37 thoughts on “More Postal Districts Implement Phase Two of NRP”

1. Read this

   http://www.uspsoig.gov/foia_files/HM-OT-06-001.pdf

2. I work in Boston and we had a meeting last night with the union {APWU} and they can not help us. We are in phase 2 and should be having our interviews by the end of Aug 1st week of Sept. Then 2 weeks later yet another interview and we will have NO job offer {per the APWU}. We will be escorted to our locker to clean it out then escorted out of the building. Like a criminal. I thought about this and I figure after this happens and they make it through the 9 clerks on my Tour {1}, that when the next person gets hurt some bully mgr or sup. will say “are you sure you want to fill out that ca-1 or ca-2, remember what happened to barbara and the rest of them”. I have a real injury and I work through the pain every nite and I feel bad for the person that is going to get bullied {and let me tell you there are some ties out there that will use those words} and lets hope this person is not you. Also what ever happened to Veterans preference, i thought they might make it through this mess but our union says there was never veterans pref. I wish everyone the best and it sounds like some places are at least finding work, sorry about the seniority, but that money is better than what you would get on comp. I just want to work. Good Luck All

3. I have been injured and believe you me its no
   picnic when it comes to getting help from
   the labor dept. These people will delay , delay
   and delay your needs till eventually you are in
   such bad shape you have no choice but to retire
   and get a lousy 18,000 a year which believe you
   me doesnt compare to what you were earning before
   you were hurt. Instead of putting down each other we need to support and fight a system that
   has been hurting each and every one of us daily.
   Again quit putting each other down. If you are
   hurt contact a lawyer immediately or the system wil push you over the edge; If you need
   help any of you on this website feel free to
   contact me and lets help each other not fight
   each other thats what they want.
   GOD BLESS IN SOLIDARITY >> Kathy Candell
   And Yes I dont have a problem putting my name
   out here.

4. The weed’s are getting pulled.

5. latina time, sounds like a lonely time!! Is everyone sick of hearing from you? I hope you get a serious injury that requires extensive surgery,and the healing process which seems impossible to endure!I am a 23 year letter carrier who has been there,you would not stand a chance in the station i work in with your total ignorance!
   Blue eyed American ( jealous )???

6. You know, most of you sound like many of the employees who I work with.

   You are so envious!!!! You can have two employees, one is sitting doing absolutely nothing. He is sittng there twittling his fingers. The second employee is also sitting there doing absolutely nothing. The first employee becomes upset with the second employee because by twittling his fingers, he feels that the the second employee is doing less than what he is doing.

   They both are doing absolutely nothing but one is complaining about the other.

   That is what you all sound like. There is a reason that there are injury regulations in place, whether you like it or not.

   It is easy to belittle those who you feel are taking advantage, but when it is your turn, then you well sing a different tune, won’t you?

   If you had any idea of how the system works, then you would understand just how difficult it is to get approved Workers’ Comp, so when you see someone who has appoved Workers’ Comp, it can be assumed…or should be…that the employee has a legitimate injury.

   Some of you still wouldn’t believe an employee was injured even if he walked in the door with his arm dangling by nothing but a tendon. You would still swear that he was faking.

   What a bunch of morons!!!!

7. Wow its a sad sight to see everyone just putting each other down for being injured and cant run around a machine anymore. God help all of you when it happens to you,and believe me it will eventually.

8. 1BUC,,,THE LETTERS ARE GOING OUT IN 2 WEEKS IN OUR AREA!!!!!! THEY ARE BEGINNING WITH THE SLUGS SITTING AT HOME, THEN, THEY WILL GET THE SLUGS SITTING AT WORK DOING NOTHING..OH MAN,,THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME!! IT WILL FREE UP JOBS, AND LOTS OF MONEY TO PUT US OVER THE TOP!! SO LONG TO ALL SLUGS…..YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED (DON’T BREAK MY EGGS OR SQUASH NY BREAD, KAREN AND KABONG!!)…ONE DOLLAR IF YOU CARRY MY GROCERIES TO MY CAR!!! SEE, I AM TRYING TO HELP THOSE WILL MUCH LESS FORTUNATE THAN I..THEN AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ON PLANET EARTH!! WHAT CAN I SAY..I GOT IT, SO I FLAUNT IT….

9. HEY KAREN, DREAM ON, IT WON’T HAPPEN TO ME,I AM IN PERFECT SHAPE, BEAUTIFUL, AND INTELLIGENT! I HAVE ALL THE ADVANTAGES!!!. YOU SEEM TO BE QUITE BITTER…I IMAGINE YOU ARE AMONG THOSE WILL BE BE BAGGING MY GROCERIES AT WALMART? TELL YA WHAT, I WILL LET YOU DO MY LAUNDRY, AND CLEAN MY HOME..A GREAT DEAL, AND IT WILL HELP YOU TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR INCOME (YOU WILL NEED THE HELP!)…ANYWAY, I AM DOING MY HAIR NOW, I WOULD THRASH YOU MORE, BUT I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO….TA!!!

10. You fakers better get off your lazy a$$e$, and get “healthy” real fast! You are all, nothing more than parasites, like a boil on the a$$ of the postal service. You should be ashamed!

11. To those manager’s who are reading this site, I know that you are being micromanaged, but it is about time that you did something to justify the bonuses that you received from the backs and skills of clerks and carriers. If not for them you would still be asking for 2hours on the street, because you spent too much time kissing a$$ when you should have been casing. “Those who can’t, manage”.

12. For IOD carrier to clerk, yes there was a class action suit brought against the Postal Service. It was the Glover/Albright suit which stated that IOD individuals were not allowed to bid or request upward mobility to positions that were within their restrictions, apparently management has enough useless people at the top, no need to hire IOD’s that will make them look bad. As for the “pendeja” latina time, you better check yourself, we know who you are sleeping with, and I dont think your husband will like it when we tell him, keep your mouth and legs shut, cause your making it stink.

13. #17
    So far I have lost my seniority 3 times due to an injury as a carrier. As an injured carrier I was forced into the clerk craft and had to began a new seniority date. And every time mgt.OWCP or HQ decides to reassign my permanent positions I began a new seniority date. Totally unfair and wrong but I have not been very succeful as of yet to get anyone to care enough to do something about it. I believe it will take a politicians family member or a good lawyers son or daughter to be effected by such an action before a class action as in the Glover Award takes place. Yet OWCP tells me that is the PO breaking the law but no one will address it. Patiently waiting for my civil court date.

14. ItsLatinaTime—my advice to you is go back to mexico or whereever your hispanic butt came from. You are taking americans job. As for getting off the injured butts–we are not lazy, we are hurting wherever it may be. It might be someones shoulder for carrying too much mail, or a clerk for lifting sacks or 50 lbs of mail one right after another. Just wait..it will be your turn one day but with the PO screwing all the injured YOU better just keep working and not say a word because with what they are doing, it is going to screw ALL THE INJURED NOW AND FOREVER. You may not be able to lift a pencil when u clock out but u will be working in severe pain. I hope it happens to you!!!!!!!!!!!

15. I to am an injured on duty employee. This site is not doing what it calls attention for you to look it up on the postal reporter for. I think that it should be abolished like so many postal jobs are now. If you have helpful information that would be great, otherwise why don’t all you complainers join management.

16. We’re hurting and popping pain pills while on a Limited Duty job – more so than the Bid job folks. But they still label us as worthless. THe Bid job folks in my Primary Unit sit and talk all night while the LD people work hard. Plus – Productivity is poor while bid folks case SCF mail. I agree that some IOD people are worthless, but there are some of us in Primary/SCF that really work hard to prove ourselves. The APWU is doing nothing in the Cincinnati Local to help us. Especially the two faced Vice President!!! They just consider us a headache!!!

17. NRP was referred to as National REDUCTION Process by the safety people in our district. Nowhere is there a re-assessment. The hateful mongers on this site will of course keep spilling their venom until it happens to them-then lets see how they cry………..perhaps they will fall on some customer’s slippery steps this winter or maybe something will fall on them, injuring their foot and prevent them from walking, or a car accident……someday, SOMETHING will happen to them-just wait and see……

18. If you ever get injured you will then realize what injured employees go through. Until then keep the insults coming. It only means more pain for you in the end

19. Allow Injured on Duty employees to sue for pain and suffering – as all other individuals can do when injured on private property -and you won’t have as many I.O.D.s hanging around in limited duty positions.
    FECA laws were enacted to assist injured employees in a timely manner, in lieu of costly time consumming lawsuits vs.USPS.
    The trade off was C.O.P – for pain and suffering.
    In my case I broke my neck due to negligence of USPS. 12 operations later I perform more work than 90% of the carriers and clerks in my office -albeit with lifting restrictions.
    If I was injured in a fall in some food store and suffered the same injury -and needed 12 operations – how much would I be entitled to for pain and suffering ? I certainly wouldn’t need to work anymore.
    National Reassessment Process (NRP) kicks injured employees out of the USPS. Let those employees have a settlement of their claims in the same $ range as Civil lawsuit “pain and Suffering” range.

20. its a sorry sight to see so many “fellow” workers trash another employee just because he or she is injured. let management do its own work, dont join in and do it for them. stand together or fall apart.

21. I’m curious if there are any current ‘class action’ law suits against the PO, for taking away our seniority, when they transfered “us” Letter Carriers, to Sales Associates??

    Now after a year of being assigned to “backup window clerk”, I along with others… are currently required to Bid on open positions. NEGATIVE FACTORS: 1.)We have zip, zero, nada… seniority to successfully bid. 2.) Bid positions sometimes have physical requirements outside of our medical restrictions.

    It’s all a lose/lose situation inwhich neither the NALC nor the APWU, cannot or choose not to, fight.

    Those whom cannot bid successfully,(no time frame limits known yet) I have heard from a station mgr. that the PO will give you ONE year of pay and then send you to voc rehab schooling outside the post office to be trained for outside work.
    But with those of us who have approx 6 more years until we can retire ( lacking minimum age and/or minimum 30 work years) …WHO on the outside work force, is seriously going to hire a 53 year old person with any form of work restrictions??

    And as to those who think so ill of IOD’s… You are all so full of yourself. Remember this: Intelligent decisions are not based up assumptions.

    Two years prior to my injury, I put in request to have PO equipment removed off my route due to safety reason. Well that was a waste.. I ended up getting a tear in my left shoulder…due to the unsafe situation and here I am today after 24 years of service, I now have one year senority as a “clerk”.

    The Postal gods behind their big desk and their big paychecks, may as well just dig my grave now. Seriously, with all the years of honest loyal work, I’m getting “F..ked” by the Post Office.. and I didn’t even get kissed!

    I have lost all respect for the Post Office.

    As for the NALC Branch 70, all I can say is ‘Go Allen Arm’! I know you’d make a Fair & Honest President which 70 is has been lacking these past years.

22. i agree with #5 i put in for dis/retire and they said no. so i would like to know what is the reassessment process doing about that i am iod

23. what bull,the po has programs for hiring hearing impaired ,5-10 point vets, and so on.the po says employees are their most valuable asset,liars.the po is corrupt ,voe is just lip service also.. is the po reps gonna circle of the us and chase down every new prrson who ends up in rehab? idon”t think so….discrimatory as hell

24. I’ve just started reading this website after being referred by a co-worker. Being an Occupational Illness employee with 14 years of service, I began to read the blogs about the Reassessment Process.

    I’m sure that the “healthy” workers don’t like “carrying the load” of the injured, but perhaps had they been carrying that load to begin with, their co-worker might not have been injured in the first place.

    Sorry for going off on that tangent. My point is that this blog was supposed to address the Reassessment Process, but instead it became an onslaught of attacks against IODs…all of whom, according to the bloggers, are faking, goldbricks who need to be fired.

    I have bi-lateral Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, had two unsuccessful surgeries, and I would gladly change places with any of the mouthy jerks who think I’m faking. Let them take 15 minutes to type a simple email, or brush your teeth. Or any of the hundreds of things you do without even thinking about it.

    I know I’m hurt, I want to know how to prevent the Postal Service from throwing me out into the street. No other company will hire me with my limitations, or pay me a decent salary. I was just looking for answers, not more abuse. That’s management’s job, not fellow employees.

25. Keep up the good work on weeding out these parasites from the postal service.

26. IOD injured on duty

27. potter sucks and the lawsuits are coming…..

28. What is an iod?

29. the day is here, iods,,,be prepared to walk the plank! we’ll see how many of them get healed all of a sudden….hmmmm! investigations? you bet!! we have been carrying your lazy slug butts for long enough…now,you’re someone else’s problem….good bye,,good riddance, and good luck..you’ll need it!

30. iod me..seriously injured,no more improvement..me retire soon.

31. It all boils down to who is on the PM’s favorite list. If its a scab, then PM’s will worry about losing all the favors the scabs are doing for him outside of their medical limitations. If their good looking, thats only gravy.

32. I can lift 562 lbs over my head….but still, nobody likes me! Before you go, will you get me an empty half-tray. I’m not supposed to be doing any heavy lifting.

33. Sounds like something’s stinky in your office IOD. Every IOD gets a file under phase one-management or union worker if they have any restrictions. If this isn’t happening in your office, then they are being selective and the union needs to investigate. Still some people get interview right away and offered the earliest jobs others wait for their letters and might not have any jobs offered except voc rehab outside the post office. This could be the case why these people aren’t on the interview list or if they haven’t reached their maximum medical improvement, they won’t get interview either because they aren’t considered at their maximum. People, read the information on reassessment before jumping to conclusions about coworkers. What you percieve or rumors aren’t always correct so get the facts before you speak.

34. It’s no wonder fellow employees complain about IOD’s. In our office we have a couple who wear “plunging neckline” tios or tight pants that show off their butts so the supervisor can keel over to their every demand, regardless of the fate of the other IOD’s. Of course these same employees with the cleavages complain how they work harder than anyone else while they sit at their work stations talking on their cellphones, doing nothing. They can’t pick up a single 1-ounce letter and sort it but they can carry their kids around in their arms. Amazing. And NRP won’t even affect them as they’re not even on the interview list thanks to their bodies. So much for NRP. Another waste of time.

35. Goldie: your brain is swollen….get a life and stop picking on the injured. Maybe someday it will be YOU that is injured. Perhaps you will have 20 years in and maybe then you will know how it feels. By the way, learn how to spell; It is ridiculous for you to think that management WANTS to help the injured. The contract spells out the procedure to follow for injured employees and they are obligated to find work for the injured carrier, whether it is in the carrier craft or not, or they can take disability retirement or be voc rehabbed outside the post office. Read the contract before you post your rhetoric. The contract and OWCP is there for the protection of the employee. I hope you are injured someday so you will know how it feels to be insulted and ridiculed by your fellow worker.

36. We have a couple of injured in our office. One of which sits and calls everyone to them to do this and get that , because his foot swells. I’m sorry, but this is rediculous. If you can’t do the job retire or get something you can do. And yes, if you hurt yourself on the job they should help you to either get better, retire , or get a job that you can do.Sorry if I offend, but things would not be this way if people were up and up. One bad apple spoils it for all.

37. More big payouts scheduled in San Diego thanks to the ELR F!@$ups they have on staff

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