have seen stupid toady workers lick po mismgt a**. all running around last contract wringing their hands saying we have to vote YES because we are lucky we have a job…..and 30 hour full time work week will go to some new slug-NOT ME because po mismgt likes me……..enough to make you throw up.
69,000 vote Yes 105,000 do not vote at all 24,000 with brain/balls vote NO
you got what you ignorant dopes were spoon feed by Cliff Goofy Guffy/Morris and washed it down with kool-aid. only about 1% of workers have fought po mismgt/corrupt union over the years……I am in the 1%.(less than the French underground in WW2 @ 10%) you dug your own grave without so much as a wimper.
my advice to the 99%……….sale at home depot on knee pads.
no raise, no COLA, 30 hour full time work week……..spineless sissy wimps got what they voted for. you are now going to reap the whirlwind as you can bet the current po mismanagement are not finishished destroying the PO.
Will have Dohole famous last words every thursday nite on the pole (the alternative to this alternative special.)
Do you guys guys still own the old US MAIL logo rights?
San Francisco would be a good place to start a new business.
If i spelled it MALE instead could i use the rest?
complimentary tickets on the house for all whom come in uniform 🙂
“USPS Honolulu PC Job Opportunities Announcement via APWU Steward:
“The posted job opportunities include “Immediate Vacancies for Hanapepe, Saipan, Pago Pago, Kapaa, Waipahu, Lahaina Post Offices. Voluntary Reassignment to Part-Time Flexible – Sales, Services, Distribution Associate and City Carrier.” One warning: the Hawaiian street names and schemes are tough to learn. Island fever is a problem. Mainlanders can get bored in paradise.”
Hmm? part time?
With my other job skills and ukulele maybe i could get by in this $$$ down turn?
With a little help from some Primo i could have them streets and schemes down in no time.
All u idiots should be boiled in his own pudding who voted it in, now deal with it, idiots.
Merry Christmas
Up yours truly, Union Clause
This is only the Beginning! 75 Thousand APWU members voted for it, only 25 thousands voted against it. Wait till 2015, thats when the no-layoff clause goes out the window!
God works at his own pace,we don”t know when but I hope an early- out offer comes sooner than later.. In the mean time, my fellow Brothers & Sisters make them Pay!, make them Pay!
“reconfigures traditional full-time bid assignments to NTFT bid assignments in response to the loss of workload/financials of the Postal Service.’ Automation (tours 1&3), box section, station/branch clerks to bear the sacrifices with new workload of 30 to 36 hours”.
These means lost financial to all, less money made = less money spent.
Soon Wall Street/local/state/Feds Governments will soon be bearing these trickle down sacrifices also. What comes around goes around.
To cut my lost, i’d start by getting out of the union, there’s about a $46 dollor a month savings nothing personnal it’s just buisness.
Christmas shopping/spending… no money no goods sorry.
I stub my big toe, Ouch! I wont be in for three gas saving days.
Junk mail saves on heating cost if you have a fire place.
Who’s crying now, we shall see? the 1% need the 99%, United We Stand Divided We Fall.
Ok they did post NTFT jobs in Springdfield, NDC they are 40 hours but they are 4 ten hour days. So now you had 10 people working overtime now you have 50 plus people going to be hanging around. The only way everybody bid them was to take their bid away and force them to bid again. What a mess. So many unanswer questions. If you work on a holiday you only get 8 hours pay but have to work 10 hours. If you don’t work on a holiday you lose 2 hours each Holiday so that 2 hours times 10 Holidays thats 20 hours each year no pay.. With 3 days off you lose 20% of your workforce. Mgmt didn’t force it Supervisor so far to work those hours. On Holiday weeks the Holiday schedule will be 4 days unlike before of 3 days. Leave the freaking schedules alone Cut MGMT jobs, the union gave you PSE use them. Offer a early out get those 30 – 41 year people out. Then things will be better. The Union created this MESS they need to find a way out of the NTFT jobs. I think our union Officers should get NTFT jobs at unions. Then they would not like it either. Cuffey should submit his resignation for this dirty deal he did.
Some of these people in their late 60’s and 70’s need to go. I have been hearing it for years how you can’t afford to retire. Well if you can’t go now when will you ever be able to.
If you did not have “nifty” positions you would have probably lost the layoff clause with massive excessing to follow. Management is striving for flexibility and crying poverty is what will get them there. If there isn’t a reduction in full time employees soon with a VER or buyout then Postal wigs with the assistance of Congress passing laws will lead to a forced attrition.
Just because, you think if people voted no on the contract we would not be in this situation. You lost your mind. NTFT will happen no matter how any member votes on a contract. Unions don’t dictate policy.
if they do not suit you, don’t bid them. my understanding is that no full-time(40hrs) clerk can be forced into a “nifty” assignment of less than 40 hours.
so if you don’t like them, don’t bid them.
u idiots voted it in, now deal with it, idiots. Union should never have put that trash contract in front of us morons, I voted no what you morons lookin at when you checked yes, i got 30 years in thank God. early out coming soon.