The Newsletter.....the Good....the Bad....and the Ugly!

We had another great luncheon yesterday. It is always good to see our brothers and sisters after they have left the job. They don't forget us and we don't forget them. No matter how hard management tries to divide us we won't allow that to happen. The one thing I am most proud of being a member of the NALC is that we don't throw our retired members under the bus when we go to contract negotiations like they are in right now. Other Unions do that in order to make better deals for their current members.

We were honored yesterday to have our State Association President Paul Rozzi attend and speak to our retirees at our luncheon. Paul and I go back a little working together lobbying Congress to protect the rights and jobs of Letter Carriers. I know him to be a man of great heart and dedication to not only Postal Workers but Unions as well. He was a Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh area and saw what can happen if the Unions lose sight of how important politics are to your job security. Corporations can sell their businesses to overseas concerns or move it there and get great profits from it. They are looking at their bottom line and not your interests. Paul and I discussed how hard it is to get our members to understand that we all need to be in the fight to protect the Postal Service.

Look around and see those other good Union jobs that once were that are now gone. The mail may still be delivered but it will be done by someone who doesn't give the level of service you do to them. Then we won't need to have a Retiree Luncheon anymore. We won't need a Union Office anymore either. The Union will be gone because of you and others that didn't heed the advice of Paul and others like him that work so hard to educate you on the potential of what you stand to lose if you don't get more involved. I know a lot of you don't like the idea of giving any Politicians money but you have to understand that those that want to take away all your benefits and jobs in some cases do. In order to be heard we need to do so as well. Think of it as a Poker game. There is a buy in to even sit at the table. We need that buy in to be heard. If you don't contribute to the Political fund you should think about what Paul said and understand why you should. If you want to sign up let any one of us at the Union Office know and we will help you to do so. The more people we sign up the bigger voice we will have and the better chance we have on protecting your jobs and retirement.