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Who’s the Boss?
By Mary Abante, Third Vice President
Carriers are given instructions by management every day. These instructions must fall within the guidelines of the Contract. When management violates the Contract, your Union gets involved to protect your rights.
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Handbook M-41112.25
Be prompt, courteous, and obliging in the performance of duties. Attend quietly and diligently to work and refrain from loud talking and the use of profane language.
There is nothing in the Contract that says carriers cannot talk while casing their mail or while performing their duties, only to refrain from loud talking and the use of profane language.
Recently, a carrier told me he heard a supervisor say, “talking is for when you leave the office, your hands should be moving not your mouth.”
What a horrible working environment! Multiple grievances have been filed on behalf of the carriers. Remember, supervisors are expected to follow the Contract just as carriers are required to do the same. It’s only natural, birds sing, dogs bark and people talk.
The final authority is the Contract.
