March 2021 Newsletter

Greater East Bay Branch 1111 News Volume 41 Number 463

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HONORING BRANCH 1111 WOMEN STEWARDS

Walnut Creek’s LaTateana Roberson

Leah Rodriguez Martinez Steward and saver of bird Irene Liljedahl, Berkeley Station A

Third Vice President Julie McCormick relaxes in NALC President Fredrick Rolando's Washington DC office

Livermore’s Bonnie Taxera

Executive Council Member and Fremont Steward Frances Rodriguez-Swint

NALC Members Approves New Contract

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BRANCH PAPER DEADLINE The deadline for copy for Branch 1111 News is the 3rd of each month. News stories, articles, letters, drawings, or cartoons, as well as photographs -- either recent or historical -should be submitted to the Branch office. Short notices of personal or shop floor interest are especially welcome. The Editor and Assistant Editor retain the right to edit, delete, or reject articles and artwork for the good of the Branch.

BRANCH 1111 OFFICERS Edward P. Fletcher, President Jose Ochoa, Executive Vice President Narciso Paderanga, First Vice President Francisco Cabrera , Second Vice President Julie McCormick, Third Vice President Terrence Super, Fourth Vice President John Ferreira, Secretary-Treasurer Mary Phelps, Asst. Sec-Treasurer Keith Massey, Sgt-at-Arms Jacob Morgan, Insurance Officer Jose Corral, Trustee Jerry DePoe, Trustee Ron Jones, Trustee

Greater East Bay Branch 1111 News Branch 1111 News is the official monthly publication of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), Greater East Bay Branch 1111. Circulation 3,000 Offices Served:

Alameda, Alamo, Antioch, Benicia, Berkeley, Brentwood, Clayton, Concord, Crockett, Danville, El Cerrito, Fairfield, Fremont, Lafayette, Livermore, Martinez, Moraga, Oakland, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasanton, Richmond, Rodeo, San Lorenzo, San Ramon, Suisun City, Union City, Vallejo, Walnut Creek

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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS

Christina Aviles, Elizabeth Corriea, Rickie Cox, Marisela Fletcher, Ray Garcia, Joshua Pearl, Frances Rodriguez-Swint

BRANCH 1111 OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday: 8 am to 5 pm 402 – 37th Street Richmond, Ca. 94805- 2134 510-237-5111, Fax 510-237-5181

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/nalcbranch1111 WEBSITE: www.Branch1111.org Meetings are held every fourth Tuesday of the month except in December

BRANCH 1111 NEWS STAFF Editor - Joshua Pearl: joshpbranch1111@gmail.com Assistant Editor – John Jekabson: jjbranch1111@gmail.com Contributors -- Ed Fletcher, Jose Ochoa, John Ferreira, Narciso Paderanga, Julie McCormick, Liz Corriea, Ron Jones, Jerry DePoe, Francisco Cabrera, Mary Phelps, Terrence Super, Keith Massey, Jacob Morgan, Jimmie Braden Jr. Views expressed in Branch 1111 News do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor, Assistant Editor, Branch Officers, or members of National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 1111

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VIRTUAL BRANCH MEETINGS

Starting with the February 2021 Branch Meeting, virtual meetings will be considered official and members who sign in will be recorded. Attending 80 percent of official Branch meetings is a prerequisite to becoming eligible to be a compensated delegate to any upcoming NALC Convention The next Branch meeting is Tuesday, March 23rd at 7:00pm.

HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU!

The following carriers retired recently Susan Laird of Antioch and Son Lien of Alameda. We wish many years of leisure to both.

CONDOLENCES

Final punch for Richmond McVittie’s Robert Zhao

We are saddened to report the death last month of active member Danny Thai of El Cerrito. He will be missed by his friends and co-workers. Or condolences go out to his family.

Our sympathies also go out to the family, friends, and coworkers of Fairfield retiree Adolfo Anasco who passed away recently. He will be missed by all who knew him.

USPS-NALC CONTRACT APPROVED

The active membership of the National Association of Letter Carriers has overwhelmingly ratified the tentative 20192023 National Agreement with the United States Postal Service.

Over 94% of participating eligible members voted to accept the tentative agreement that was announced on November 25. The vote to ratify was 60,111 to accept the agreement versus 3,341 to reject it.Information on back pay and the implementation of the new contract will be released as soon as possible.

The new contract covers a 44-month term from September 20, 2019, to May 20, 2023.

New Berkeley DDU Steward Paul Geiger hard at work on grievances

ELECTRIC VEHICLES? NOT SO FAST?

Postal vehicle contract winner Oshkosh in a November, 2020 securities filing said it “may not have the expertise or resources” to compete as auto manufacturers turn increasingly to EVs (electric vehicles). But in a January investors’ call and again after winning the 10-year, $6 billion Postal contract last month, the company said its vehicle could use either type of engine and could be retrofitted to batteries “as that technology evolves.”

But meanwhile, legislation is being introduced by Representative Jared Huffman, a California Democrat, that would require at least 75% of vehicles being procured by the Post Office to replace its existing gas-guzzling fleet be electric or zero emissions, according to a bill summary. The funding would need new approval by Congressional appropriators.

Congratulations to Fremont Retiree John Rybicki who received his Gold Card this past November.

Last punch for Richmond Hilltop’s Delbert Williams

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The Federal Employees Compensation Act

By Edward P. Fletcher, President If you are injured on the job, it can be a very eye-opening and taxing experience. What rights do you have as a Letter Carrier or postal employee? Who pays for your lost work hours due to your injury and subsequent disability, medical appointments or therapy? Who pays for your medical bills for your on-the-job injury? Are you entitled to California State Disability? Do you have a right to choose your own physician?

What are you supposed to do when you are injured? What is management requirements when an employee reports an injury?

A Motion to Pay the Bills First of all, the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) covers federal employees who are injured on-the-job.

We are not state workers, so we are not covered by, nor do we pay into, State Disability Insurance (SDI). The FECA pays for your lost time from work and all medical bills and or treatment due to an approved work-related injury. If you suffer an injury that causes a permanent partial impairment to a specific body part, you may be entitled to a scheduled award. The FECA is administered through the Department of Labor (DOL) and Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP). The DOL, not the USPS, is in charge of adjudicating claims. If you get a bill, that is a sign that management did not forward your Form CA-1 (Traumatic Injury) or Form CA-2 (Occupational Disease) to the Injury Compensation Control Office (ICCO) / Human Resource Management (HRM) within 1-day and DOL within 10 days as required.

Supervisor’s Responsibilities When you are injured on the job, you must notify your supervisor. If the injury requires immediate medical attention, you should be taken to the nearest hospital for emergency treatment. In the case of Traumatic Injury, the ELM Section 544 is controlling and states: 544.11 Immediate Supervisor Responsibility 544.111 General When a notice of traumatic injury or occupational disease is filed, the immediate supervisor is responsible for doing the following: a. Immediately ensuring that appropriate medical care is provided. b. Providing the employee a Form CA–1 or a Form CA–2. c. Completing the receipt attached to Form CA–1 or CA–2 and giving the receipt to the employee or the employee’s representative. d. Investigating all reported job–related injuries and/or illnesses. e. Immediately notifying the control office or control point of an injury, disease, or illness. f. Prompt completion and forwarding of Form CA–1 or CA–2 to the control office or control point on the same day it is received from the employee.

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Branch 1111 News 544.112 Traumatic Injuries In case of a traumatic injury, the supervisor must advise the employee of the following: a. The right to select a physician of choice. b. If the injury is disabling, the right to either of the following: 1. To elect COP for up to 45 calendar days.

2. To use annual or sick leave. An employee may subsequently request COP (subject to leave carryover provisions) in lieu of previously requested sick and/or annual leave, but such a request must be made within 1 year of the date the leave was used, or within 1 year of the date of OWCP’s approval of the claim, whichever is later.

544.212 Time Limit The control office or control point submits to the appropriate OWCP district office within 10 working days after it is received from the employee: a. Completed Form CA–1 or Form CA–2. b. Any other information or documents that have some bearing on the claim.

544.12 Control Office or Control Point Responsibility The control office or control point is responsible for completing Forms CA–16 and CA–17 (see 545.21 and 545.53). Control office and control point supervisors are responsible for reviewing all claims for accuracy and completeness and for forwarding claims and related documents to OWCP within prescribed FECA time frames. Control points at major postal installations may be given authority by the control office to manage and submit claims directly to OWCP. The control office or control point must advise the employee whether COP will be controverted and whether pay will be interrupted. The control office must provide the employee a copy of the completed CA–1 or CA–2 and all correspondence between the Postal Service and the treating physician.

Who are You Going to Call?

The FECA is your insurance when you are injured on the job. You need to immediately request to see your Shop Steward to conduct an investigation if you got a bill related to your onthe-job injury; you didn’t receive a OWCP Claim number from the DOL; you were not paid Continuation of Pay (COP) and they took your sick or annual leave and/or charged you with LWOP; you did not receive any communications from the DOL. These are all red flags that something is terribly wrong.

Your first flashing warning light that management is in violation of the FECA is when you turn in your Form CA-1 or CA-2, and they do not immediately provide you with a signed and dated receipt of your claim. It is against the law for management to discourage you from filing a claim and/or willfully failing to process your claim to the DOL. It is my hope that you will not suffer any injuries. But if you do, please do not hesitate to call us.

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Double Standard

By Narciso Paderanga, IV First Vice President

Recently, I have been dealing with disciplinary actions from a Letter of Warning, to a Suspension, to a discipline as severe as a Notice of Removal. Management alleges that letter carriers are doing what they are not supposed to be doing. Some examples of the charges I have seen on these disciplines are as follows; “You failed to follow instructions by not being truthful in your responses”, “You failed to scan parcels…” and “You excessively backed your postal vehicle...” Along with these charges are claims that letter carriers have violated certain postal rules and regulations.

During its investigation, Management asks a carrier about a certain parcel or parcels with a 22-digit number and why it wasn’t scanned or delivered? How does Management expect any carrier to remember a 22-digit article number from a parcel or numerous parcels days or weeks ago? As a carrier, who has the time to memorize each article number that each parcel bears?

With the parcel volume increasing and the pressure carriers are under in delivering all mail and parcels in the allotted time, no carrier will remember what happened to the parcel or parcels he or she is being asked about.

Is it enough when Management asks you what were you doing from this time to this time at this location? Why wouldn’t you say you were working? Management relies so much on their reports to find carriers guilty, but is it enough?

Simple answer is no. Management cannot rely solely on its reports. Management must abide by Articles 16 and 19.

Management must also meet the burden of proof. Rather than establishing facts, Management conducts just cause interviews simply as a check mark or a rubber stamp or for you to incriminate yourself. It is supposed to conduct a thorough and objective investigation to determine whether an employee committed the offense and that it was intentional. It is also supposed to give you the opportunity to explain your side of the story. But no matter what you say during a just cause interview, more often than not, Management had already made up its mind regardless of what you say.

Management is very quick to issue discipline when it believes or alleges an employee has done something wrong or has violated postal rules or regulations. But who holds Management accountable when it doesn’t process an employee’s paperwork relevant to on-the-job injuries? There have been many situations where carriers have lost continuous compensation or have been reported to collections for nonpayment of medical bills for a medical visit relevant to an onthe-job injury because management didn’t do what it’s supposed to do. These types of situations are brought up to the District level on a regular basis to little or no avail.

Why are these management officials not held accountable or at the same standard as craft employees? Why are these management officials who cause financial harm to employees not being disciplined or removed from their positions?

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Is Management Ignoring Your Medical Restrictions ?

By Jose Ochoa, Executive Vice President

Is management working you outside your medical restrictions and or ignoring your disabilities?

This month I will share with you a directive from Megan Brennan, our previous Postmaster General.

“When craft employees provide medical documentation indicating that they have a disability and cannot work more than 8 hours. Or that they can require other accommodations that may impact their ability to deliver the mail in an efficient manner. This can be challenging for a manager with limited resources who is trying to move the mail, however, the answer is neither to work disabled employees outside of their restrictions, nor to discipline them for being unable to complete their route.

Significant liability may result from those courses of action.

A decision was recently issued against the postal service in an equal employment opportunity commission (EEOC) case based upon a finding of disability discrimination and retaliation.

The EEOC administrative judge awarded the employee a letter carrier $200.000 in compensatory damages, 39 days of back pay $12,420.00 for psychological treatment and $118,659 in attorney fees, expert witness fees and costs.

This case is significant because it highlights a growing trend in USPS EEOC complaints-allegations that managers are disregarding employee’s medical restrictions. In this particular case the judge found that management was on notice of the carrier’s restrictions by virtue of medical documentation she had submitted to management, as well as her statements regarding those restrictions. The carrier’s primary restrictions were a limitation that she could work no more than 8 hours per day and a requirement that she be granted a ten minute stretch break every hour. The judge determined that the carrier was frequently required to work more than eight hours and that her workload was not adjusted to allow for the ten minutes breaks. There was also a finding that the carrier was harassed when she attempted to abide by her medical restrictions.

Human resources and the law department have more appropriate ways to work through these issues, therefore is critical that operations managers seek their assistance when faced with medical restrictions to ensure that the proper process is followed and to insure that postal service operations and financial resources are not compromised”.

Editor’s Note

New Alameda carrier Jose Espinoza’s name was misspelled in the January issue, and new Concord member Safdar Sarki was listed working in Clayton in the February issue.

We apologize for the mistakes.

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Letter Carrier Political Fund

By Julie McCormick, Third Vice President

The Letter Carrier Political Fund: What it is, what is does, and how you can contribute.

As Federal Employees, your rights, benefits, and your right to collectively bargain are constantly under attack. Many letter carriers do not realize that with a swipe of a pen, Congress can take away the rights, benefits, pay, and your right to collectively bargain from you. Congress controls everything the Postal Service does. Pretty scary right? Some of you may be asking yourselves, how has the NALC been able to maintain these securities for letter carriers? Part of it comes from collective bargaining, but the other part comes from support of our elected officials through the Letter Carrier Political Fund (LCPF).

Letter Carrier Political Fund is a non-partisan political action committee (PAC) established for the purpose of electing qualified candidates who support letter carriers and who are committed to maintain a strong and vibrant postal service for years to come. In order to ensure the security of our collective bargaining rights, benefits, and livelihoods, we need to continue to contribute and elect House and Senate candidates who will protect us, promote our issues and deliver our message to Washington.

The NALC cannot use union dues to support candidates for political offices. Federal and various state campaign laws prohibit the use of union dues dollars to be used for political campaign contributions. Your union dues are used for collective bargaining purposes only. The NALC relies 100 percent on membership contributions to the LCPF, which in turns helps the NALC support those on Capitol Hill, on both sides of the political spectrum, who defend the issues that matter most to letter carriers and are dedicated in securing the rights and benefits of letter carriers and supports the universal, innovative and affordable service of the USPS. Here are some examples of what is constantly at stake for letter carriers: Raising federal employees’ pension contributions between 6% and 7.25% of pay over the next six years, which would cost active letter carriers $3600 up to $4350 per year.

Eliminating cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for current and future retirees under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). That would cost the average FERS employee (which many of you are) $23,430 over 10 years, $60,576 over 20 years and $169,874 over 30 years.

The eliminating of the social security supplement for FERS employees who retire before the age of 62. If the supplement is eliminated through legislation, here is what you would lose if you retired at age 57 with 30 years of federal/postal service: From age 57-62 (5 years) you will lose $1,100 per month, $13,200 per year and $66,000 after 5 years of retirement lost.

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March 2021 door for the competition to pick up the slack where the postal service decided to cut services.

Many of us may not realize just how much politics plays a role in our everyday lives. Having mail delivered to your home, going to school, receiving social security benefits, paying income taxes, eating safe, non-toxic foods, breathe cleaner air, we are prescribed tested medications, etc. All these things we do and experience in our everyday lives is directly related to some form of politics and government. If we take no action as letter carriers, we are not making a vested interest and effort in securing our livelihoods as a postal employee and for the future generation of postal employees to come.

By joining the Letter Carrier Political Fund, it provides letter carriers the opportunity to build electoral and legislative power to ensure decisions that impact our livelihoods are made with the best interests of letter carriers in mind. Being a letter carrier is one of the last blue-collar, middle class jobs out there with excellent benefits. Many carriers have been able to buy a house, support their families, put their children through school, etc, due to the benefits of being a letter carrier. We must fight to protect the interests of letter carriers for generations to come.

If you wish to sign up for the Letter Carrier Political Fund, you can personally contact me after work hours at 925-4831030, and I can assist you in signing up for LCPF. There are multiple ways you can sign up, either through LiteBlue, electronic fund transfer, and if you are retired, you can contribute from your annuity. If you contribute just $5 per pay period that is just over $.06 per hour. We are in this together.

For more information about the Letter Carrier Political Fund you can follow this link. https://www.nalc.org/government-affairs/political-activity

Promoting the Welfare of the NALC And its Members

By Second Vice President Francisco Cabrera

I have found that many people, don't know what the labor movement is really about anymore. Many say labor is just there to control you. To take your money, to give representatives an excuse to avoid doing their jobs. I wish that was true...See that would make our job easy.

Today everyone has heard about unions but nationally in general not many workers belong to them. It is largely out of ignorance, because they are unaware of everything the union has and can provide for them.

They say if you want to learn about somebody walk a mile in his/her shoes. I personally would not want to walk any amount of time in the shoes of our early predecessors in the 19th century. At that time labor engaged in strikes that were escalated many times by the business owners into violent, bloody affairs.

Imagine having to strike, throw rocks and overturn cars or physically attack your boss, just to have your grievance be heard.

In fact some of the names these major strikes have been given are: “Battle of Virden”, “Colorado Labor Wars”, “Battle of Blair Mountain”, and the list goes on and on. Business owners and Union leaders routinely engaged in violence, property destruction and other unpalatable activities.

March 2021 A common tactic of the business owners and their hired guns, was to incite false frame-ups AKA false flags. Some labor spy agencies advertised their false flag operations; for example, Corporations Auxiliary Company, a labor spy agency which boasted 499 corporate clients in the early 1930s, told prospective clients, In the event other methods of sabotaging the union fail, our operative in the union turns extremely radical. He asks for unreasonable things and keeps the union embroiled in trouble.

If a strike comes, he will be the loudest man in the bunch, and will counsel violence and get somebody in trouble. The result will be that the union will be broken up. By Harry Wellington Laidler, “Boycotts and the labor struggle economic and legal aspects” John Lane Company, 1913, pages 291-292 History shows that man has dominated man to his harm.

Of course as of today in the United States, (although not as much as in other countries), the law is supposedly on the side of employees' right to choose whether they will belong to a labor Union or not.

It remains to be seen what the outcome of major battles with Amazon, Google and Walmart USA hold for the future.

Just last week I watched a leaked video from Wal-Mart that is shown during their new employee orientation which maligns and blasphemes labor unions and unionization election drives.

Fortunately, as you perhaps have heard me say in new employee orientation, we, NALC Branch 1111, have been very successful in defending the professional, economic and quality of life of our members and will continue to do so.

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

AWW COME ON

By Jimmie T. Braden Jr., Walnut Creek Chief Steward

March is here and Management is up to their old tricks and antics when it comes to making the routes in their office shrink right before our eyes. Just talked to one of my carriers and found out they are being instructed to move to function 733 to not only to do parcels, which is a violation of the contract, but to case mail while giving auxiliary assistance. So, I requested the Employee Everything Report for my office, and Presto…

Not only did I find some very suspicious 733 clock rings warranting my undivided attention, but I noticed the input of some 782 function codes, both from a soon to be determined individual. This individual is using the training code to eliminate office times. In order to shorten the routes office variances, which ultimately takes time off the route in the office. (She), oops I almost gave the individual name, is only doing this in the section that was counted last and has routes claiming to be adjusted improperly. But no worries, she’s about to get exposed.

I’m asking the stewards to have side bar conversations with the carriers in your office, during break, on the docks and at the time clocks. Get to know them, if you don’t already. By

Branch 1111 News name, (lol) show them the Barney Rubble side as well as the Barney Fife. Transparency is good, but only to the point of your comfortability. I’ve always made it a habit to be a willing conversationalist with all the carriers in my office. Okay, I talk a lot. But what is obvious to me now, I wasn’t asking the right questions.

Members be open to your stewards, trust me, we got you.

Sometimes we only know because you tell us. Beware of the Whisperer. The one that tries to avoid being heard, and who needs to be put on blast. Let’s expose management before the data is finalized. Let’s put an end to these rigged up route counts and adjustments, predetermined and point-shaved into existence. In solidarity, we can accomplish anything.

VEHICLE CHECKS MUST BE DONE

By Berkeley Chief Steward Liz Corriea

Most of us conduct a morning vehicle check. However, it amazes me that some carriers will only turn the vehicle on and walk away. Why is that? I can’t speak for those persons, but you must understand this is your responsibility to see that the vehicle that you are about to drive is a safe, drivable vehicle.

There is a vehicle checklist that you can ask your supervisor for, which indicates every item that you are responsible for checking on a daily basis. You should develop a good habit and conduct your vehicle check accordingly.

If there are any deficiencies then report it on a PS 4584, be sure to fill it out, sign it and when you hand it to your supervisor, get your copy immediately for proof of action.

If you have a vehicle that has bad brakes, It is very important that after writing it up that you do not use it at all. It doesn’t matter if that’s the one and only vehicle left, if it’s not safe then absolutely do not use it. I have seen in the past where I have written a vehicle repair tag up for a vehicle that was unsafe. I refused to use it, only to see management hand over my keys to another carrier to use the vehicle that was just written up. This is so wrong, don’t be a victim of management negligence.

Even if management tells you the vehicle is fine, you must always check it out for yourself. If you don’t, you can easily be blamed for any wrongdoings, even if the vehicle is unsafe.

Being safe is something we all must all participate in, so do your part, ensuring the safety of yourself and others by doing a vehicle check each morning.

Berkeley Blues Just a few words, reporting no miracles have taken place in our lovely city of Berkeley, which means nothing has changed. We’re still far from being organized, and even further from a great place to be. The carriers are still being overworked and mandated on their SDO’s. Not to mention we start so late at 9:00a.m., envision that. Maybe we’re the only city in Bay Valley District that has a late starting time. If so, how ridiculous is that? I blame the postal leadership for Berkeley directly.

How can we service our customers with late or possibly no deliveries? Let’s learn more about our jobs and how to protect them, while giving our customers the best service that we can, even under these difficult times.

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NALC Branch 1111 Balance Sheet As of February 28, 2021 ASSETS Current Assets Bank Accounts 100 - Petty Cash 213.96 126 PPCU-50 166,250.02 Mechanics Bank Accounts 253,141.49 PPCU-Acct 70 25,622.86 United Bank Accounts 261,008.98 Total Bank Accounts $706,237.31 Other Current Assets Total Current Other Assets $848,804.56 Total Current Assets $1,555,041.87 Fixed Assets 189 - Accumulated Depreciation -127,446.57 190 - Accum Deprec - Furn./Eq. -68,743.00 191 - Accum Deprec - Computer Eq. -11,561.00 192 - Accum Deprec - Copier -6,896.60 193 - Accum Deprec - Building/Improv-153,573.66 197 - Accum Deprec - Storage Shed -430.00 198 - Accum Deprec – Prior -61,391.17 Total Fixed Assets $- 430,042.00 TOTAL ASSETS $1,124,999.87

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March 2021 LIABILITIES & EQUITY Total Liabilities Net Revenue 3900 Unrestricted Net Assets Equity

9,104.06 -37,096.66 1,152,992.47 $1,115,895.81

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

$1,124,999.87

Fairfield Steward Elissa Chan

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Alameda Carrier Eileen Taylor retiring after over 30 years of service.

Best of luck to you in the days ahead

On March 23, the Branch will hold a virtual Informational Meeting.

Call the Branch Office at 510-237-5111 if you’re interested in taking part.

Meetings will now be counted as official