The Flash Bulletin is put out by the Minneapolis Area Local
with updates and other information to keep the members informed.

Jerry Sirois, President

Vol. XXVI, No. 11 / June 27, 2005

NE Office:(612) 623-0677 / TCMH:(612) 370-4820

BMC Phone:(651) 454-4492 / MPO Desk:(612) 338-6225

The Big Lake Area Jaycees are sponsoring this event on behalf of Chad Judge! Chad drowned in Lake Mitchell on July 27, 2004 while fishing and was the son of Minneapolis P&DC CFS employee Sheila Judge. Chad’s love for school, sports and life will be remembered by this tournament. Proceeds will go toward scholarships to be given to Chad’s Classmates, the Big Lake Class of 2009.

The tournament will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2005. Entries will be limited to 30 boats with a limit of 2 people per boat. Entrance fee is $135 per boat. The tournament will start at 7:00 AM with a lunch and silent auction taking place between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM. There are many great prizes ranging from $1000 for first place, to $150 for the smallest fish.

On Thursday, June 16th management notified the Union that they anticipate there may be a need to realign staffing in Pay Locations 245 and 247 in the Minneapolis P&DC. After a brief discussion we agreed to meet again on Monday, June 20th. This meeting took place with both parties expressing concerns and preliminary numbers related to duty assignments. A scheduled meeting for Wednesday, June 22nd was inexplicably cancelled by management.

We fully understand that everyone with duty assignments in the subject pay locations have heard rumors and would like some concrete answers regarding their job status. Although it may be necessary for management to change preferred duty assignments, the Union prefers that all avenues be taken in order to either avoid these changes, and at the very least to minimize the impact.

We meet with management in order to receive documentation that they feel justifies staffing changes. We will independently review this data to ensure there is a legitimate need. If we determine management has a legitimate need and that they are truly engaged in the process to minimize the impact to all employees we will work with them to ensure all contractual rights are satisfied. If management leads us to believe they are charging ahead ambivalent to employee impact we will utilize all resources available to expose contractual violations and aggressively pursue the same. We will make every effort to keep everyone abreast of information on their job status as it becomes available to us……….

I’ve Just Been Summoned For Jury Duty! Now What?

This is a reminder to all APWU Members! If a member has been summoned for jury duty see your steward ASAP. Serving on jury duty can impact your postal service pay and schedule in various ways. The USPS is required to accommodate you and your work schedule so that you can fulfill the requirements you have been given. However, it is up to you to invoke these accommodations and we will assist you to make sure you are provided with all jury duty rights that are available to you! Failure to take advantage of this contractual right could cost you hundreds of dollars!

APWU MEMBER VALLEY FAIR TICKETS!

The Minneapolis Area Local, APWU continues to have Valley Fair Tickers for our Members.
Please call the Union Office at 612-623-0677 if you have misplaced your order form.

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