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WELCOME Hi Folks; 5.13.2008 FORM
3227-R, STAMP PURCHASE ORDER (RURAL) UPDATE
There
have been some questions from the field regarding the availability of
the new Form 3227-R, Stamp
Purchase order (Rural), revised to reflect the
new stamp purchase rates effective with the May rate change. Postal Headquarters has confirmed that Form 3227-R, dated May 2008, which was revised to reflect the rate change, is available and can be ordered by local management utilizing PSN: 7530-01-000-9885 5.10.2008 Our condolences go to Marilyn Laporte on the loss of her
husband. 5.5.2008 Click here for your 2008 State Convention Registration Form. 5.2.2008 RURAL
CARRIER
ACADEMY
INSTRUCTOR 4.26.2008 A New 3849!?! 4.25.2008 Louise (Jensen) Gonia was 67 and she passed away from a hemorrhagic stroke Monday April 21, 2008 while traveling in New York. The
memorial services for Louise
Gonia.
There are two. First one is 1 pm Tuesday at the Trinity Lutheran
Church 1250 Broadway St Hammond WI (take Hammond exit off I94, go north on
T and at the first stop sign take a left and it’s about a block or so
down on the left side) The second service is Thursday May 1st
at St John’s Lutheran Church 20310 CO Hwy H Gilman WI (this is
east and south of Gilman) visitation from 3 – 5 that day and the service
is at 5pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions to St
John’s Lutheran Church or a charity of your choice in remembrance of
Louise are greatly appreciated.
4.23.2008
Don't forget that the Wisconsin
Auxiliary Scholarships are available on this web site, or by calling
an Auxiliary Board Member. All applications should be filled out
completely and accurately and sent to June Strobel postmarked no later
than May 20th.
4.7.2008 Dennis
has updated the PAC Page, can you find your name?
3.29.2008 New
Campaign and Improved Tools Target Unscheduled Absences A
new campaign has been
developed to reduce unscheduled absences not protected by the Family
Medical Leave Act — a problem that has resulted in operations
disruptions and cost increases for the Postal Service™. Currently,
managers and supervisors use two tools to identify,
track, and address the root causes of unscheduled absences:
New software will merge ERMS and TACS, creating a more effective tool to pinpoint recurring patterns of unscheduled absences. Every area in the country will have the new tool by the end of May. 3.28.2008 HEROES’ CORNER Near the end of her Brodhead, WI, route, Rural Carrier Brenda Armitage saw a child and a dog walk out of the woods beside the road. She noticed the boy’s medical alert bracelet, and she stopped to talk to the child. But he wasn’t responsive. Armitage calmed the dog so that she could approach the boy and read his bracelet, which said he was autistic. She called a number on the bracelet and spoke to the boy’s mother, who had reported him missing hours earlier. Thanks to Armitage, the child was returned home safely. 3.26.2008 While
delivering mail to one of her 3.23.2008 Your March Newsletter is here! 3.21.2008 Our
National Office has filed a Step 4 grievance on the 2008 mail count for
failure to provide an even flow of mail. 3.16.2008 New Postal Shipping Rates Set3.15.2008 EQUIPMENT
MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the February 2008 CPI-W
Private Transportation Index on March 14, 2008. Based on this release, the
Equipment Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for NRLCA employees will remain
unchanged from the current EMA rate of 57.0 cents per mile. 3.13.2008 Rural Carrier Request for Action Form is HERE! 3.11.2008 Bill
Would Give Retirees Partial Pay for Unused Sick Leave 2.21.2008 The MOU on 'Carrier Pick - Ups'. 2.17.2008 Robert G Anderson, rural carrier from Monroe, is in need of donated leave. 1.12.2008 Check out the project, project items, scholarships, and junior contests on the updated Auxiliary page! 1.8.2008 *Don't forget to check out the 'For
Sale' page* An interesting read about the FERS Flu! 12-11-2007
Once the overtime period is
over if management requires you to take DPS to the street you
have the right to file a grievance. Please contact the Steward
assigned to your office for assistance.
12-5-2007 Arbitrator Fishgold's Award is here! 11-20-2007 ARBITRATOR EISCHEN
DENIES “FLETTERS” GRIEVANCE 11-17-2007 Management gets a reminder about employee rights. 11-1-2007 Are you, or do you know anybody out on Workers' Comp.? 10-31-2007 Upon request of your State Steward, The Bloch Award! Don't Do It For Free Two documents have been added to the forms link to help with 'Second Trip' Issues. Management Can Always Use Some Guidelines Northland District's 4003 Instructions and Lakeland District's 4003 Instructions Push to the Bottom of Your Worry List
Consolidation of mail distribution centers
unlikely
MARV BALOUSEK 608-252-6135 mbalousek@madison.com
The U.S. Postal Service has no
immediate plans to consolidate its Madison and Milwaukee distribution
centers, according to a Postal Service spokeswoman.
Distribution centers in Madison, 3902
Milwaukee St., and Milwaukee were on a list of about 130 potential
consolidation targets made public last July. A consolidated distribution
center could be located somewhere between the two cities.
But the Postal Service is unlikely to
pursue consolidation of the two Wisconsin distribution centers in the
near future, said Terri Bouffiou, Postal Service spokeswoman in Madison.
She said the mail volume is expected to drop this year because of the May 14 increase in postage rates.
"If the volume falls precipitously, it
enters into the realm of the possible to do consolidations," she
said. "Mail volume would have to drop in half for a
Milwaukee-Madison consolidation."
Bouffiou said consolidation of the Oshkosh
and Green Bay distribution centers is likely to happen first.
A survey and public hearings are needed
before a consolidation could move forward, said Martin Mater, Madison
area president of the American Postal Workers Union.
"As far as I know, there are no plans
on the table to do away with the processing plant here in Madison,"
he said. Bouffiou said some Saturday mail from Madison is taken
routinely to Milwaukee for canceling because it reduces the number of
Madison postal employees needed to work Saturdays.
Mater said taking the Saturday mail from
Madison to Milwaukee for processing could be a precursor to
consolidation.
For Your Curiosities Attached is the latest "rollout schedule" for FSS and a map of the impacted sites. The green dots are site scheduled to receive FSS flats, the red dots are sites that could be impacted by excessed carriers. You may note that this latest projection shows that the rollout dates have slipped up to 11 months. Always Important
As you can see the Postal Service has reacted to our Harkin CDS
bill. We must all continue to contact our representatives
and encourage support of our Bills on CDS deliveries.
Below
is an updated list of co-sponsors of Sen. Harkin’s “Mail Delivery
Protection” bill, S. 1457. There is one republican currently
signed on, Thad Cochran of MS. Also, Potter has actively been on
the Hill meeting with Senators in opposition to this bill.
Thank
You!
Ronnie W. Stutts Director Of Steward Operations National Rural Letter Carriers' Association 703-684-5545 Please contact your members of Congress today, and let them know this is a practice that must stop now. To
see a list of current Co-Sponsors of H. Res. 282 go to: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HE00282:@@@P For
a sample letter to send to Congress, go to: http://www.nrlca.org/legisupdates.html
(Personalize the letter by expanding on examples you have seen within your post office of a contract carrier violating/breaking the law or not doing the job properly.)
We
need more co-sponsors, but we especially need more Republican
co-sponsors.
Christine M. Baker
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
Assistant Director of Governmental Affairs
(703) 797-8415 direct
(703) 548-8735 fax
(434) 386-7234 cell
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