I AM A LOCAL UNION PRESIDENT WHO WOULD MOST GRACIOUSLY REPRESENT CASUALS IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE UNION. AND I HAVE ON OCCASSION, IF IT HAS NOT BEEN AGAINST MY OWN MEMBERSHIP STOOD UP FOR A FEW THAT REALLY NEEDED HELP. THE POSTAL SERVICE WANTS THESE CASUALS AS A SECONDARY WORKFORCE, TO BE PAID LESS FOR THE SAME WORK AND MANY OTHER COMPANIES DO THE SAME. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE UNIONS, ALL OF US WOULD BE MAKING THIS WAGE WITH NO BENIFITS. CASUALS WERE ORIGINALLY TO BE HIRED FOR CHRISTMAS HELP. BUT, VARIOUS ARBITRATORS, MANY OF THEM LAWYERS, ALLOWED THE POSTAL SERVICE TO HIRE THEM AS A SECONDARY WORK FORCE. THESE CASUALS, LIKE THE ONE IN THE ARTICLE, NEED TO TESTIFY AT NEGOTIATIONS AND TELL ABOUT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HIRED TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY THE POST OFFICE TO CIRCUMVENT THE CONTRACT FROM HIRING REGULAR EMPLOYEES. WITH CASUAL WORK THEY GET MORE "BANG FOR THE BUCK".
This local union president can't spell the word "benefits." Shows exactly how irrelevant the USPS unions have become and why. I am in the private industry and had to help a APWU official get his newsletter together. He was incredibly incompetent and lazy and was constantly blaming his own errors on everyone else. I finally fired him as a customer - he was that intolerable. Good luck folks!
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I AM A LOCAL UNION PRESIDENT WHO WOULD MOST GRACIOUSLY REPRESENT CASUALS IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE UNION. AND I HAVE ON OCCASSION, IF IT HAS NOT BEEN AGAINST MY OWN MEMBERSHIP STOOD UP FOR A FEW THAT REALLY NEEDED HELP. THE POSTAL SERVICE WANTS THESE CASUALS AS A SECONDARY WORKFORCE, TO BE PAID LESS FOR THE SAME WORK AND MANY OTHER COMPANIES DO THE SAME. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE UNIONS, ALL OF US WOULD BE MAKING THIS WAGE WITH NO BENIFITS. CASUALS WERE ORIGINALLY TO BE HIRED FOR CHRISTMAS HELP. BUT, VARIOUS ARBITRATORS, MANY OF THEM LAWYERS, ALLOWED THE POSTAL SERVICE TO HIRE THEM AS A SECONDARY WORK FORCE. THESE CASUALS, LIKE THE ONE IN THE ARTICLE, NEED TO TESTIFY AT NEGOTIATIONS AND TELL ABOUT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HIRED TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY THE POST OFFICE TO CIRCUMVENT THE CONTRACT FROM HIRING REGULAR EMPLOYEES. WITH CASUAL WORK THEY GET MORE "BANG FOR THE BUCK".
This local union president can't spell the word "benefits." Shows exactly how irrelevant the USPS unions have become and why. I am in the private industry and had to help a APWU official get his newsletter together. He was incredibly incompetent and lazy and was constantly blaming his own errors on everyone else. I finally fired him as a customer - he was that intolerable. Good luck folks!
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