Comments on: NALC: Arbitration board issues award

By: Kris Nosek

Kris Nosek — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 20:31:50 +0000

When I originally commented I clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get four emails with the same comment. Is there any way you possibly can remove me from that service? Thanks!

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By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 01:15:22 +0000

The NALC sold out its junior membership for its senior membership, which is not surprising. It is however a total lack of vision and will doom the union to an even faster demise. Good riddance.

By: eric

eric — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:38:32 +0000

Grace ur so right!! Its bs!! Ive been with the PO for 6 yrs n ive been stationed at 2 different offices n ive helped out at 6 other offices n its all the same!!I can do a 8 hr route plus 2-3 extra hrs n these regulars cry about being over on volume n can’t handle there own routes.. its pathetic!! N don’t forget the union doesn’t give a damn about us either!! We have vacant routes n they said being a cca u can move up n now the union claims they but there’s not an exact date!! All these upper management.. ncla n the union are useless!! U can be a career employee n call in all the time.. cry about 1 or 2 extra accountable or parcels n get 20 or 30 extra mins but yet us cca/te have to do more!! They wonder y the po is in so much debt n trouble!! Not all bust most career carriers waste so much unwanted overtime!!

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:58:59 +0000

Seriously there need to be some form of protest even if we need to do a national walk off, every cca and former te need to speak up or else you will get walked all over on continuously. These postmasters do not care about any of the non-career employees. They tell you to complete a 8 hour route in 6 hours so they can give you more work in the end. The same time it takes a regular to do a route they expect ccas and TEs to finish at least 2 hours faster. If you take a break they will get angry. They rather do all the work and take a break at the station at the end of the work day or fill out a form to get reimbursed for your break. I don’t see how the shop stewards let this go on?!

By: Brandi

Brandi — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:05:40 +0000

How does everybody like the look of that new paycheck we got today ? Mine sucked even with more hours than I normally work ! So, it looks like I will start pulling all of my 8y/o daughters extra curricular activities due to mommies pay cut.. Thanks a lot

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:40:05 +0000

Still trying to figure out how this new position is a move towards the better?

Serious pay cut, yet still expected to work just as hard.
Have the option to put a hold on a route, but even with that one is not even guaranteed work.
Health benefits after a year, which the post office contributes a whopping ZERO dollars into the total cost for premiums.
Zero job security, still.

Trying to figure out how the hell a family is supposed to live off of so much less, and then pay the exorbitant amount of money in health insurance premiums.

We are the working poor.

By: snojet

snojet — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:00:30 +0000

I hear you Ernie. That’s why many of the former TE’s opted the layoff. There were a lot of promises that, after years of hearing them, couldn’t be believed.
No one in Management seems to know the WHOLE STORY and even if they did, there is not enough time to listen. A route and 2 hours…. is no picnic.
Good luck. I can promise you one thing, it gets worse.

By: Justin New Haven

Justin New Haven — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:07:38 +0000

Ernie
Welcome! This is your new reality! My station started with 15 new CCA’s last month, today 3 remain. Yesterday they did the third round of interviews to full these positions, only 8 people showed up. The job is hard and the supervisors make it harder. Just stick it out if you hate the job keep looking, it’s always easier to find a job when you have one. After 90 days you can opt for vacant routes, that will at least give you a little more control over your day, and overtime will come quicker. Like you said lots of old carriers out there, my station’s most senior started in 1974, my mother wasn’t even in high school when this guy started, they’ll be leaving soon either through retirement or death

By: Ernie

Ernie — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:13:30 +0000

I was hired as a CCA about a month ago. I’ve worked 6 days a week and usually 8-10 hrs/day. Right now I’m making $15/hr and I’m walking about 13 miles a day. I’m seriously considering taking a job that pays $12/hr and is inside with very little walking. At the end of each day, I’m exhausted. My supervisor tells me that what took me 8 hours to do, should have been done in 5 hours. If things don’t change, I won’t be making it past my 90 days probationary period. I’m not complaining, this job is just more involved than most people think.

By: Snojet

Snojet — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:41:49 +0000

Thanks Buddy. I will miss the friends I grew close to through or suffering.
I was told midshift on Tuesday that I didn’t have to work on Wednesday. This is your last day.