Branch 1111 News

Greater East Bay Branch 1111 News Volume 41 Number 484

December 2022

From All of Us at Branch 1111

Reminder: The Branch Newspaper Will Be Published Bi-Monthly Going Forward. Our Next Issue Will Be in February

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BRANCH PAPER DEADLINE The deadline for copy for Branch 1111 News is the 5th 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 Mary Abante, Third Vice President Terrence Super, Fourth Vice President John Ferreira, Secretary-Treasurer Mary Phelps, Asst. Sec-Treasurer Jeff Valentine, Sgt-at-Arms Jacob Morgan, Insurance Officer Rickie Cox, Trustee Ray Garcia, 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-Hercules, San Lorenzo, San Ramon, Suisun City, Union City, Vallejo, Walnut Creek

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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS

Chris Calica, Elizabeth Corriea, Marisela Fletcher, Irene Liljedahl, Shana Lum, 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, Mary Abante, Liz Corriea, Ron Jones, Francisco Cabrera, Mary Phelps, Terrence Super, Jacob Morgan.

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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BI-MONTHLY BRANCH NEWSPAPER Starting next year Branch 1111 News will be printed bimonthly. After 42 years of monthly publication, the decision to cut back was made for budgetary considerations. Our awardwinning publication will come out six times a year and also continue to be available online at: www.Branch1111.org

HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU

The following letter carriers retired recently: Sandra Barron and Meredith Longshore of Concord; Alan Girard and Jay Tsia of Oakland; Joseph Roldan of Walnut Creek; Viet Tran of Fremont Irvington; and Julius Gonzales of Vallejo. We wish many years of leisure to all.

Horace Cervantez of Fremont Main punches out for the last time

CARL J. SAXSENMEIER SCHOLARSHIP

The California State Association of Letter Carriers (CSALC) is now accepting applications for the 2023 Saxsenmeier Scholarship at www.csalc.org Don’t miss the deadline, the applications must be received by January 7, 2023.

50/50 MDA RAFFLE WINNER

At the last meeting the 50/50 MDA pot of $17.50 went to Paul Petersen. Come try your luck at the next Branch meeting January 24, 2023.

Corrections

There were mistakes in last month’s Greater East Bay Branch 1111 News. The name of Gary Dell was misspelled on page 9. There was a typographic error on Marisela Fletcher’s photo caption on page 4. We sincerely appologize for the errors.

Kenneth Howse of Berkeley checks out his retirement options at the Branch 1111 seminar

Omissions

In our salute to veterans, we take our names from the National list of veterans. The following members were regretably not listed on the information that we were provided.

We now salute David Duarte, Willie Jackson and Vimul Khem for their military service.

NO DECEMBER MEETING Happy Holidays!

Richmond Hilltop Steward April Patrick at last month’s Branch meeting.

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As the 2022 Postal World Turns into 2023

By Edward P. Fletcher, President

Yet again, we find ourselves at the end of another year in the Postal Service and as members of our great union, the National Association of Letter Carriers. Many of you are probably wondering if 2023 will be any different for us as we toss out our 2022 calendars on New Year’s Day. Given that question, let me offer you my own Christmas wish list for 2023.

My Christmas List Dear Santa…The letter carriers in Greater East Bay Branch 1111, and across our nation, have been working extremely hard under untenable conditions. They are essential workers who delivered for their customers through a threeyear pandemic, chronic understaffing and a clueless Postmaster General who has never delivered one piece of mail and is worse than the Grinch. So here is my Christmas wish list: 1. The National Parties are to once and for all fix the extremely low retention rates by raising the starting wages for all letter carriers.

2. The USPS is to toss aside their task master like desire to hire CCAs, and instead hire an all-career workforce.

3. That the letter carrier wage scale of step increases is to be reduced from 12.4 years to 8 years.

4. That the Postal Board of Governors is to put a “lump of coal” in PMG L. DeJoy’s stocking by handing him his walking papers. I also thought about wishing for contract compliance, but that is like asking the Grinch to buy Christmas presents - not happening.

Given that the National Parties will begin negotiating a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in 2023, we will see what takes place.

New Leave Year & Full-time Employee Annual Leave Credit Every year we are asked, “when will I get my annual credited for the new leave year?”

The J-CAM 2022 Page 10-3 and the ELM Section 512.311.b., Address Credit at Beginning of Leave Year: “Full-time employees are credited at the beginning of the year with the total number of annual leave hours that they will earn for that leave year.” The J-CAM 2022 Page 10-4 also states, “A leave year is defined as the year beginning with the first day of the first complete pay period in a calendar year 4

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and ending on the day before the first day of the first complete pay period in the following calendar year.” In reviewing the 2023 Calendar, Saturday January 14, 2023, is the 1st Day of the 1st Full Pay Period (2023-03-1) where Full/Part-time regular employees annual leave is credited. So, it will be credited on 01/14/23. Since the pay period 2023-03 ends on 01/27/23, you will see the credit on your February 03, 2023, paychecks.

Please Consider Donating Annual Leave The holidays can be very stressful for all of us, but more so for our brothers and sisters who are off work without pay because of serious illnesses. The J-CAM 2022 Pages 10-18 to 10-19 outlines the annual “Leave Sharing” provisions. In short and to be eligible to receive donated leave, a career employee must be incapacitated from a serious health condition and must be known or expected to miss at least 40 more hours from work than his/her own annual/sick leave would cover. PS Form 3970-D is used to donate annual leave to a brother or sister in need.

You can request the PS Form 3970-D from local management. The amount donated cannot exceed half of the amount you earn each year. It also can’t include leave in excess of the maximum carryover (440 hours) that you would be permitted to use. Please be advised that the maximum annual carryover for 2022 to 2023 is 520 hours based on MOU # M-01979.

I would also like to recognize Pleasanton Chief Steward Eddie Murphy for being vigilant and filing grievances when management failed to do their part in the leave sharing program.

Our Former Region 1 NBA, Dale Hart I was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Brother Dale Hart. He served the NALC in many capacities, including as a Former National Officer and NBA for Region 1. In fact, he was my first National Business Agent (NBA) when I became a Full-time Officer. He was very knowledgeable and a hard driving force for the NALC. When he would call the Branch to discuss grievances that were pending arbitration, he was direct and fierce in his questioning. He would flat out ask you why this case should go forward and what evidence in the file supports your argument. But most of all, I remember when Dale came to our Branch meeting in 2003 when management lost their minds (got stupider) over the Delivery Information Operation System (DOIS). The Branch Hall was overflowing, and he told the members that we would “kick managements ass” and make them pay for these violations. And he was right! They did pay big time, and we have several citable decisions. .

To the family of Brother Dale Hart, you have our deepest condolences.

(More on Dale Hart on page 10)

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How Fortunate to Have a Union Like The NALC

THE OUTRAGEOUS WORK HOURS

By Jose Ochoa, Executive Vice President

The Holidays are here, and once again the Letter Carriers are here to deliver all those parcels, from dusk to dawn. That’s how we do it!

Parcels are being delivered in large numbers. Just want to thank all those carriers giving 100% to get the job done.

Unfortunately, this is also the time in which burglars and robbers come out and do their criminal activities. So, while Letter Carriers are performing their duties in the safest way possible, they also must be conscious of these sneaky criminals lurking around and watching. So always be aware of your surroundings.

By Liz Corriea, Berkeley Chief Steward

As I read the issues from the career Railroad Union’s workers pointing toward a possible strike, I realize how good we have it with our union contract.

Career railroad workers are not guaranteed a single day of sick leave. If they have to go to the doctor or are recuperating from an illness, they are required to use vacation time. Such time MUST be approved in advance.

Signifying, that if an employee needs time to recover from the FLU, they need to notify and get approval from management before catching it. Employees taking time off due to a medical emergency receive disciplinary action.

Because, it wasn’t approved in advance, meaning you must schedule emergencies in advance.

Unlike Letter Carriers, career railroad workers do not get cost of living increases. Instead, they get a yearly onetime lump sum, and therefore it doesn’t become part of their salary.

Why is the U.S. government involved in the railroad labor-management dispute? In 1926, the federal government gave itself broad powers to impose labor settlements on the rail industry.

So, what’s the point? Our union may not be perfect, but we do know about the great contractual benefits we enjoy and that it always has our backs.

So far, the COLAs this year for the highest step carriers were a total of $ 3,786.00 and became part of our salaries, in addition to our general wage increases.

On another note, Keisha Lewis, on December 17, will be installed as our new National Business Agent and we are looking forward to working with her.

Happy holidays, be safe and thank you for your hard work.

Union quotes: “Too often, the younger generation of workers forgets the bitter hardships and struggles of those who went before them to build the conditions they enjoy today…remember that the American worker did not always have those good things of life.”

--Jimmy Hoffa

BERKELY BLUES NEWS! WOW! Berkeley has flex time going on. Even though when I’ve asked Berkeley management if we have flex time, I was told that we didn’t. We have carriers roaming in anywhere from 6:00 am, until any time around 10:00 or 11:00 o’clock. Unbelievable! On the other hand, you can understand that there are a lot of carriers who are working long, long hours and possibly not getting much sleep.

It is a relief that at least Berkeley management has allowed carriers to start early. As we all know, it gets dark earlier, and many carriers are delivering in the dark.

Especially, when they are doing double duties by carrying two routes.

Currently we have 4 PTFs for the whole city of Berkeley. That is some help, but not much. So, we’re struggling to get new hires to work in Berkeley. This also a problem shared in many other cities as well.

We definitely need more organizing. However, the atmosphere is way much better than we previously had with the Postmaster that we had. Who -- sadly to say -- is mostly not missed. There are some concerns that this may or may not cause some stress among the carriers. Not knowing if our Postmaster is coming back or not. Only time will tell.

If our Postmaster does comes back, let us be prepared by not allowing her to do us wrong. This will take all of us Berkeley carriers sticking together, and supporting one another in unity. But for now, enjoy the peacefulness of her not being present.

Happy Holidays to everyone. Be safe and enjoy what time you have with your family.

Knowledge is Power!

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Egregious and Arbitrary

By Narciso Paderanga, IV, First Vice President

Two words that describe higher-level management’s most recent inappropriate actions.

e·gre·gious: adjective 1. outstandingly bad; shocking

ar·bi·trar·y

adjective 1. based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

It was just brought to the Branch’s attention that in some offices or stations, carriers on the ODL (Overtime Desired List) are not being mandated to work on their scheduled days off prior to mandating non-ODL and work assignment list carriers to work overtime off their assignments. There was also word that ODL carriers’ hours are being limited to a certain amount while mandating nonODL and Work Assignment List carriers.

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Even after speaking with local management, supervisors, managers, and Postmasters, in an attempt to prevent a grievance that would bear an undue financial burden on the Postal Service, they still chose to obey what higher-level management instructed them to do and violate the provisions previously mentioned.

But I commend those local management officials who had enough sense to contest this absurd higher-level management decision to not work the carriers on the ODL to do overtime work.

The ODL carriers sign up to be on the list because they want the overtime work. The carriers not on the ODL do not want the overtime work. Therefore, both sides are being harmed. The ODL carriers are entitled and will be paid for the available work anyway, so why not work them?

If these issues are occurring in your offices or stations, please let your Shop Steward or Full-time Officer know immediately.

I wish everyone a safe and Happy Holidays!

In solidarity!

The Contract is clear and has not changed regarding this issue.

8.5.C.2.a.

When during the quarter the need for overtime arises, employees with the necessary skills having listed their names will be selected from the “Overtime Desired” list.

Before requiring a non-ODL carrier to work overtime on a non-scheduled day or off his/her own assignment, management must seek to use a carrier from the ODL, even if the ODL carrier would be working penalty overtime (Article 8.5.D).

8.5.D If the voluntary “Overtime Desired” list does not provide sufficient qualified people, qualified full-time regular employees not on the list may be required to work overtime on a rotating basis with the first opportunity assigned to the junior employee.

8.5.G. Full-time employees not on the “Overtime Desired” list may be required to work overtime only if all available employees on the “Overtime Desired” list have worked up to twelve (12) hours in a day or sixty (60) hours in a service week.

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Melissa Flores, Steward Frances Rodriguez-Swint, and Steward Veronica Ortiz of Fremont Irvington share the Holiday spirit

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How to Enforce Your Rights as a Shop Steward

By Francisco Cabrera, Second Vice President

“If you cannot enforce your own rights as shop steward, you can't reasonably be expected to enforce others' rights.”

This is a true maxim.

Knowledge is power and as a NALC shop steward you have a lot of power.

Let’s go over some of those rights and then we will talk about how to enforce those rights.

You have the RIGHT to investigate, present and adjust grievances.

Investigate problems that may become grievances.

You have the RIGHT to grieve about unfair treatment — whether you saw it happen or someone calls it to your attention.

Management may accuse you of “soliciting grievances,” but don’t be fooled! It’s your duty to encourage workers to grieve about legitimate issues — or file them yourself.

You have the RIGHT to stand toe-to-toe with your boss when you’re conducting union business. You can get loud, angry, forceful, and speak your mind during grievance meetings.

This is the “Equality Principle” that says you and the boss are equals in grievance discussions.

You have the RIGHT to enter other parts of the building or post office in the fulfilment of your duties, meaning to leave your case or route “work area.” You must request steward time to do so. How? In writing. On what form?

The best way to do this is on a PS form 3996. Management may balk and object at first especially if you have been using a different form, maybe a Union generated form. But really the PS form 3996 is the best way. If you can achieve this right, use your 3996 and you are on your way.

“If it’s not in writing it didn’t happen.”

Is this in accordance with Postal rules and regulations? Yes. And it is also a binding past practice if you are already doing it.

The purpose of the PS form 3996 is to request time, auxiliary assistance, or overtime. All routes are 8 hours, so any steward duties would obviously add to that necessitating either auxiliary assistance or overtime.

Guess what? The post office is required to cooperate with you as you accomplish your function in various ways.

You have the right to interview supervisors, managers, postmasters, MPOO’s, District Personnel, Postal Inspectors, OIG agents, doctors, basically anybody and everybody you need to in the investigation of your grievance, even customers.

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Complete grievance forms and write appeals Requesting and reviewing documents, all types of information in any physical or electronic format.

Review OPF folders And of course, represent employees at just cause interviews, OIG/ PIS interviews.

A broad range of activities = a broad grievance clause.

Branch 1111 News Right to time on the clock for all of the above activities except accompanying an employee to a fitness for duty examination. {They don’t bother doing these much anymore – it’s been years) How much time should I request?

Depends on the issues involved and if you are new, it will take a lot more time at first. For example, - It would take me about 6 hours from start to finish to process a weekly Article 8 grievance for an office with say 200 employees. If you are a new steward, it may take you twice that amount. (Although you do have the right to request additional time) The worst issue is not asking for enough time. So always ask for more time than you think it will take. If you finish your work, you can always go to management and say I finished early.

You have the right to know the reason why you are not being provided the time and when the time will be provided. If they tell you tomorrow and renege, guess what? You have a good grievance.

What's the remedy? JCAM page 17–6, states a Cease and Desist and payment to the steward for time spent processing grievances off the clock, as if they had worked for what should have been paid time. Some offices have an additional remedy.

For example, $25 dollars to each carrier involved in the grievances, if the time was requested goes beyond 48 or 72 hours.

One of my offices even states $25 per day if the time is delayed beyond 72 hours from the time of the request. Can get pretty costly. Those are the type of remedies we want to build up.

That is how you enforce your rights to time and documentation. Establish a citable precedential grievance resolution. It must be done at the Formal A level though since resolutions at the Informal Step do not set a precedent for any purpose. Management probably won’t sign this the very first time they violate. Can be done in 2-3 stages.

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1st - The language must state: All steward time and or documentation will be provided within 48 hours from the date of the request. That can be your first resolution.

Not too harmful.

2nd stage grievances can say Management will provide all steward time/documentation within 48 hours.

Citable Cease and Desist.

3rd stage can say: Management will comply with [1st grievance # and 2nd grievance #. Future violations will result in paying $25 per day to all carriers involved in the grievances. Citable Cease and Desist.

Once you reach this point, don’t ever look back. You now have a ticket to enforce your rights to steward time and documentation.

In our District, the 72-hour time limit became part of the Bay Valley District Policy.

You have the right to everything. If it’s on paper, you have the right to it!

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NALC BRANCH 1111 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION Applications are being accepted for the Branch 1111

Katherine Ellis Memorial Scholarship.

Applicants must submit the form provided below no later than February 28, 2023 Eligibility requirements: 1) The applicant must be a member of the graduating class of 2022-2023 2) The applicant must be son or daughter or legally adopted child/ stepchild of a member in good standing with Branch 1111.

Any questions about the scholarship should be referred to John Ferreira of the Scholarship Committee at: 510-237-5111 Date______________

(Please print clearly)

Please send instructions as to how I can compete for the Scholarship Award.

I will be a senior in the year 2022-2023 I am the child of (active) (retired) or (deceased) member ___________________________________ (name) My Name is ____________________________________________ My Home Address is _____________________________________________________________________ My Social Security Number is ______-____-______ Signature of NALC Parent______________________ Office/Station of Parent Member _______________________ Branch Official _______________________ NALC Parent’s Social Security Number____-____-___ Title______________ Date ______________

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Help is coming, but is it too late?

By Terrence Lee Super, Fourth Vice President

As always, the Postal Service is late hiring people for the high volume in peak season. The reason for needing to hire a lot sooner is because you want to have these new carriers trained.

So that when peak season actually comes, they will be able to handle it a lot better than just throwing them right into the middle of the craziness where other carriers are stressed out and on edge, and when tempers run a little short fused! But as always, management does things their own way and ends up being behind the eight ball every time. It’s quite annoying to say the least, but the last two orientations have been optimistic with over 25 new CCA’s and PTF’s that are going to be joining us.

As I always say, the Postal Service may not be the best job out there, but to be able to possibly make over $150,000 a year with only a high school diploma is really not too bad. By the end of January 2023, the top Step Letter Carrier would be close, if not over $40 an hour! Not too shabby right? Some may feel that working for the Postal Service is too much. I would agree because there are jobs out there that you can start out making $20.00 plus an hour and not have to work these crazy hours. But let me tell you something; this may be true, but by working for the Postal Service you get two contractual raises a year plus costof-living adjustments. Also, when you retire you get three checks! Your Postal Annuity, your TSP which is like a 401k, and finally your Social Security. There are not that many jobs like that out there where you get all these benefits with only needing a high school diploma. But with those other jobs that may start you at a little more an hour, they don’t have those other benefits that I just mentioned and some people don’t get that.

We may get into it with management, fighting for our rights every day but if I’m being honest, the Postal Service is overall a good job and a good company. It’s just that it’s run very poorly because you have people in upper management that just don’t care and that are in it JUST for the paycheck. Not all though, there are some who I have come across in management that actually care about their Letter Carriers. Even though there are very few, we see it every now and again but for the most part we always have to fight to get things done. It’s the only thing management recognizes, so we continue to file grievances to force them to abide by our contract for which we have fought so very hard.

We want all of our offices to succeed, but it’s not going to happen until management takes a slice of humble pie and starts listening to what we have been trying to say to them for literally decades! Their hiring process for the year is too little too late.

Yes, we are getting people but waiting until peak season is actually here was way too late. Imagine a new CCA or PTF 10

December 2022 starting right in the middle of this madness. It would scare anyone to death! Just the stress alone would scare people away and make them want to quit after just the first two days (which I have actually seen happen).

But anyway, all of us at the Branch want to thank you for your continued patience and hard work. Letter Carriers are the face and backbone of this company, and without the Letter Carrier the Postal Service would be non-existent.

Keep up the good work and be safe out there.

The Passing of DALE HART

It is with deep sorrow and heavy heart that we announce the death of Dale Hart, retired Director of City Delivery of the NALC. Brother Hart started his career in California and was a frequent guest at Branch 1111 functions.

Dale Hart was a serious and intense advocate of letter carrier rights. He became a letter carrier in Burlingame in 1966 following three years in the U.S. Army. He soon became chief steward and then the executive vice president of merged San Mateo Branch 1280. By 1976 he was also on the executive board of the California State Association (CSALC), where he remained for a decade. After serving as a local business agent, he was named Regional Administrative Assistant (RAA) in 1987. He was first elected as National Business Agent (NBA) in Region One in 1994 and served three terms.

In 2006 he was elected by acclamation NALC Director of City Delivery. After retiring Hart remained in Virginia until his passing.

“Dale Hart was a tireless advocate of letter carriers’ rights, known for never backing down from a fight and always ready to share his unique sense of humor.” NALC President Fredrick Rolando said.

Remembrances and condolences are requested to be shared at: everloved.com/life-of/dale-hart. The family welcomes donations to the: NALC Disaster Relief Fund.

Dale Hart welcomed to the Branch 1111 Stewards’ Brunch

by Rosemary Villegas

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Year in Review

By Third Vice President Mary Abante During a Postal Service Board of Governors Meeting on November 10, 2022, Postmaster General Louis Dejoy made remarks regarding “transforming the Postal Service.”

He was quoted as saying “Over the last two years we have stabilized our operations, evolved our products, improved our service, strengthened our balance sheet, halved our projected losses and - motivated our employees to join us in this transformation.”

Great, good news!

Wait a minute. Which part of the country is talking about?

Branch 1111 News I’m sure it’s out there, Dejoy said so.

Well, maybe somewhere… on another planet.

Edgar Allan Poe wrote “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”

Sounds like good advice to me.

Now in our area…

The truly good news is some of our offices, Pittsburg, Pleasanton, Vallejo, El Cerrito, and Moraga have recently been changed to PTF offices. Career employees.

Congratulations!

May next year include more truly good news and this year ends with gratitude for a job well done.

We appreciate all your hard work and service. Thank you again.

In our area, District Two, offices are so short of personnel, routes are not being delivered. CCAs are being sent away from their home office to bail out others, creating a domino effect whereas carriers are then mandated to carry a full route, plus half of another, in addition to other duties.

Dejoy states he has “motivated our employees to join us in this transformation.”

Hmm, I’ve seen motivation by the threat of discipline.

Most of you are aware the Post Office made the news as routes hadn’t been delivered for days. As a temporary fix, management requested volunteers from other offices and other states to help.

I spoke with one of those carriers from a small office in New Mexico. She received additional funds for room, food and came to this District as there was no overtime needed in her home office and she had a goal of paying off her bills this year.

She also informed me when her detail was up, she wouldn’t be returning because of the poor treatment she was receiving from management.

Apparently, our operations and our District have not stabilized as Dejoy asserted. `An idea, we send our managers to those facilities that have seen “transformation.”

Give our managers a shadow day, then four to five days of on-the-job training, with a probation period to ensure proper understanding of instructions, procedures and adherence to rules and regulations.

Send them to a Post Office with enough employees that overtime isn’t available. Mandating is a myth. Motivation is an eight-hour day and employees are treated with dignity and respect. Teach them how it’s done.

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NALC Branch 1111 Balance Sheet Run date as of November 30, 2022 ASSETS Current Assets Bank Accounts 100 - Petty Cash 213.96 126 PPCU-50 166,394.91 Mechanics Bank Accounts 204,189.81 PPCU-Acct 70 25,645.26 United Bank Accounts 276,351.78 Total Bank Accounts $672,795.72 Other Current Assets Total Current Other Assets 39,266.73 Total Current Assets $712,062.45 Fixed Assets 189 - Accumulated Depreciation -156,914.57 190 - 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 $ 389,294.56 TOTAL ASSETS $1,101,357.01

Branch 1111 News LIABILITIES & EQUITY Total Liabilities Net Revenue 3900 Unrestricted Net Assets Total Equity

$-952.00 -10,575.11 1,112,884.12 $1,102,309.01

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

$1,101,357.01

Pittsburg carriers Ramon Reynoso, Manny Atienza, and Steward Vincent Quesada with some holiday cheer

Figure 1Pinole Shop Steward Humberto Espinosa hard at work Figure 2Pinole Shop Steward Humberto Espinosa hard at work Figure 3Pinole Shop Steward Humbero Espinosa hard at work

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Reminder: There is no Branch Meeting in December. Branch meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month. The Next Branch meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 24, at 7:00pm. This meeting will be in-person only.