2 Letter Carrier

N.A.L.C. Branch 210

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

UNION MEETING

HAPPENINGS

NOVEMBER 2011

50/50 WINNER FOR NOVEMBER WAS

MICHELLE GASSER!

FOR $151.00

MICHELLE IS A TE LETTER CARRIER FROM ROCHESTER.

CONGRATULATIONS MICHELLE!

The meeting was called to order by President Kenny Montgomery at 7:00pm. A motion to dispense with the reading of the previous meeting minutes was made and passed without dissent.

Norm LeFrois discussed the upcoming open season November 14, 2011 - December 12, 2011. This would be the time to change your health plan should you need to. Norm stated he will hold 2 open houses to discuss your insurance needs. One will be from 11am - 2pm on November 20, 2011 at the NALC union office on Brighton Henrietta town line road. the other will be held on december 4, 2011 from 11am - 2 pm at the union office. Norm discussed the new maturity income interest rate being 4.5%. If you have internet access and you have questions about health insurance go to www.OPM.gov/insure .

Walt Simoni gave the AFL-CIO report and discussed the upcoming election day and the importance of voting.

Now would be a good time to sign up for COLCPE at $5 per pay period. the battle for our jobs is not over and we need your help to win and keep our jobs safe for the future.

Cola for retirees is currently 3.6% for CSRS retirees 2.6% for FERS retirees and 3.6% for social Security.

Political Director Kevin Montgomery discussed a new bill in congress HR 2309. This bill would destroy the Postal Service and we need every carrier to contact their member of congress and ask that they vote NO on HR 2309. the NALC supports the language in HR 1351 and that bill would save the Postal Service and help maintain your jobs.

President Kenny Montgomery stated we are still looking for a new building to house our union hall. We are interested in a building large enough to hold union meetings and steward training in as well. Any ideas or tips contact the union office at 427-2450.

FSS reviews are now being conducted. When the team comes to your unit give an honest estimate of what you think your street time is and the process will be fair.

The MDA bowl-a-thon was held Sunday November 6, 2011 at Clover Lanes, we did not have a very good turn out this year so if anyone has any suggestions on next year let us know.

We are working on the excessing situations in the AO's. It appears at this point there will only be a few carriers excessed form the AO's.

We will be conducting the MDA raffle again in December. for a $5 ticket see any steward.

The branch was assisting National in a petition drive to help save Saturday delivery. We were able to collect over 3000 signatures however it fell short of the 9000 that Nationally we were looking to get for our branch.

Director of City Delivery Lew Drass sent out a book to every member with valuable information on route adjustments and filling our 3996 and 1571. please take the time to read the book as it is very useful and easy to understand. We ask you to please read at a minimum pages 1-8 which completely explains the 3996 process.

As per the by-laws of branch 210 there will be steward elections in all offices in the month of January 2012. If you would like to run for steward in your office please contact the union hall by January 4 and we will conduct a mail election.

The Doherty Scholarship deadline is December 31, 2011. If you have a graduating senior and would like to have them considered for the union scholarship fill out the application and ask a local officer to sign it and send it to national by December 31, 2011. The applications can be found in the Postal Record.

There is a new FMLA mailing address. If you are applying for FMLA you should send all information to HRSSC - FMLA Eastern, Po BOX 970905, Greensboro, NC 27497-0905. do not give it to your supervisor he or she is not a doctor and does not have the right to your medical information.

The next Union meeting is a general membership meeting and is open to all members of the branch. It is scheduled for Wednesday December 7, 2011 at 7:00pm and will be held at the IBEW union hall located at 2300 East River Road, Rochester NY 14623.

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