KENTUCKY BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POSTMASTERS
Updated: 2/8/2010
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Dear Leaguer, Postmaster, Retired Postmaster, and Auxiliary members,
This is an urgent message. The members of the National League of Postmasters Board have taken Postmaster issues to Congress and followed through with aggressive notice to PMG Potter and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (go to www.postmasters.org) Last week Postmasters from all over the country met with your representatives in Washington DC, to hold face to face conversations. Our Representatives were shocked to hear that there are 2700 Post Offices (maybe more now) that have no Postmaster in that office; and just how close we are to failing to sustain service in many communities.
The Issues: The abusive Treatment of Postmasters and the inefficient and ineffective Post Office management practices of upper level USPS managers.
What are we asking for? For Congress to exercise its oversight authority and step in to fix the issues. We are asking for as many remedies as Congress has the power to enforce. Whether that is investigations into abuse, fostering a hostile work environment or specific legislation to protect Postmaster whistle blowers and/or getting the Administration involved.
This is where we need every one of you to act. It’s simple and we have made it easy: We need everyone to join in this grassroots letter writing campaign, and right away.
Please go to www.postmasters.org and read the letter to PMG Potter, the Action Alert for whom exactly to contact, and the League White Paper. We need every Auxiliary member to also write about how these abuses affect their families and spouse’s health, both physical and mental. We need Retirees to write about how these conditions have deteriorated the communities they served when they were Postmasters, economically and service wise. While not all of us are experiencing an abusive work environment, we are all aware of someone who is, and we are all definitely dealing with staffing shortages and an increasingly over-burdened work load.
Customize the below letter to fill in details specific to your hometown. Then send it to the parties listed on the Action Alert. Contact your District Representative and Senators with the same. Include the League Legislative White paper in your correspondence and conversations. Call, email, fax, then mail your hard copy letters. Every Legislative representative we met with in DC said the same thing; floods of phone calls, email, faxes and letters get the Congress person’s attention. And this year is re-election time. Believe me folks; they want to respond to their constituents. If you need a list of your Congressmen you can go directly to www.house.gov and www.senate.gov.
Last year we made our trek to the hill to lobby for HR-22 for justified financial relief for the Postal Service. It was the right thing to do, and were successful. Now we are acting responsibly, with our urgent request for support and oversight, in the protection of Postmasters, who keep the Postal Service alive and serve the American public. Please, send your letter right away.
We can make a difference,
Dee Johnson
Legislative Committee
National League of Postmasters
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