Highlights of PMG’s Visit to Morgan P & DC
From National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) Local #300 :
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe visited Morgan P&DC in New York City on Monday October 3, 2011. Donahoe spoke to the employees of the overall condition of the Postal Service and about what he believed was needed to address the severe financial crisis that the Postal Service was experiencing. Read more
Colorado Mail Handlers Local Withdraws From USPS, OSHA Ergonomic Program
“The Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process (ERRP) reduces both the number and severity of musculoskeletal disorders, builds labor/management teams with ergonomic skills, and cultivates partnerships to identify and control ergonomic risk. These partnerships include OSHA, NPMHU, and APWU. Since its inception in 2003, 176 plants and 9 districts have implemented ERRP, with over 155,000 employees receiving training. ERRP sites that have been involved in the process for at least 12 months experienced a 21.9 percent reduction in musculoskeletal disorders this year.”–source: USPS Read more
Injured postal worker fights for medical benefits
Filed under: Injured On Duty, mail handlers, owcp, postal, postal news, usps
“Jerome Garrett is fighting for federal medical benefits.Garrett had been working at the Hapeville postal facility for 16 years. Then, in April 2009, a 100-pound box full of mail fell from an overhead conveyor belt and hit him in the head.The incident left Garrett with a broken neck that went unnoticed for some time, he said.Garrett told Channel 2′s Erica Byfield that it took six months for doctors to realize that the accident had broken his neck.Garrett said his surgeon cleared him to go back to work. But his wife showed Byfield paperwork from other spinal specialists who said he is not ready to return to work.The Department of Labor handles benefits for postal employees. The Garretts want them to reinstate him.”
Full story from WSB-TV Atlanta, Georgia
Postal Workers 2010 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Set
Filed under: APWU, NALC, NPMHU, pay, postal, postal news, usps
2010 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Set For Postal Workers
(10/22/10) The December period referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5, of the National Agreement, during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable, consists of four consecutive service weeks. (See Why Is the Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Only 28 Days?) This year the period begins Pay Period 26-10, Week 1 (Dec. 4, 2010) and ends Pay Period 01-11, Week 2 (Dec. 31, 2010).
Why is the Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Only 28 Days?
(Dec. 1, 2005) Article 8 of the National Agreement states penalty overtime will not be paid for any hours worked in December. Why is the Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period 28 days instead of all 31 days in December? As the result a mutual agreement dated Nov. 14, 1985, the Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period consists of four consecutive service weeks.
FY 2011 Casual Exception Period Set
(10/22/10) Article 7.1.B.5 of the National Agreement provides exceptions to the six percent and 11 percent casual caps during accounting periods 3 and 4. For Fiscal Year 2011, the casual exception period will be from Nov. 20, 2010 through Jan. 14, 2011.
source: APWU Industrial Relations
Nation’s Oldest Postal Employee To Retire On June 30
Reed is often questioned about his secret to longevity and his answer is always the same: “Onion sandwiches. I eat one every day.”
95 year–old has not missed a day of work in 37 years
What:
Nation's oldest Postal Employee
Chester Reed, who proudly claims to be 95 ½ and is the nation’s oldest U.S. Postal Service employee, is ready to retire and will be turning in his forklift keys at his retirement celebration.
Who:
Mail handler and Honoree Chester Reed
District Manager Dallas Keck
Senior Plant Manager Larry Belair
San Bernardino Plant Manager Jim Olson
When:
4:00 P.M. – Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Where:
San Bernardino Processing & Distribution Center Cafeteria
1900 W Redlands Blvd.
Redlands CA 92373
Please Note:
Media is asked to RSVP to Eva Jackson at 858–437–1493 for further instructions on how and where to enter the facility.
Mr. Reed will be available for pre–scheduled one–on–one interviews. To make arrangements, please contact Eva Jackson at 858–437–1493 in advance.
Background:
On his retirement date, Chester Reed will have accrued 37 years and 16 days of Postal Service employment, and to top it off, will have never used a day of sick leave. Combined with his military service time, Reed has a total of 62 years, 10 months and 12 days of government service.
Reed was born in 1914 in Bridgeport, Ohio. As a young man, he worked as a manager at a Texas heating and air conditioning business. Reed enlisted with the Air Force at the age of 33 in 1947. He was stationed in the San Bernardino area, and after 25 years of service, retired from the Air Force as a sergeant. Reed then joined the U. S. Postal Service in 1973, and has since worked as a mail handler–forklift operator at the San Bernardino Processing and Distribution Center.
NYC Mail Handlers Local Withdraws From USPS, OSHA Ergonomic Program
“The Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process (ERRP) reduces both the number and severity of musculoskeletal disorders, builds labor/management teams with ergonomic skills, and cultivates partnerships to identify and control ergonomic risk. These partnerships include OSHA, NPMHU, and APWU. Since its inception in 2003, 176 plants and 9 districts have implemented ERRP, with over 155,000 employees receiving training. ERRP sites that have been involved in the process for at least 12 months experienced a 21.9 percent reduction in musculoskeletal disorders this year.”–source: USPS
NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION·
LOCAL 300 AFL-CIO-CLC
WILFREDO DELGADO
Branch President -New York City
III John Street, Suite 710, New York, NY 10038 Phone (212) Fax (212) 941-6499
January 2010
MAIL HANDLER -NEWSFLASH-
Local 300 withdraws from EERPS
Management has attempted to limit this Union’s involvement with the EERPs program. Management wants to take the Mail Handler chosen by the Union to be on this committee, and replace them with the team, handpicked by management.
This is a blatant underhanded way to limit this Union’s participation in the process.
The EERP (Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process) was begun in 2003 as a result of OSHA, APWU, NPMHU and the Postal Service coming together to reduce (MSDS) musculoskeletal disorders, and help identify potential hazards and ergonomic health risks.
This Union has consistently fought for a safe work place, and will continue to hold Postal management accountable for providing a safe work environment.
We will continue to address safety and health issues through the Local Safety & Health Committee, the Grievance process and outside agencies.
An Injury To One Is An Injury To All
Letter to USPS Management:
?Mr. Sun,
This is to inform you that Local 300 Mail Handlers Union will not be participating in the Morgan P&DC EERPS Restart.
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You claim that there is an agreed upon structure, “one union steward chosen by the Union and two craft mail handlers chosen by management”.
Local 300 NEVER agreed to this structure. I have no idea where you have gotten this blatant anti-UNION direction. Apparently, you have not been in contact with the prior EERPS management team leader Jim Koehler, to get a clear understanding of the EERPS) process and goals. ‘
This Union has always named the Mail Handler EERP committee members. Management has never named the committee members for the Mail Handler craft.
Only Local 300 can choose who will represent our craft on any committee. This is an Unfair Labor Practice, and we will be filing NLRB charges to address this issue.
If any Mail Handler is named to this committee, they have no authority or representative rights to speak for our craft. They will be an empty seat, voicing management’s concerns, not the Mail Handler craft’s.
Local 300 has consistently fought for a safe work environment, and has worked well with management and the previous committee to resolve issues.
Apparently, management’s approach is now to minimize the Union’s input into the efforts for a safe work environment, and water down any significant improvements.
In light of that fact, Local 300 will continue to address safety and health issues through the proper committees, the grievance process and all outside agencies.
Willie Delgado
NYC Branch President
Local 300-NPMHU