Pelican Parts Forums - Weird, even for USPS

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Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 8862268)

I went to school with a guy who has been a USPS employee for close to 30 years.
For at least 20 of those he has been on light duty, and draws two paychecks: one for partial disability (his back) and the other for working his job (4 or 5 hours a day).

Last year, he was driving his postal jeep and stopped at a stop light.
While waiting at the stop light he passed out COLD from the alcohol and illegal drugs in his system and FELL OUT of the jeep into the street.

Paramedics and cops showed up, he was in the hospital for 3 days to detox.

Guess what? The UNION did not allow the postal service to discipline him in any way because they didn't have prior written approval to investigate him, so they did not press charges, he got his part time job back, and GOT A RAISE AND FULL BACK PAY!!!!!!

Living in his shoes would be life-threatening.
There is no organization in this world that is more dysfunctional, more incompetent, and that has more lazy dead-beat low-lifes that hide behind their union to protect them from ANYTHING.

Do you know that if they want to drug test an employee they must submit a request in writing stating what time and date the test is to be done, and what specific drug they are looking for and why. That request must be approved in writing by the union and the employee.
If either says no and fights it, they can drag it out and put it off for over a year.

If a supervisor wants to OBSERVE a letter carrier on his route, it must be approved in writing by the union and employee beforehand, and the time and portion of route must be communicated.

"Hey, I'm going to watch your behavior when you deliver mail to these three houses. Is that OK with you?"

What a joke.

Unions are scum. It's that safety net for an uneducated work force. Mines a little different they'll just follow you on the route without prior notification. But it becomes blatantly obvious when you're being followed by a white Ford Focus with a postal plate... :rolleyes:

Once you make career, you're pretty much un-fire-able. There's a carrier locally that was arrested by the Postal Inspection for "delay of mail". 8 month trial, ended up being dropped for lack of evidence "they were guilty, but couldn't prove it". That person received their job back, and a $40k check for back pay.