LETTER TO THE EDITOR
BY: PAUL DAVIS
Greetings everyone, my name is Paul Davis and I have worked for the Postal Service and have been a member of the APWU for 24 years in Montgomery Alabama.
What you are about to read is an issue that will not only effect me and my 330,000 co-workers, but you,
your family and friends. Please read this and really consider what is written.
A Senate-sponsored bill (S. 1507) was intended to provide temporary financial relief to the cash-strapped Postal Service. But an amendment, attached by Senator Coburn (R-OK), that during contract negations between Postal management and its unions (postal workers) if an agreement couldn’t be met and had to be decided by arbitrators, that it would be mandatory for them to consider the financial condition of the USPS.
The financial condition of the Post Office has been a consideration in the arbitration of every contract.
What this means, possibly, is even during arbitration Postal Management would be holding all the high cards, while the workers would be dealt all the low cards. Arbitrators couldn’t possibly reach
a fair compromise. It would be a no win situation for the workers.
This could open the door for the Postal Service to outsource work, privatize, lower the pay and benefits of the workers, and could give management the right to lay off workers that have spent years of their lives serving the public. This could have a ripple effect on mail service nationwide.
Postal Management is already pushing to cut mail delivery from 6 to 5 days. That package or check you may be expecting could arrive a day or more late. They are also are planning to close some Postal Stations, some of which might be in your neighborhood.
This bill (S. 1507) would be disastrous for the American people and the Postal Employees who work so hard to get your mail prepared and delivered to you. We must come together and stop S.1507 from being passed.
The only way to do that is to contact your representatives. You can contact them on the Internet, mail, phone, or all three. Go to www.senate.gov, then click on ‘Senators,’ choose your state, and links to your senators’ name will appear. Contact information will be on their web page.
To contact your Congressman in any state go to www.house.gov, then in the upper left section of the page there will be a place for you to enter you zip code. After your Congressman’s name appears, click on it, and then click on contact.
Thank you for reading about this serious issue.
Paul Davis
Thorsby, Al
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