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     BRANCH 193
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Laurie Duarte ...................... President
Bill Cunningham...........Vice President
Ernie Arranaga...... 2nd Vice President


Pat Mulligan .......Recording Secretary
Sharon Epp ..........Financial Secretary

Laurie Lykim Halfacre......... Treasurer
Guillermo Martinez ..........Sgt at Arms
Guillermo Martinez-Legislative Liaison
Kelvin Kamachi .......................Trustee
Vince Ramirez............. ...........Trustee
Jim Miller ................................Trustee
Joe Rosa .................................Trustee
Lin Zhou ..................................Trustee
Jackie Lanto .................HBP/MBA Rep
Steve Munyon ...........................Editor

 



 

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Almaden Valley -- Pam West
Bayside  ------------- Bob Foster
                            
R. Ernie Arrañaga
Berryessa------------ Henry Semillano
                            Lorie Nikitin
Blossom Hill --------Steve Miller
                             Tom Cerna
Cambrian Park --- David Martinez
                             Ray Gauthier    
Campbell ----------- 
Rosie La’auli  
                         
Station D -----------  Al Lopez
Foothill  ------------   Art Parrilla
Gilroy  ----------------  Joleen Masten
Hillview -------------  Manny Aguilar
                             Victor Barrientos
Los Gatos ----------   Kevin Janton
Los Gatos Dell ----  Ian Davies
Milpitas --------------  Joel Baclig
Morgan Hill --------  Angel Montelongo
Parkmoor ------------David Judd
                            
Sean McArthur
Robertsville  -------- Mike Cisneros & 
                              Theresa Hernandez
St. James Park ---- Chris North
                            Maria Marquez               Saratoga --------------Robert Vanderpool
Seven Trees -------   Jason Davalos
                             
Ronnie Hodges
Westgate ------------- Tommy Rivera
                              JoAnn Francisco
Willow Glen -------- Jack Dusthimer
                              Bob Krauth
Collection Officer Vera Martinez-Krauth

 

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Dear Letter Carriers,

As the Senate reconvenes in Washington today, the NALC is closely monitoring expected Senate action for this and the coming weeks. With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announcing late last week that he would be delaying a floor vote for the controversial anti-piracy bills pending before Congress, the Senate schedule now has unexpected floor time that will need to be filled. All indications are that the leadership plans on moving S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011, as early as next week. S. 1789, in its current form, is unacceptable to the NALC and to many stakeholders and customers throughout the country.

The bill as reported out of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs fell short of achieving the many needed reforms to ensure a vibrant Postal Service for the future.

The legislation:

  • Allows for five-day delivery in two years' time if the Postal Service is not turning a profit, but fails to give the Postal Service any flexibility to achieve that profit.
  • Phases out door-to-door delivery in favor of curbside and centralized delivery.
  • Fails to recoup the $55 billion to $75 billion in CSRS pension surplus funds.
  • Does not go far enough in restructuring the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund.
  • Includes an anti-labor provision that would direct arbitrators to take into special consideration the financial condition of the Postal Service before rendering a decision.
  • Unfairly attacks injured postal workers by removing them from the OWCP rolls and forcing them into retirement without implementing a formula that would make these people whole. The reduction in compensation would be severe.

Please call Sen. Bob Casey at (202) 224-6324 and ask him to oppose S. 1789 in its current form. The legislation is deeply flawed and needs significant changes before the Senate should consider passage of this bill.

Changes to the bill should include provisions from S. 1853, The Postal Service Protection Act of 2011. This bill takes the necessary steps by addressing the issues laid out above to strengthen the Postal Service while maintaining the excellent level of service Americans have come to expect, preserving middle-class jobs and creating new opportunities for the Postal Service moving forward.

Again, please call Sen. Casey as soon as possible and urge him to delay action on S. 1789 as drafted. We expect the Senate to pass legislation that protects senior citizens, rural communities, small businesses and others and we hope to be at the table as those discussions are held.

Thank you in advance for your urgent action.

In Solidarity,

Fredric V. Rolando, President
National Association of Letter Carriers

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A Message from Danny Laffan, Br. 193 Retiree

 

Our new year has started with news of slower mail service and facilities closures which in turn will lead to the loss of jobs for postal workers.  Not exactly a great way to start the New Year.  It is hard for me understand why postal management has chosen this course of action.  They seem to be conceding defeat in the struggle to regain funds they somehow overpaid to government agencies.  The audits have been done. There is no doubt we overpaid and their response is to cut service and shutter buildings rather than fighting to preserve the best mail delivery service in the world.  We deserve better.  Postal workers have worked hard to keep this organization at its’ best.  Productivity has increased significantly.  Letter carriers are doing and will continue to do whatever we can to save this organization.  I have confidence in our national leadership.  They will continue to work hard to preserve this organization that provides employment for our members.  I wish I could say the same about the leaders of Postal Service.

 

Locally, President Laurie Duarte will continue to lead a team of dedicated branch officers and stewards. Laurie along with Recording Secretary Patrick Mulligan, Treasurer Laurie Halfacre and Financial Secretary Sharon Epp were re-elected by acclamation and will return to their positions. Amparo “Vera” Krauth will take over the Health Benefit Rep position.  All other offices were contested and results are due next week.  It will be a very busy year for our officers and stewards.  They need our support.  Make a commitment to be available when called upon.  Phone banking, attending rallies, precinct walking, and helping with community projects will provide plenty of opportunities.  Jump in and help out.  The job you save may be your own!!!

Happy New Year to all!

                                                                            Danny Laffan, Branch 193   

 

 

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Dear Letter Carriers,

Five weeks ago, I asked all members of this union to collect signatures in support of protecting the future of the United States Postal Service, and you delivered. From every corner of this country, from big cities and small towns, active and retired letter carriers alike gathered hundreds of thousands of signatures.

At last count, you and your brothers and sisters had collected more than 800,000 signatures in support of saving Saturday mail delivery service. Your work paid off, as the collective voice of these 800,000 Americans was not ignored.

Congratulations! Now, let’s keep going!

On Monday, the “super committee” on deficit reduction announced that it had reached an impasse and would not be issuing a recommendation to Congress on how to reduce the nation’s deficit by $1.2 trillion. But before that announcement, as the members of the committee worked to salvage a deal, the NALC learned that reducing mail delivery from six days to five was off the table. The good news is that our message got through to the 12 members of the super committee. The bad news is that, while we have we won this battle, the war is far from over. There are still hundreds of other members of Congress who need to hear that the American people do not support the elimination of a day of delivery, because there are two major bills pending before Congress which call for eliminating Saturday service.

Both bills, H.R. 2309 and S. 1789, have been approved by their respective committees and are now awaiting floor action. To ensure that Congress does not adopt drastic measures that would lead to the radical downsizing of the Postal Service, we need to continue to gather signatures from the American public. Let’s keep going—with a goal to get 1 million signatures by the end of the year.

Thank you for your continued efforts to educate customers about the impact eliminating a day of delivery and ending door-to-door delivery would have on their communities. It is because of your hard work that we can claim two victories: The super committee dropped the five-day delivery proposal, and H.R. 2309 has not yet been scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives.

Let’s ring in 2012 with 1 million petition signatures and the full support of the American people behind us as we fight for the future of the USPS.

I wish you and yours a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.

In Solidarity,

Fredric V. Rolando, President
National Association of Letter Carriers

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http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QvvVqjSsVVNfo00idWoo2p95uMLvycrTDear Letter Carriers,
 

I know that you and your fellow members are extremely busy with the task of collecting petitions to save Saturday delivery in advance of the Nov. 14 deadline to get them to NALC Headquarters. We need you to keep working on this important task.
 

But as I said at the rap session in Las Vegas, we are facing multiple legislative threats at present. We need to walk and chew gum at the same time because Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and his right-wing allies in the House of Representatives are advancing H.R. 2309, a bill that would dismantle the Postal Service and gut our labor contract and our collective-bargaining rights. It is imperative that we engage and educate the American public about the need to defeat H.R. 2309 and Save America’s Postal Service.
 

On Oct. 13, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved H.R. 2309, which would eliminate Saturday mail delivery at a cost of 80,000 full- and part-time jobs, undermining the needs of millions of American businesses and residents that rely on six-day delivery. It would mandate the closing of thousands of post offices and end mail delivery to the doors of 90 percent of American households and businesses that now receive it. And it would create new layers of bureaucratic oversight with the authority to rip up and rewrite the collective-bargaining agreements of the nation’s postal employees.
 

H.R. 2309 is not a bill to save the Postal Service; it’s a bill to destroy it. Congressman Issa intends to bring this legislation to a floor vote as early as mid-November.
 

To prevent this devastating bill from ever becoming law, letter carriers across the country need to convince their family members, friends and neighbors to weigh in with members of Congress against H.R. 2309. We need to generate public opposition to this bill, not just union opposition. Indeed, we need you to target four key groups of potential allies in your communities – businesses, senior citizens' groups, veterans' organizations and faith leaders – and ask them to call their representatives and tell them why H.R. 2309 is a bad bill. Communities across America would be devastated by this bill and members of Congress need to hear this message from their constituents.
 

Below are links to information (flier, talking points, local press release) to help you rally members of your branch to call key allies and constituency groups, as well as their member of Congress, and urge representatives to vote "no" on H.R. 2309.
 

On Sunday, Nov. 6, you will receive a phone call at 7:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. PST) inviting you to join a teleconference that I will be hosting for tens of thousands of letter carriers across the country. Please accept this phone call at your home and stay on the line. I will use this opportunity to discuss the battles we are fighting to Save America’s Postal Service, and the specific actions needed to defeat H.R. 2309.
 

Thank you for what you are doing to protect our jobs and for doing what’s best for America.
 

In Solidarity,
 

Fredric V. Rolando, President
National Association of Letter Carriers
 

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Dear Letter Carriers,

November 2011 Postal RecordThis is the November 2011 edition of the "President's Preview," a quick look at the upcoming edition of The Postal Record that's in the mail now. This e-mail message is part of our ongoing effort to ensure that your union stays in touch with every e-Activist at least once a month.

In the November magazine, you'll find my President's Message, titled, "Rap session focus: Saving America's Postal Service"

The battle for the future of the Postal Service came into sharp focus last month. On Oct. 13, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee marked up and passed by a narrow margin a bill sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) that would radically downsize the Postal Service by mandating a massive round of post office closings and eliminating Saturday delivery, direct the USPS to lay off senior postal employees, cut our health benefits and gut our collective-bargaining rights. The Issa bill (H.R. 2309) is to the Postal Service what the Paul Ryan budget is to Medicare: It would destroy the agency.

On Oct. 16, at the National Rap Session in Las Vegas, the leaders of the NALC gathered to offer a quite different vision for the future, one that will preserve universal service and six-day delivery by finding new ways to use our unmatchable retail, processing and delivery networks to serve our country.
 

Thank you for signing up to be a member of the NALC e-Activist Network. Please make sure your brother and sister members are e-Activists, too, to stay informed with valuable, timely messages and alerts about issues important to letter carriers and the U.S. Postal Service. If you know members who are not e-Activists, please forward this e-mail to them and ask them to go to nalc.org to sign up today.

In Solidarity,

Fredric V. Rolando, President
National Association of Letter Carriers

 

 

 

 

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Dear Letter Carriers,

The Obama administration has devised a new way for people to make their voices heard.

Through the “We the People” petitions, the White House is asking citizens for their input on important policy decisions. The White House will respond to all petitions that receive 5,000 signatures or more in the 30 days after each petition is created.

Two weeks ago, President Obama submitted a proposal to Congress that would allow the Postal Service to reduce mail delivery to five days a week. Then, five days ago, a “We the People” petition was created that seeks the preservation of six-day mail delivery service, citing the vital role Saturday delivery plays in the economic future of the USPS.

The six-day delivery petition has more than 1,700 signatures on it, so far. With your help, we can send a message to the White House about how important Saturday mail delivery is to the American people, and we can put on the petition many more than the 3,300 signatures needed between now and October 29.

Please click this link, sign up, and sign your name on the petition to preserve Saturday delivery.

In Solidarity,
Fredric V. Rolando, President
National Association of Letter Carriers
 

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Sept. Postal Record, Branch Items

 

San Jose, CA

 

Summer is winding down and that magical day when children return to school will arrive soon.  Neighborhoods will once again be peaceful and quiet as the children fill the classrooms.  Fewer dogs will be escaping back yards, toys scattered across driveways will be back in the yard and calm will descend upon our routes.  Enjoy while you can, the way things are changing we won’t get much of a rest.  Locally, we have experienced several major changes to our routes due to the implementation of the Flat Sequencing System.  Carriers are on the street longer and the pressure to return “on time” has increased.  The unilateral route adjustments that management put in place are creating problems for some carriers.  After decades of seeking carrier input to route adjustments, no input was sought.  The Carrier Optimal Routing (COR) program was used. Computers have a way of not dealing in the reality of the situation.  They just do what they are programmed to do.  This has led to many situations that don’t make a lot of sense.  Fortunately, the local parties are allowed to work together to attempt to fix some of these irregularities.  Our branch has reached an agreement to work jointly to correct the errors.  Carrier input will be sought and used whenever possible in designing remedies to the problems.  It will take some time to reach all the units so please remain patient.  

 

I realize that it has become increasingly more difficult to ignore all the barriers to safe and efficient delivery that have surfaced lately.  We have to rise above that and come to work with a good attitude, do the best we can and take pride in the work we do.  Returning home safe and sound to our families should be our primary goal everyday.

 

                                                                   Danny Laffan, Branch 193

 

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Greetings!!...from Life on the Other Side

Submitted by: Danny Laffan, Past President, Retiree

 

Many changes have occurred since I retired a year and a half ago.  Several of these changes have had a major impact on our job as a City Letter Carrier.  The National Reassessment Program followed directly by the Flat Sequencing System (FSS) implementation has led to the need to excess junior regular letter carriers to other crafts or installations.  Scores of letter carriers from Branch 193 have been adversely impact.  Every letter carrier has been impacted by the new work methods and unilateral route adjustments made by management after FSS arrived.  These issues are the latest in a series of challenges that President Laurie Duarte and the officers of Branch 193 will continue to face as the Postal Service adjusts its’ business model.  I am confident that with your support they will be able to address the issues and find successful strategies to lessen the negative impact recent changes have brought forward.

 

I believe that it is important to realize that adjusting to change is a constant in our lives.  Whether it is work, financial or family issues things are constantly changing and we need to make adjustments.  How we allow these changes to affect us is the key to being able to come to work with a good attitude and do our job in a professional manner.  When we let the changes aggravate us or react with defiance to the challenges change brings, we are letting the changes control us.  That behavior will only lead you to constant frustration. We must and will find ways to overcome the frustrations created by changes that seems to make no sense.  I am confident you will find ways to adjust to the new work methods.  I have witnessed letter carriers find the way to make things work for over forty years now.  My concern is the damage to the concept of taking pride in the work we do that some carriers are allowing to occur.  Our Union has always promoted the concept of a fair days’ work for a fair days’ pay.  Letter carriers have to understand that it is that simple.  Don’t worry about things you can not control or influence.  Do the best you can with the situation as it exist and take pride in the work you do.  Realize our job is to deliver the mail in a safe and efficient manner and go about your business doing just that.  Come to work with a good attitude and make returning to your family safe and sound your objective for the day.  Getting caught up in the frustration only prevents you from accomplishing that goal.  Don’t let that happen to you. You deserve better!  Support each other and find the way to make things as comfortable as possible.

 

 

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DELIVERING FOR AMERICA

 

 

We deliver everywhere in the United States, that’s 144,000,000 households & businesses every day, 6 days a week.

Regardless of distance, we deliver at the same low rate—among the lowest in the industrialized world.

We are career government employees who take pride in our work, in our nation and in the U.S. Postal Service.

We care about our customers and the communities we serve.

 

                                                                  

                                            

                                                                         

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The Anthony J. Cortese Post Office Building

 

 

Westgate Station was renamed in honor of our past Branch President
Tony Cortese on March 5, 2011 This was a momentous occasion.

Dedicating a Post Office after a Union Official
doesn’t happen very often and it shows how respected Tony was. A Thank You
goes to CSALC President, John Beaumont for making this happen.

 

PUBLIC LAW 111–276—OCT. 13, 2010 124 STAT. 2899
Public Law 111–276
111th Congress
An Act
 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4285
Payne Avenue in San Jose, California, as the ‘‘Anthony J. Cortese Post
Office Building’." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
 
SECTION 1. ANTHONY J. CORTESE POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 4285 Payne Avenue in San Jose, California, shall be known and
designated as the ‘‘Anthony J. Cortese Post Office Building’’.
 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility be referred to in
subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference,to the ‘‘Anthony J. Cortese
Post Office Building’’.
 
Approved October 13, 2010
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4543:
 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
 
Apr. 26, considered and passed House.
 
Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate.

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                           What does the NEW Health Care Law mean for

                     Letter Carriers and their families this year?

The comprehensive health care legislation signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, will be phased in over the next few years, which will allow the state governments to set up health exchanges similar to the FEHBP program that will let workers and small businesses choose among competing private insurance plans as well as one or two non-profit health plans. It will eventually help reduce postal employee health premiums, which are inflated by the need to pay for car given to the uninsured, by requiring many employers and all individual Americans to purchase health insurance if their employers don’t provide coverage. But many of the most important progressive reforms will take effect this year.  These include: 

  • This year, this bill starts to close the Medicare Part D "donut hole" by providing a $250 rebate to Medicare beneficiaries who hit the gap in prescription drug coverage. And beginning in 2011, the bill institutes a 50 percent discount on prescription drugs in the "donut hole."

  • This year, children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied health insurance coverage. Once the new health insurance exchanges begin in the coming years, pre-existing condition discrimination will become a thing of the past for everyone.

  • This year, health care plans will allow young people to remain on their parents' insurance policy up until their 26th birthday.

  • This year, insurance companies will be banned from dropping people from coverage when they get sick, and they will be banned from implementing lifetime caps on coverage.

  • This year, restrictive annual limits on coverage will be banned for certain plans. Under health insurance reform, Americans will be ensured access to the care they need.

  • This year, adults who are uninsured because of pre-existing conditions will have access to affordable insurance through a temporary subsidized high-risk pool.

  • This year, this bill creates a new, independent appeals process that ensures consumers in new private plans have access to an effective process to appeal decisions made by their insurer.

  • This year, discrimination based on salary will be outlawed. New group health plans will be prohibited from establishing any eligibility rules for health care coverage that discriminate in favor of higher-wage employees.

  • This year, small businesses that choose to offer coverage will begin to receive tax credits of up to 35 percent of premiums to help make employee coverage more affordable.

  • This year, new private plans will be required to provide free preventive care: no co-payments and no deductibles for preventive services. And beginning January 1, 2011, Medicare will do the same.

  • This year, this bill will provide help for early retirees by creating a temporary re-insurance program to help offset the costs of expensive premiums for employers and retirees age 55-64.

  • In the next fiscal year, the bill increases funding for community health centers, so they can treat nearly double the number of patients over the next five years.

  • Starting January 1, 2011, insurers in the individual and small group market will be required to spend 80 percent of their premium dollars on medical services. Insurers in the large group market will be required to spend 85 percent of their premium dollars on medical services. Any insurers who don't meet those thresholds will be required to provide rebates to their policyholders.

  • Starting in 2011, this bill helps states require insurance companies to submit justification for requested premium increases. Any company with excessive or unjustified premium increases may not be able to participate in the new health insurance exchanges.

The legislation signed by the president was the bill passed by the Senate, which contained many serious flaws, including an onerous excise tax on high-cost plans that could adversely affect FEHBP plans in the future. However, the House passed on March 21 and the Senate is now debating a package of improvements to the Senate bill that will dramatically strengthen the new health care law.  The so-called “fix-it” bill is being handled though the commonly used reconciliation process (that was used for welfare reform and the Bush tax cuts) and will not be subject to a filibuster in the Senate.  An up or down, majority rules vote is expected soon.

 

 

                                                                       

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