Southeast Pennsylvania Merged Branch Item to the October 2020 Postal Record Eric K. Jackson, Branch 725 Vice- President & Scribe Southeast Pennsylvania Merged We are enduring unprecedented times in the Post Office. NALC has spent millions of dollars and so many hours trying to bring awareness to our issues. Then we get a new postmaster general (and all the political ramifications), and voilà, we are the news. Our plight was the No. 1 story nightly. But all of our hard work did not fall on deaf ears. When the politicians talked, they knew our issues from all of our lobbying efforts. Every customer wants to know our story and blame anything that happens to us on the current administration in the White House. NALC has asked us to not say negative things about the company online and on camera like our sister unions. We are still in negotiations for a new contract. NALC chooses to keep those words in-house. And with our union set to go to arbitration for our next contract, we must be strategic. So please be careful to not get roped into an uncomfortable interview. Our problem has been staffing. Once the pandemic hit, we were not able to fill positions lost through resignations, removals and retirements. All the while, we started our prime-time vacation period. When we “opened” the country back up, we had to start training in a social distancing setting (16 CCAs). But the training teams fell victim to retirements and COVID-19 as well. That left only a few teams to train the new classes. Now, more teams have been trained. We should slowly get our staffing back. In the meantime, we have been challenged by 12-hour days (or more). And routes not going out for days. But we will get past this. What doesn’t kill us will make us stronger; that is if we don’t kill each other first (LOL). #StayUnified Eric Jackson, Branch 725 |
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The President's Report Les Dillman October 14, 2020 Updated Information I will be cancelling the October General Meeting. We will be starting to hold shop steward meetings. With the shop steward meetings we can social distance in the hall and limit the number of people. I will be in touch when and what time we will be having the meetings. Attached are two documents. One will give you updated information on the current leave situation. The other is a letter from the BA about a new program that is coming out. We will be talking about this at our shop steward meeting. Hopefully I will have more information at that time. That is it for now but I do want to thank everyone for everything that they are doing and please continue to be safe out there. Any questions or concerns as always please give me a call. October 8, 2020 Columbus Day Weekend I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday weekend. Any time off you get is well earned. Enjoy it with your families. October 4, 2020 Important Information for the November 3, 2020 Presidential Election I want to share with you this information we received from one of our State Representatives concerning the upcoming election. It is important that everyone knows where and how to vote. This is a very important election and everyone needs to vote. The November 3 general election is rapidly approaching. Below is important information regarding voting and mail-in/absentee ballots. October 1 – Mail-in/Absentee Ballots are mailed continuously – Check your ballot status here: https://www. pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/ballottracking.aspx October 19 – Last day to register to vote – Register to vote here: https://www.pavoterservices.pa. gov/pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx October 27 – Last day to request a mail-in/absentee ballot – Request a ballot here: https://www. pavoterservices.pa.gov/OnlineAbsenteeApplication/#/OnlineAbsenteeBegin November 3 – General Election – Polls are open from 7 A.M to 8 P.M – Find your polling place here: https: //www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/pollingplaceinfo.aspx Voting in Person (did not request mail/absentee ballot) – Registered voters may vote in person at their polling location on Election Day, Tuesday November 3, 2020 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Click here to find your polling place: https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/pollingplaceinfo.aspx. Voting in Person (requested mail/absentee ballot and received) – Registered voters who request and receive a mail-in/absentee ballot may still vote in person if they bring their ballot to the polls on Election Day. The Judge of Elections at the polling place will void your mail-in/absentee ballot and issue you a standard ballot for voting. Voting in Person (requested mail/absentee ballot and did not receive) – Registered voters who request a mail-in/absentee ballot but do not receive the ballot by election day may vote in person at their polling place. The Judge of Elections at the polling place will issue you a provisional ballot. The provisional ballot will be counted when the county verifies that your mail-in/absentee ballot was not returned. Voting by Mail – Registered voters may request a mail-in/absentee ballot until October 27. Ballots are being mailed continuously and you can expect it in your mailbox starting the first full week of October, at the earliest. Once received and voted, place your ballot inside the secrecy envelope provided, then place the sealed secrecy envelope inside the return envelope, then sign the return envelope. Mail-in/Absentee ballots will have prepaid postage. Options to return your ballot: Return your ballot via the United States Postal Service. USPS does not advise returning your ballot through the mail system after October 27, as your ballot may not reach the county in time to be counted. The county will accept mailed ballots from USPS until November 6 at 5 P.M. Ballots that are not postmarked by 8 P.M on November 3 will not be counted if received after November 3. Return your ballot via a drop box within the county in which you are registered to vote. You are only permitted to return your own ballot. Montgomery County Drop Box info: https://www.montcopa.org/3587/Secure-Ballot-Drop-Box-Locations Lower Merion Drop Box - Ludington Library – 5 S. Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr PA 19010 (see website above for hours) Norristown Drop Box - Airy St Parking Lot, Corner of DeKalb & Airy streets, Norristown, PA 19401 Delaware County Drop Box info: https://delcopa.gov/elections/ballotdropboxlocations.html Haverford Township Administration Building Drop Box – 1014 Darby Road, Havertown PA 19083 Radnor Township Administration Building Drop Box – 301 Iven Ave., Wayne PA 19087 Delaware County Courthouse Drop Box – 201 West Front St., Media PA 19063 All Delco polling locations will have drop boxes for ballots on election day If you have any questions, please call my office at 610-789-3900, or email me at RepVitali@pahouse.net. Thank you, Greg Vitali State Representative 166th Legislative District |
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May 12, 2020 A Message From Our Director Of Education Joe Pease Thank you all for representing our members through an extremely difficult time. We are available for any shop steward training or information that you may need. We can adjust to these challenging times. The Pennsylvania Primary has been postponed until June 2nd. This primary election will mark the first time that Pennsylvania voters have the option of casting their ballots by mail. You do not have to provide a reason as you would with an absentee ballot. If you would like to vote by mail for the June 2nd primary, your completed application must be received in your county office by 5 p.m. on May 26, 2020. You must be a registered voter to submit an application to vote by mail. We do not know what life will look like on June 2nd. Pennsylvania stay at home orders have been extended until June 4th for our area. If you have not submitted an application for a mail in ballot, please do so as soon as possible. This is the link to check your voter registration status. https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/voterregistrationstatus.aspx This link will allow you to apply for the mail in ballot. https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/OnlineAbsenteeApplication/#/OnlineAbsenteeBegin Please remember that we cannot talk politics while on the clock or in uniform. Thanks again for all that you do, Joe Pease |
April 22, 2020 Action Needed Political Liaison - Belinda Tridente Friends this might be the most critical time in the history of the US Postal Service! The NALC is asking you to call-write-email your US House Representative and US Senators. Implore them to provide the US Postal Service with full funding in the next economic stimulus bill. Unfortunately, without full funding, this pandemic crisis may well cause the USPS to run out of the resources that are necessary for us to provide universal service to every home and business in America and our territories. We are faithfully delivering critical items including medications and checks throughout this pandemic. Please help us get through this rough time. Have your family and friends call-write-email their US House Representative and US Senators too! Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon 1535 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202)225-2011 Senator Bob Casey 393 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202)224-6324 Senator Pat Toomey 248 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202)224-4254 In solidarity Belinda Tridente NALC Political Liaison |
June 19, 2020 Food Drive Barb Kearney - Food Drive Coordinator The 27th Annual Food Drive is currently on hold due to Covid-19 Pandemic since we are unable to safely collect food. With the uncertainty of when it can be rescheduled the food pantries are still in dire need of donations. In the interim we have some food pantries listed below that donations can be made to directly. Please donate what you can. Region 12 - Branch 725 501cs-Church Aldan Union Church 7 E. Providence Road Aldan, Pa. 19018 Contact name - Linda Weiler 610-259-8010 23-6001418 Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry 703 Lincoln Ave. Prospect Park, Pa. 19076 Contact name - Kevin 610-532-9000 Kohn51@aol.com 23-1352427 First Presbyterian 140 N. Lansdowne Ave. Lansdowne, Pa. 19050 Contact name - Nancy Timothy 610-622-0800 Nancy.Holt@rcn.com 13-5562351 The Salvation Army 101 East Market Street West Chester, Pa. 19382 Contact name - Captain Maria Corraliza 610-696-8746 maria.corraliza@use.salvationarmy.org Thank you for your generousity during this difficult time. |
