Urge your Senator to vote against anti labor amendment in S. 1507

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Urge your Senator to vote against anti labor amendment in S. 1507

An amendment added to the Senate bill S. 1507 to provide temporary financial relief to the cash-strapped Postal Service was adopted by a Senate Committee July 29. This amendment is detrimental to postal workers and the collective bargaining process.

The amendment, offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), would require arbitrators to consider the financial health of the Postal Service when ruling on postal contracts.

Under current law, arbitrators must consider the "comparability" of postal wages to employees in the private sector who perform similar work.

Arbitrators already routinely consider the USPS financial state as part of negotiations. To attach this requirement to the law would leave postal workers at a disadvantage and leave the collective bargaining process open to manipulation.

I ask that you please vote against S.1507 since this detrimental amendment is attached. Please leave the process of collective bargaining where it belongs, between the USPS and its employee unions. Postal workers will be at a major disadvantage if this bill passes and I ask that you please vote against it.

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July 13, 2010    link
Casey G. from Amarillo, TX signed.
July 13, 2010    link
Michael G. from Rochester, NH writes:
The overpayment of 50-60 BILLION dollars and "worksharing rebates" which in 2008 amounted to $100 MILLION in overpayments as well as "mailers and MSPs earned $15 billion in discounts in FY 2008 for engaging in worksharing activites that may have dost them only $4.3 billion". These monies in FY 2008 would, if returned and not paid would bring back to the USPS a total of $70 BILLION DOLLARS and that does not include the MILLIONS in overpayments and fines paid by the USPS. END the bailouts to corporations and the government by the USPS.
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July 13, 2010    link
Allan B. from Tucson, AZ signed.
April 24, 2010    link
john v. from Meriden, CT writes:
the postal service isnt hurting for money.PMG Potter gave himself a 5.0% increase in 2010, approx $13,265.00. Our plant manager also recieved a 7.50% increase in 2010, approx $8,400.00. Check public records for yourself
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Tammy H. from White Hall, AR signed.
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Carol K. from Parkton, MD writes:
Now more than ever since the great depresstion has the working man needed to count on the money and benifits when they retire than now. DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM THE BACK BONE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE, THE ONE WHO HAVE GIVEN YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE POSTAL SERVICE AND TO THE COUNTRY.
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March 30, 2010    link
travis s. from Louisville, KY signed.
March 27, 2010    link
Roberto L. from El Paso, TX writes:
Nothing good can come from this anti labor amendment. If this amendment is passed it will cause a catastrophic domino effect on not only the postal workers of this great nation but their families. this is a move in the wrong direction for so many reasons!
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March 26, 2010    link
Floyd S. from El Paso, TX writes:
because it will force my family and friends to go to welfare with the income loss
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March 26, 2010    link
Claudia G. from El Paso, TX writes:
Going to a five day will affect many families all over the united states. More people will go on welfare and it will affect our economy even more.
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March 26, 2010    link
martha r. from El Paso, TX writes:
Going to a five day will affect many families all over the united states. More people will go on welfare and it will affect our economy even more.
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