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Volume XI, Issue 1January 2012

The Voice of Colorado Springs Area Local 247, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO

Profile of the AmericanPostal Worker

Proud, Dedicated and Loyal

Pikespeaker January 2012

Officers of theColorado Springs Area Local 247

American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO719-570-5508

President Rob Preston, GMF T-3Vice President Bear Wilson, RockrimmonEditor Craig Barela, GMF T-3Secretary Lee Lowery, SecurityTreasurer Chuck Bader, GMF T-1

DirectorsIndustrial Relations Vicki Carios, CimarronClerk Craft Donna Scott, GMF T-1Maintenance Craft Carol Federico, GMF Maint

Auxiliary StaffHuman Services Bill Thompson, GMF T-3OWCP Representative Vivian Simmons, GMF T-1Flowers and Cards Lee Lowery, SecurityScheme Committee Vicki Carios, CimarronSergeant at Arms Bill Zimmerman, DTS

TrusteesRich Goings, GMF T-3

Dennis Leamy, Maintenance

The Pikespeaker is the official publicationof Colorado Springs Local 247 of theAmerican Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO.All articles must be submitted to the editorialstaff not later than the 23rd day of eachmonth in order to be considered for publica-tion. Submission of an article does not guar-antee publication, per the discretion of theeditor. Articles must be typed and signed bythe author. The author’s name will be with-held only upon request. Articles may be sub-mitted to the Editorial Policy Review Board ifdeemed necessary. The editor reserves theright to edit all material for length, spelling,and grammar. Any opinions expressed in thisnewsletter are those of the individual authorand do not necessarily reflect the views oropinions of the Union, it’s officers, or themembership at large.

PRESIDENT PDirector Industrial Relations POWCP Representative AEVICE-PRESIDENT PClerk Craft Director PHuman Services Coor. ANESECRETARY PMaintenance Craft Dir PMotor Vehicle Craft Dir VACANTTREASURER PEDITOR P

ANE=Absent Not ExcusedAE=Absent Excused

MOTION TO EXCUSE-SECOND-CARRIED.Officers(s): Vivian SimmonsSteward(s): None

OFFICERS REPORTSSecretary:Reading of Minutes of Last GMM Meeting MOTIONto accept as printed in the most recent Pikespeaker(with corrections to Wilson and excuses)-SECOND-CARRIED.Reading of the Minutes of the last E-Board Meeting.

Vice-President:HR 2309 may come to a vote at any time. Please callCongressman Lamborn to ask him to oppose HR2309. You will be receiving postcards to send toLamborn from the National APWU and please sendthem in the day you receive them.

Clerk Craft Director:We got 4 new PSE’s at the plant and ALL joined the

AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNIONCOLORADO SPRINGS AREA LOCAL #247

P O Box 17577 Colorado Springs, CO 80935-7577

GENERAL MEMBERSHIPMEETING MINUTES

November 19, 2011

Call to Order (Time): 10:00 amPledge of Allegiance

Guests: NoneRoll Call of Officers

January 2012 Pikespeaker

Union. 3 of the PSE’s are alternate stewards. Spokeon the reposting of SPBS jobs. Leave rosters are cir-culating, if you’re going on leave; please leave yourpicks with a steward.

Maintenance Craft Director:Spoke on the “Lock Change” situation with the con-tracting out of letter box work to Diebold.

Human Relations Coordinator: ANE

OWCP Representative: AE

Editor:We will now be producing a rapid response newslettercalled the “Informant” for urgent issues. ThePikespeaker is now available via e-mail with picturesin color, will still send hardcopies by U S mail.

Treasurer:Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as printed-SECOND-CARRIED.

Director of Industrial Relations:Spoke on the reposting of jobs to change the days offfrom consecutive to split days off settled in theUnion’s favor. Spoke on the NTFT jobs. Spoke onthe annual leave rosters. Spoke on the penalty OTexclusion for December. The October steward’straining was completed by Rob Preston because I wasout of town due to a death in the family. I want tothank ALL the stewards for the tremendous job theydo all year round.

President:Spoke on NTFT duty assignments and the health planopen season, improper out of schedule issues and anRI-399 dispute. Spoke on the the addendum for theleave roster for the 2011 leave year. Spoke on the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S.1789) -Thorough study and documentation before closing. -Eliminate Saturday mail delivery after two years andwould degrade delivery to customers’ doors no laterthan 2015.-The bill would return approximately $7 billion inoverpayments the USPS made to the FederalEmployees Retirement System (FERS), but it would

not return $50 billion to $75 billion in overpaymentsto the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Twoindependent actuarial studies concluded that theUSPS has overpaid the CSRS account by $50 billionto $75 billion

-In addition, although the bill would restructurerequired payments to pre-fund healthcare benefits forfuture retirees, it would not do enough to relieve thePostal Service of the pre-funding obligation.-It would dramatically reduce the compensation ofemployees who are injured on duty, once they reachretirement age.-The bill also would require arbitrators in postal labornegotiations to consider the financial health of theUSPS. Happy holidays and keep your cool.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None.

NEW BUSINESSMOTION: Authorize $277.00 for airfare and 4 daysLWOP to send Chuck Bader to the Labor Media BootCamp in Washington DC if approved for a full schol-arship- SECOND-NOT CARRIED.

MOTION: To approve the proposed constitutionalchange to article VI section 8-“ DELETE second sen-tence: They shall meet the first Thursday of everymonthADD: They shall meet the second Tuesday of everymonth.”SECOND-Friendly amendment “if necessary”-SEC-OND-NOT CARRIED-Main Motion-CARRIED.

DOOR PRIZE-$125.00 Bryan Pittman (NOT PRE-SENT-must be present to win).Special Drawing from our printer/publisher for a giftbasket-winner Otis McKinnis.

OPEN FORUM: Chuck Bader gave an update on theCOPA drawing which will be held at the January2012 GMM.

Adjourn Time: 11:30 a.m.In Union Solidarity,

Chuck Bader, Treasurer


I would like to wish you all a Happy and Prosperous2012. The struggles continues….

Plant ClosureAt the request of 20 senators to include our ownSenator Bennett and Senator Udall. The PostalService agreed to delay making a decision until May15, 2012 on our plant consolidation to Denver. Iwould like to take this opportunity to address somepossible scenarios if the plant was to close in orderto clear up misconceptions and rumors that are float-ing around.

If the plant was to close, and they are going toreduce the number of employees in the Installationother than attrition. Management will determine bycraft and occupational group the number of excessemployees. There is approximately 162 clerks in theplant and 84 maintenance employees. Their studyclaims a net decrease of 233 craft employees. TheInstallation includes station and branches along withthe plant. If there is exessing it will be by junioritycitywide and then there will be In-Section Biddingwith citywide as the Section. Remember the contractstates we cannot be exessed more than 50 miles.

The other scenario could be the plant closes andthere is no excessing (this happened in GlenwoodSprings Colorado which closed October 2nd 2011and affected 25 clerks.) They have 13 clerks remain-ing whose jobs were abolished and they are unas-signed regulars, reporting to work at the Main PostOffice daily for work assignments and training.Exessing would also involve reassignments to othercrafts within the Installation and that also is byjuniority citywide. Senior clerks can volunteer inlieu of junior clerks to be excessed. Remember adecision on the possible plant closure will not bemade until May 2012. I encourage you to keep thefaith and stay strong.

I am very proud of the fact, that if the Plant goesdown, we went down swinging and gave it our all.

Rob’s Ramblinsby President Rob Preston

Thanks to everyone for being involved in informa-tional picketing and collecting signatures opposingthe closure of the Plant. Thanks to those that wroteletters or sent in the sample letter the Union provid-ed. A special thank you to all those that showed up atthe Public Input Meeting to voice your opinion andopposition to the Plant Closure. The StruggleContinues…

We would like to thank Congressman Lamborn forthe letter he provided the Colorado Springs AreaLocal, a letter he sent to the Postmaster in oppositionof the proposed Colorado Springs Plant Closure. Wealso received a letter of opposition sent to the PostalService from Candidate David Anderson who is run-ning against Congressman Lamborn next year andwho also attended the Public Input Meeting. A repre-sentative from Senator Bennett’s office attended themeeting at the Union’s request. The Public meetingwas also attended by a representative of theColorado Springs Mayor’s Office, who also spokeout against the Proposed Plant Closure. All in all,thanks to the Community for their involvement inour fight; the different Organizations andCommunity Leaders who answered our call toopposed this move, which would further erode ourservice and lead to the demise of the United StatesPostal Service. The savings the Postal Service claimsare there, was not provided to the concerned citizensat the Public Input Meeting.

There will be changes coming up, that we are goingto deal with in Customer Service, such as jobchanges, possible reposting and creation of non tra-ditional full time jobs (NTFTs). We will see manage-ment changing consecutive non-scheduled days tosplit days off again. The Struggle Continues…PostalSupport Employees (PSEs) will be hired for cus-tomer service, they currently have approval for sevenwith two already hired and working at CimarronStation. Welcome to our new members as all thePSEs have joined the APWU so far. Thank You!

Rob

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Thank You!by Bear Wilson

With the holidays behind us and 2012 looming aheadI wanted to take this opportunity to thank the mem-bers, their families and their friends who volunteeredtheir precious time during the holiday season toassist our union in fighting back against the proposedplant closure. It is not by accident that managementchose December as the time during which theylaunched their attack against our jobs and to hold apublic meeting to explain their proposal of plant clo-sure. Despite this, many of the brothers and sisters ofLocal #247 mobilized on their own time, in freezingtemperatures, to collect signatures on petitions and tohelp inform the public of the plans proposed by theUSPS. So to those motivated activists, “thank you”.

RumorsThe coming year promises to be full of uncertainty,challenges and choices that all of us will have tomake as we move forward in our careers andbeyond. Rumors are swirling already and a greatdeal of misinformation has been put out by manage-ment. Your union will notify you when we areinformed of changes through official channels.Rumors and gossip only fuel the fires of theunknown and cause undue stress on everyone. As2012 unfolds and the ‘rumor mill’ churns out variousstories and alleged ‘sure things’ are communicatedby management, I urge the membership to seek outyour APWU officers and stewards for the answers.Log on to the OFFICIAL website of the APWU atAPWU.ORG to seek out the facts. Don’t let rumorsand hearsay influence the decisions you may have tomake.

2012Among the challenges that 2012 will offer are leg-islative proposals by a small army of law makers inWashington D.C. who will propose various bills thatthey hope will address the postal situation. Many ofthese proposals would be helpful, others would dogreat harm. It is my hope that the membership willonce again answer the call for assistance from theunion as there will be requests for phone calls andletter writing as well as lobbying visits to various

politicians. We can use all of the help we can get.Republican or Democrat, red or blue does not matter.There is plenty of room on board for anyone whowants to help us save our jobs.

2012 will also be an election year. In December of2011 Chuck Bader and I attended a one day trainingseminar for the Colorado AFL-CIO in an effort todevelop a strategy for working families and labor forthe 2012 election campaign. Things that were dis-cussed were some of the past successes of the organ-ization as well as strategies that could be employedthat would better serve the labor movement andworking families in Colorado.

At the top of the agenda is to assist in the election ofpro-worker legislators and officials and to hold themaccountable to the labor movement and the middleclass. One of the campaign slogans that I personallyliked was “A good idea doesn’t have a party”. Asstated above, Republican or Democrat doesn’t matteras long as the candidate is committed to improvingthe lives of the working families of Colorado and thecauses of the labor movement.

We have a long road ahead of us. The battle for dig-nity and respect for the middle class and workingfamilies is just beginning. Please consider settingaside some time in 2012 to help save our jobs and tohelp with phone calls and writing letters to our legis-lators. It doesn’t have to be a full time job, just a fewminutes of effort every now and then. Thanks!


In 1970, our predecessors walked off the job in anational wildcat strike to improve their conditions ofemployment. In 2011, WE participated in rallies,public education campaigns and lobby visits in aneffort to Save America’s Postal Service. I want tosincerely thank everyone who: helped set up, recruit,publicize, gather petition signatures and participatein the APWU RALLY WEEK December 12-16,2011. I want to give special thanks to APWUPresident Cliff Guffey and Legislative DirectorMyke Reid for their direction and invaluable support,President Preston for facilitating the communityleaders meeting, Karen Westbrook for stuffing 300invitations to the public forum and to Carol Federico,Sal Salerno, Vic Foster, Dan Rumery and the mainte-nance team for making all the great rally signs.

Thanks to you, the membership, we accomplishedsome major goals:

1. We persuaded Congressman Lamborn to write aletter to the PMG in support of keeping the ColoradoSprings P&DC here in Colorado Springs.2. Our previous lobby efforts and September 27th

rally, persuaded Senators’ Bennet and Udall to signon to a letter with several other Senators, requestingand receiving a 5 month moratorium on ALL plantand post office closures NATIONWIDE.3. We educated the public through gathering petitionsignatures all week and collected 1,621 signatures inonly 5 days, with more still pouring in.4. We received great newspaper, radio and TV newscoverage of the rallies and public forum.5. We had more of our members participate in ralliesfor the first time in their careers.6. The following community leaders attend the rallyand/or USPS public forum and several spoke up atthat forum opposing the proposed closure:

*Regional Representative for Senator Bennet:Annie Oatman-Gardner

We’re Making History!by Chuck Bader

* Regional Representative for Senator Udall:Angela Joslyn

* Regional Representative for CongressmanLamborn: Brett Davis

*State Representative HD-18 Pete Lee*Former State Representative HD-18 Michael

Merrifield*Candidate CD-5: Dave Anderson*Representative for Mayor Bach: Bob Cope* El Paso County Democratic Party Carolyn Cathey* El Paso County Democratic Party Christy Le Lait* NAACP Frank Lytle*Former USPS MDO Walt Gale*Commander VFW Post 7829 Tony Wolusky, Lt.

Col (Ret.)

Our major battle is now underway. We need to rallyand lobby Congressman Lamborn and Senator’sBennet and Udall until they commit to cosponsorand commit to vote in favor of a good bill that willfix the financial problems of the USPS WITHOUTlayoffs, 5-day delivery and plant and post office clo-sures. Watch the bulletin board for news on upcom-ing rallies and events for 2012.

In Union Solidarity,Chuck Bader, Treasurer

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Photographers: Roger Adams, Marty Yaslowitz

Management in Colorado Springs is currently work-ing on creating Non-Traditional Full-Time dutyassignments in the stations. There are currently noplans to create these duty assignments in the Plant.The 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreementallows management to post Non-Traditional Full-Time duty assignments. A Traditional Full-Timeduty assignment is a duty assignment with a scheduleconsisting of five days of work per week with eighthours of work on each day. The Non-TraditionalFull-Time duty assignment will have a schedule of30 to 48 hours of work per week and could have avarying number of work hours on each scheduledworkday. These duty assignments can be posted inthe Clerk and Motor Vehicle Crafts. They will not beposted in the Maintenance Craft.

Language in the new Collective BargainingAgreement states, “No Clerk or MVS employeewho at the signing of this Agreement, has a full-time regular work schedule of 40 hours a weekwill be involuntarily reassigned to occupy a NTFTduty assignment of less than 40 hours a week.”These employees, however, may be assigned toNTFT duty assignments that consist of 40 to 44hours per week as long as the assignment has at leasttwo non-scheduled days with no scheduled workdays consisting of less than six hours per day ormore than ten hours per day.

Effective November 23, 2011, full-time career clerkcraft and motor vehicle craft employees who are noton the Overtime Desired List and are in an installa-tion with employees working in NTFT duty assign-ments in the same functional area, will not berequired to work overtime except in an emergency.Article 3.F in the Collective Bargaining Agreementdefines an emergency as an unforeseen circumstanceor combination of circumstances which calls forimmediate action in a situation which is not expectedto be of a recurring nature. Employees on bid annualleave or employee sick calls do not fit the definitionof an emergency as defined in Article 3.F.

Industrial Director’s Reportby Vicki Carios

I have met with the station manager at the MainOffice concerning what he has proposed for that par-ticular station. The station manager has proposed tocreate one Non-Traditional Full-Time duty assign-ment, abolish three Traditional Full-Time positions,repost three positions to change non-scheduled daysfrom consecutive to non-consecutive (sound famil-iar?), and change hours on one duty assignment tothe point that the position would have to be reposted.There are many problems with the plan for MainOffice. I will be filing multiple grievances shouldmanagement decide to move forward with this.

All employees should read all of the details on bidpostings before submitting bids for duty assign-ments. Ensure that you understand the schedule youwill be working should you bid and be awarded aNon-Traditional Full-Time duty assignment. If youhave questions about a particular duty assignment,contact your Steward or an officer.

In Union Solidarity,

Vicki Carios

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Whenthe 3rd Thursday of each month

at 8:30 a.m.

WhereRetired Enlisted Association

834 Emory CircleColorado Springs, CO 80915

For details please contact:Lynn Espinoza(719) 630 - 0652


You would think with management putting outinformation on the Purpose Closure of theColorado Springs GMF, that management wouldstop violating our contract. Grievances still contin-ue to be at a all time high.

Since becoming your Clerk Craft Director March2011, I have did over one hundred Step 2 Appeals,Displacement, Crossing Crafts, Bargaining UnitWork, Failure to provide overtime make-up in 90days, Discipline for Attendance, Overtime By-pass, Early, Late, & N/S day, Untimely grievancesettlements, Denial of information, Denial ofRepresentation, Held over after qualifying on bidjob, Working over twelve hours in a work day, &over 60 hours in a work week, Denial of stewardtime, Improper overtime assignments for PSE’sand non-list clerks. Thirteen Step 3 appeals and Icontinue to file Step 1 grievances. Step 1 griev-ances from the stations also continue to beappealed to Step 2.

I am happy to report I have been very successfulwith Labor in Denver at getting good settlementsfor our members on the workroom floor. I letmanagement know we still have a contract.

The clerks that were excess to Tour 3 from Tour 1have now all been offered retreat rights back toTour 3. The Tour 3 SPBS crew is up and running;they have three clerks. There were seven PSE’shired here at the plant on Tour 1. All seven sign upas new members in our union. Two have quit andone transferred to the Maintaince craft.

Management hired four more new PSE’s at theplant for Christmas. They all signed up as newmembers in this local. We have had some employ-ees retired and we are seeing a lot of employeeson Tour 1 bid to the stations. We lost twoArbitrations to the Mail Handler craft, Set/up andTear down on the SPBS machine, TMX job on thedock. Business continues as usual.

Clerk Craft Director’sReport

For the all the clerks that helped and attended therallies, collected signatures, phoned, wrote andmailed letters to their congressman and attendedthe Town Hall meeting, I want to thank each andevery one of you for all your support here at thePlant and at the Stations. I also hope everyone hada happy holiday season and I hope to see everyoneback at the January 2012 union meeting.

In Union Solidarity Donna Scott

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CARDS AND FLOWERSJANUARY 2012

Beverly BaileyGerard Beaupre

Perry Cooke

We wish you a speedy recovery

*******Annette Bresciani loss of a loved one

Frances Parks loss of a loved oneDavid Wells loss of a loved one

Our thoughts go out to you and your family

***

Thank you Buttons and Balloonsfor your donation of a Balloon Bouquet

(value $45) for the November APWU GMM Door Prize. Visit www.buttonsandballoons.net


"Ours is an economic struggle, a genuine strug-gle, and people don't give up on those very easi-

ly-any more than on religion. If we had anyother kind of struggle, we'd be dead."

-Ceaser Chavez

The Battle Has Just BEGUNby Carol Federico

of Southern Colorado and community leaders tokeep the Colorado Springs Processing Plant open.No matter what we feel or think about the plant clo-sure, the obvious is that national management hasconcluded their decision to do as they see fit. Wehave only a chance of hope and it is political. It’s upto Congress to stop our closure.

The concept that Mail Service affects everyone isjust beginning to tap into our local community’sawareness is happening because of you the postalemployee and union member. I would like to thankeach one of you that have contributed in any way toour fighting efforts to keep our facility open. Thoseof you who wrote, emailed, and rang the phones offthe hook of our congressman; who collected peti-tions, spoke to your friends, family, congregations offaith or social associations; those who helped doresearch, collected articles, and factual information;those of you whose helped me make signs, flyers,and stood out in the cold with me everyday for aweek at noon and after hours; those of you whoattended the public meeting and all of you whoprayed. Had we not made the effort to make the timeto show up during the busy Holiday Season, the pub-lic would not be discussing our closure and Congresswould not be acknowledging our fate to come.

We as involved employees and union members herein Springs and across the country are bringing thespotlight to postal service issues that must beaddressed. So, for any non-members out there if

there was ever a time you doubted why you shouldbelong to the union: Look at the reality of our pro-posed plant closure. Pay no attention that the labormovement has made the 8 hour work day, compensa-tion for injured employees, retirement benefits,social security benefits, no more child labor in theUSA, or least important that the wages earned in aunion shop are livable wages higher than a non-bar-gaining unit employer. Just to name a few reasonsthat hasn’t been a priority of considerations. Perhaps,consider this, its YOUR JOB on the line now. In anon-bargaining unit (UNION) shop you would havealready lost your job in a moments notice. BecauseAPWU has a contract that Postal management isobligated to honor because we will make them honorit, we are still here and have the opportunity to notgo quietly. The contract has bought us time to getyour affairs in order instead of being given a pinkslip. So, if you are not a union member or havedropped out of the union, I urge you to give it someserious thought. Do not ride on the coattails of othermember’s pay your dues and solidarity. You arealways welcome to become a union member.

The Question after all we done thus far, Will theyclose the plant? Probably, Maybe, Yes, No. Morethan likely, yes, unless Congress does us right. Butuntil then, we do not have to go quietly and withoutrecognition that what is happening to the Americanworker is WRONG if it dwindles at the middle class.So, get ready because the bumpy ride has just begunand will be okay in the end no matter where we endup. Hopefully, well be right back here in ColoradoSprings. Smile! It’s a New Year. See you at the firstunion meeting of 2012.

In Solidarity,

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Proposed PlantClosure, NOT! It’s theemployees’ point ofview that we want ourplant left open. It’s thepublic’s opinion tohave their processingplant and post officeopen. It is the positionof our congressionaldistrict representatives,our mayor, the mayors


Numerous articles have been written by Unionmembers, Congressmen/women and the GeneralPublic, testifying about the Postal Service’s lifesaving role in their communities. Unfortunately,we have a Postmaster General who seems be guid-ed by the Vocal Minority when leading us throughhistoric postal reforms. The Vocal Minority thatcalls for the dismantling of the Postal Service andthe laying off of tens of thousands of employees.Considering the Postmaster General is an historicaland prestigious government appointment, youwould think the PMG would work arm in arm withthe Postal Unions during our shared hardship tofind an answer to save the Postal Service. Insteadhe goes to Congress to have our shared contractgutted to pursue a Management strategy that doesnot preserve the Postal Service but advocates itsdismantling from the inside out, from the bottomto the top.

It is disheartening that our PMG does not findcommon ground with Labor. It is dishearteningthat the Postal Unions are leading the charge tosave the Postal Service while our PMG/Leader istaking the path of least resistance. When he tookthe oath for the PMG’s Office I wonder if hereflected on the historical significance of hisappointment. For the PMG to push forward with aManagement strategy that would accomplish allthe goals of Congressman Darrell Issa’s proposedBill is nothing but a betrayal to the old Post OfficeDepartment and the current USPS. The PostmasterGeneral’s actions appear to be that of a CEO andnot a highly appointed Public Servant. Why doesCongress have to practically beg to get a six-

month moratorium on plant closures? Why doesthe Public have to attend Town Hall Meetings tooppose reduced service and plant closings beforeCongress has time to put together a comprehensivePostal Reform Package? Why? Because this PMGdoes not seem to consider the Postal Service’sHISTORIC value, its SOCIAL value or the valueof the SERVICE it provides. If he did he wouldbe arm in arm with Labor in saving the PostalService and not cowering to Corporations andCongressmen who despise the Postal Service’sexistence.

The APWU has called on Members, Veterans,Congressmen, the Public, and now you PostmasterGeneral to be a Leader; to stop the madness andwait until a Congressional Postal Reform Bill issigned into law before you implement anymorecuts to service and personnel. The APWU and thePMG would make a much better team in easingthe Postal Service’s struggles than the team thePMG has aligned himself with - Team Issa.

In Solidarity,Craig Barela

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The Editor’s CornerThe Postal Service’scontributions to thiscountry cannot be over-looked and discarded asjust another antiquatedgovernmental entity withno cost effective pur-pose.

CONGRATULATIONS

to Dave Baker (Cimmaron) onretirement

to Otto Bermudez- DegreeColorado Technical University


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Calendar of EventsThe next

General Membership Meetingwill be on Tuesday January 17th

at 7 p.m.(Steward’s Training at 6 p.m.)

There will be a doorprize of $150.00!!!

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The February General Membership Meeting will be on Saturday the 18th at 10 a.m.

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