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Welcome To Branch 2589 * Lubbock
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Aren’t you glad you work for the
USPS? Who else besides our upper management could take
a job this good and make most of us hate it? Great job
guys! Most of today’s issues deal with office and
street times and we have discussed these many times, but
I still get a lot of questions. You do not have an
established leave time, you are not required to case
mail at 18 and 8, or 15 minutes a foot. More
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New Member:
Lester
Earl Williams.
Retired:
Jerry F. Cotten, David Deanda
and Gilberto Pena
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The Regular Branch Meeting of NALC
Branch 2589, Lubbock, Texas, was called to order by
President Mitch Terral at 7:00 P.M. The invocation was
given by M. Matthies. The membership then said the
Pledge of Allegiance. The roll call of officers was
taken. All officers were present except J. Burton. J.
Baca and J. Johns, Jr., were added to the attendance
list tonight due to illnesses. more |
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USPS
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USPS declines to extend
contract
talks:
On Friday, the USPS declined
to extend collective-bargaining
negotiations with the NALC,
triggering an impasse that
will automatically send the
matter to mediation. “I am
disappointed by the Postal
Service’s decision,” NALC
President Fredric V. Rolando
said. “We have been making
steady progress in
negotiations. NALC continues
to believe that a negotiated
agreement is in the best
interests of the parties,
the businesses that rely on
us and the nation we serve.
We will continue to
negotiate in good faith as
mediation takes place.”
Click here to read the
president's complete
statement. |
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Closings
moratorium announced:
In response to a request
made by a number of
Senators, the USPS agreed on
Dec. 13 to delay closing or
consolidating any post
offices or mail-processing
facilities until May 15.
"This is a positive step,
provided the parties use the
time to put together a
positive plan for the
future, including ways to
grow the business as well as
efficiencies that make
sense," NALC President
Fredric Rolando said. "That
requires maintaining the
networks, which are vital to
the ability of the Postal
Service to adapt to an
evolving society and meet
the needs of the public and
America's businesses, as
we've been doing for 200
years." |
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The
end of mail delivery to your
door:
A bill being considered by
Congress would end direct
mail delivery for 90 percent
of homes and businesses in
the U.S. that now receive
doorstep delivery, among the
various destructive effects
the measure would have. "The
implications of H.R. 2309
are not widely known,
particularly the fact that
virtually all residents and
business owners would lose
the door-to-door delivery
they have long relied on,"
NALC President Fredric
Rolando said. That's why the
NALC is undertaking an
extensive grassroots
campaign to inform Americans
and those organizations that
would be most affected by
the destructive H.R. 2309 of
the facts about postal
finances—and of the most
effective ways to restore
financial stability to the
Postal Service.
Click here to find out how
you can help.
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A bipartisan majority in the
House
backs
six-day mail delivery:
The NALC has learned that
218 House members from both
parties—a majority—have now
signed on as co-sponsors of
H.Res. 137, the measure
introduced by Rep. Sam
Graves (R-MO) that expresses
the sense of the House that
the USPS should take "all
appropriate measures" to
ensure continuation of
six-day delivery. "Our
members' hard work continues
to pay off," NALC President
Fredric Rolando said. "This
level of support will shore
up our defense against the
attempts by Congressman
Darrell Issa and others to
'save' the Postal Service by
cutting service—a
counterproductive proposal
that would surely fail if
implemented."
Click here
to find out whether your
representative is among this
majority, and if he or she
is not,
click here
to find out how you can ask
your House member to become
a co-sponsor of H. Res. 137. |
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How the GAO report
supports H.R. 1351:
The GAO issued a report on
Oct. 13 that reiterated its
previously stated view that
the OPM’s unreasonable
division of CSRS pension
obligations associated with
employment for the pre-1971
Post Office Department
between the USPS and the
Treasury was “consistent”
with the law. But it might
surprise you to learn that
this latest GAO report
actually bolsters
the case for H.R.1351,
despite making a lot of
misleading arguments.
Click here to read more. |
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Job-killing bill will
dismantle USPS:
S. 1789 is a job-killer:
President Rolando has
condemned the Senate's
postal bill. "S. 1789 would
cause irreparable harm to
our nation’s Postal
Service," Rolando said in a
statement.
Click here to read the full
statement. |
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H.R. 2309
Would
dismantle
the USPS:
GOP-controlled
House
Oversight
and
Government
Reform
Committee
passed a
radical and
partisan
postal
reform bill
by its
chairman,
Rep. Darrell
Issa
(R-CA). It
now waits
for a full
House vote.
Click
here to read
more. |
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The NALC's 68th Biennial
Convention next summer will
take place in Minneapolis
July 23-27.
Click here
for more Information for
delegates regarding hotels
in "The City of Lakes." |
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One million signatures!
On Oct. 16, at the National
Rap Session in Las Vegas,
NALC President Fredric
Rolando asked all members of
the NALC to collect
signatures in support of
protecting the future of the
United States Postal
Service—and you delivered!
From active and retired
letter carriers, from big
cities to small towns, more
than
1 million
signatures have been
collected. The message is
clear: America supports
first-rate mail delivery
service, six days a week,
and our customers will do
everything they can to
protect it. Click
here
to read more. |
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POSTAL FACTS:
Seattle Branch 79
President Jo
Ann
Pyle spells out to
the readers of the
Washington State
AFL-CIO's news
website The
Stand the
problems with the
Postal Service's
cost-cutting plans,
and retired Auburn,
ME Branch 345 member
Bert Godin's letter
to the editor of the
Lewiston,
ME Sun-Journal was
published Sunday.
Click here
to read more in
POSTAL
FACTS.
• Click
here
for a point-by-point
guide to help you
spread the truth
about the Postal
Service and the need
for immediate
congressional
action.
• Click
here
to find out how the
NALC Communications
Department can help
you get the NALC's
message out. |
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Check out our YouTube
channel to see our recent
television ads, including
one commerical that exposes
the real reason the USPS is
facing a financial crisis,
and another than recognizes
veterans who continue their
public service as letter
carriers.
Click here to visit the
channel. |
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The
Ed Show.
video of the GOP's War on
the Postal Service Rages on:
A Republican bill to kill
the postal service advances.
Oct. 13 |
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New commercial:
A new television ad
campaign, sponsored by the
NALC, the APWU and the NPMHU,
exposes the real reason the
USPS is facing a crisis that
is jeopardizing the nation’s
mail system. "The Postal
Service is recording
financial losses," the ad
states, "but not for reasons
you might think."
Click here to watch the ad. |
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H.Res.
1351:
228
co-sponsors |
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Pressing for reform: Rep.
Stephen Lynch (D-MA) has introduced
H.R. 1351,
the USPS Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act.
Is your representative a co-sponsor?
Right now, 228 House members are on the list.
Click here
to find out if yours is one of them. If not,
click here to look up members'
contact information and
ask yours to sign on.
Fact sheet |
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H.Res.
137:
218
co-sponsors |
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Preserving
six-day mail delivery:
Right now,
218
House members have signed on as
co-sponsors of
H.Res. 137,
which expresses the sense of the House that the USPS should take "all
appropriate measures" to ensure continuation of six-day delivery.
Click here
to find out if your representative has signed on as a co-sponsor, and
click here
to find representatives' contact information. |
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