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dd on Fri, 20th Jan 2012 12:53 am:
An impressive and insightful comment from you indeed. It has always amazed me how unions enjoy shedding light and demonstrating against entities that they consider clash with their agendas but heaven forbid anyone demonstrate against them. I suppose we should all fear the union’s backlash and stigmata of SCAB.
Well, it’s a well known fact that scabs in the PO take home more of their salary than the insightful lemmings. And why would anyone demonstrating against a union that clearly sold their membership out and one that clearly has no answer to management’s march…why would they be tagged as a SCAB? After all, that person would only be exercising a right so vehemently protected by the same unions that now call them scabs?
I’d rather keep my dues in my pocket and OCCUPY the APWU!
get lost scab
Unhappy with APWU? Unhappy with the contract? Unhappy with the level of representation you’re getting? Unhappy with loss of 40 hour jobs?
OCCUPY APWU at the 2012 Convention in Los Angeles (August 20-24) at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel (404 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA)
OTHERWISE:
Shut up and keeping paying dem dues! And, by the way…stay in line all you lemmings!
Doesnt any Data relating to anything the Usps does whether it be financial , or operating procedures etc… Have to be disclosed and made accessible to the public under the freedom of information act? If not then why not?! And then unless you are downright buying their support there is no violation. Please anyone correct me if Im wrong here .
Postal resourses means postage? An online petition does not use postal resources, me holding a pick-it sign or voicing my opinion is not using postal resources get it right PMG Al-ASSAD YOU CANT QUITE THE PEOPLE IN SYRIA OR THE POSTAL WORKERS WHO WANT AN INCOMPETENT LEADER GONE
What this means is that postal management is getting ready to go after some body. When they mention in the law that having the public intercede with congress makes me think of the 1 million signatures that were sent to congress by the NALC asking congress to save the post office. Or the rallies for saving the post office, where congress men have been invited to come. I’m sure the PMG would love to put a stop to this kind of media attention. The post office higher ups don’t want any resistance from the troops what so ever. They just want total control over how the post office is handled and run. No one should be able to disagree with them or their actions, and they have certain laws on their side so they think.
does this mean I can’t tell my friends what useless, overpaid idiots all postal managers are?
Go figure…..The USPS hiding information once again and the law is protecting them.
I dont think its a matter of national security on what the postmaster general and his good ole boys network is wasting or spending. this information should be made public to every citizen of America. After all its OUR Postal Service not the PMG