UNION
MEETING
HAPPENINGS
MAY
2008
50/50 WINNER FOR
MAY WAS
BRIAN MACKEY!!
FOR $179.00
BRIAN IS A LETTER CARRIER FROM ROCHESTER 14621
CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN!!
The meeting was called to
order by President Art Muoio at 7:00pm. A motion to dispense with the reading of
the previous meeting minutes was made and passed.
The accumulation toward the next Cost of Living
Allowance is $392 and is payable in September 2008.
Our Secretary Tony Polidori reported on Political
Education and he gave a report on the recent COLCPE drive and raffle. There were
3 prizes in the raffle, won by Jack O'Connor $70.00 Wegman's gift card, Bill
Crowell $110 Wegman's gift card and Rob Lynch $200 Wegman's gift card. The
National NALC office is also running a COLCPE contest, see your Postal Record
for details.
The Branch will again be running the MDA Raffle for
the Month of June 2008. See your steward in May for tickets.
The National Office has notified us that due to the
National convention in July grievance time limits are automatically waived.
Beginning May 1, 2008 the Thrift Savings Plan will
limit the number of transactions you can make to your account to two
transactions per month. This change was done as a result of more than 3700
participants making daily changes to where their money was invested and this was
driving up maintenance costs to all the other TSP participants.
The branches food drive will be the first full week
in June. June 2nd thru June 7, 2008.
The letter Carriers in Avon NY have requested to
merge with Branch 210. A discussion regarding the merger will take place at the
June meeting.
This years Darien Lake picnic will be held on July
6, 2008. Prices are $13.00 per member, Spouse and dependant child. All others
are considered guests and are $26.00. Guests are adult children, parents,
grand-parents, Grand-Children, cousins, neighbors, friends, strangers on the
street and anyone else you can think of.
The Branch welcomes Carrie Walker as a new steward
in Lexington 14613.
The Branch welcomes Joe Pecorella as a new steward
in Ridgemont 14626.
The Branch welcomes Bob Wheeler as a new steward in
Downtown 14607.
The next Union meeting is scheduled for Wednesday
June 4, 2008 at 7:00pm and will be held at the Wishing Well which is located on
Chili Ave in Gates.
And finally I would like to invite
more members to Union meetings to learn what is happening with your Union.
