Thomas
KINZER,#2Author of original report
Tue, July 10, 2007
On June 2, 2004 arbitrator Thomas F. Sharkey was the arbitrator at an arbitration hearing between the United States Postal Service and the National Postal Mailhandlers Union Local 308 Southeastern, PA 19399. One of the two issues being arbitrated involved the Postal Services illegel use of casuals (temporary) employees. Representing the Postal Service was Jack Hoffman representing the Mail Handlers Local 308 was their branch vice president Rick Vennera and their attorney Stabley M. Poplow. As aresult of this arbitration hearing arbitrator Thomas Sharkey issued his arbitration decision March 28, 2005 and ruled that the Ubited States Postal Service Southeastern Pennsykvania was in violation of the labor agreement in their use of casual employees in place of permanent employees. As part of arbitrator Sharkey's award management and the union officals of SEPA local 308 were to meet with in thirty days of the receipt of this award the award date being March 28, 2005 to determine the conditions of this award. All parties were to conclude these disussions with in sixty days and the arbitrator was to retain jurisdiction until all issues are resolved. It is now two years and nothing has yet to be resolved. Numbers verbal, E-mail and written request to the following persons listed below familiar with this situation either go unanswered or unsatisfactorily answered. 1. National Postal Mailhandlers Union National Office 2. Local 308 President Frank Phillips 3. Local 308 AVP Rick Vennera 4. Attorney Stanley Poplow 5. Union offical Bill Flynn Some of these excuses and answers being we will hear somethong in 45 days (the union has worn out this excuse) that arbitrator Sharkey has retired, that were waiting to hear from Jack Hoffman the advociate for the Postal Service and the beat and excuses go no and on All myself and other SEPA local 308 members want and are waiting for is an honest answer and resolution to this important matter. It's time the unethical actions of lying deception and giving out of misinformation of our union ceases involving this matter. If our uniom as totally failed us (as it looks like they have) and we are not getting a cash settlement as local 308 mail handlers did in Belmar, NJ, Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley did it's time our union admit their failure. SEPA NPMHU local 308 and all other interested parties it's now time for you to get involved and add comments and information ETC, to this post. Thomas Member SEPA NPMHU LOcal 308