Go Bucks!

Go Bucks!

OSUvs.

MichiganFootball PartyJoin us at the new Union Hall on

Saturday, November 30, 2019Time: 11:30 am

Where: 610 Lancaster Ave.Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

Cost: FREECome and watch the Buckeyes!

Food, beverages and lots of door prizes will be provided!

Go Bucks!

The APWU Union Hall Officewill be closed for theThanksgiving Holiday,

Thursday, November 28, 2019 and

Friday, November 29, 2019.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

It’s that time again. We have a new Plant Manager, James Shaf-fer. I thought Terry Morrow would last a little longer. I haven’t heard anything bad about the new guy. I have heard he’s easy to talk to.

Open Season for the Health Plan starts on November 11 and runs through December 9. Informa-tion will be posted on the APWU Bulletin Boards about the APWU Health Plan.

Treniece Thompson is our Health Plan Representative. The Health Fair at City Gate will be held on November 7th from 6 - 10am and from 3 -7:30pm. Stop by the APWU table if you have any questions. The Health Fair will be held at Twin Rivers on November 8th from 9am - 3pm. There will be brochures to

compare the plans. If you miss the Health Fair, we will have additional brochures in the Union Cubicles and at the Union Hall.

The Union recently had a call from one of the PSE’s about an an-nual leave request. This lady put in a request and did not receive an an-swer back. She contacted the Union two months later. I am reminded by Steward Angie Lyshe that not all PSE’s know the rules. This lady did not know Management has 48 hours to give your 3971 back approved or denied. If you have a question about any leave requests, ask for a steward or call the Union Hall.

We have purchased a projector system for the Union Hall. It should be installed by the OSU/Michigan game. Come watch the game, eat some good food, win a door prize and have a great time. There is not a charge to come to the game. Ev-erything is free.

I just returned from the All Craft Conference in Las Vegas. Our Lo-cal sent fifteen officers and stewards to the Conference. This conference has some of the best training avail-able to our stewards. These confer-ences are good for the stewards in that we hear what problems other

Locals are facing and how they deal with them. We all face the same problems from abusive supervisors to crossing crafts.

The upcoming Election in 2020 is not too far away to start planning. Get registered to vote if you are not. APWU members should vote for politicians that support us. There are many ways to participate. Start-ing with registering people to vote, mailing out information, door to door canvassing and phone banking.

The AFL-CIO is always looking for volunteers.

I’ll close with an invitation to come out to a Union Meeting. We are averaging about 20-25 mem-bers a meeting. We will be giving out additional gift cards for the November Monthly Meeting due to Thanksgiving. Hope to see you there.

In Solidarity,Jennifer Sigmon

Sunday, December 8, 20192:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

APWU Union Hall610 Lancaster Avenue

Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

Animals, Lunch, Snacks,

Presents & Santa Claus!!Please RSVP to Kim at the Union Office 614-501-1900 (7:00 AM – 3:30 PM Monday – Friday, or leave a message on the machine).

She will tell Santa how many of good girls & boys to expect… every child receives a present.

APWU ANNUAL CHiLdREN'S

Activities, Balloon

by Jennifer Sigmon

The President's Message . . .

Columbus ohio AreA loCAlServing ColumbuS and Central ohio

Volume #47, Issue #11 November, 2019

AreA Offices Union furnaceAmlin Brice circleville frazeysburg Grove city Johnstown Magnetic springs New Albany Pleasantville reynoldsburg stoutsville Unionville ctr.Alexandria canal Winchester coshocton fredericktown Harrisburg Kilbourne Marysville Newark Powell rockbridge sugar Grove Wash. ct. Hse.Baltimore canesville Delaware fresno Haydenville Lancaster Milledgeville Pataskala Prospect rushville summit station WestervilleBloomingburg carbon Hill Dublin Gambier Hilliard Logan Mt. Vernon Pickerington radnor sedalia thornville West JeffersonBremen carroll etna Groveport Jeffersonville London Murray city Plain city raymond south solon thurston West Lafayette

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EdItorIal PolIcy The Vindicator is published monthly and is the official publication of the Columbus AreA loCAl/APWu, 610 lancaster Ave., reynoldsburg, oH 43068, 614-501-1900. opinions expressed in the Vindicator are those of the individual workers and not necessarily those of the c.o.a.l. the editor reserves the right to approve material submitted for publica-tion. the deadline for all articles is the 16th or at our regular union meeting, whichever is first. If for any reason the editor is not present at month-ly meeting, the article is to be given to the presi-dent. articles are to be typed, double-spaced and in duplicate. article should not exceed approxi-mately 11/2 pages typed.

retirees corner

Kim Harrington-ferguson

Sadly, a few weeks ago we found out that we have lost our past President, William Mitchell. Bill was a wonder-ful leader of this Chapter. He was a dedicated Union man, supporting the Chapter, the Local and National. He will be sadly missed. Prayers to his family.

Fall is here, kind of. Waking up to a cool morning, only to be overdressed in the afternoon.

We have seen a nice increase in our membership in the Retirees Chapter. We have a good turn out at our monthly meetings. Next month our meeting is November 18, 2019. Anyone who was a member of the APWU and is retired can join the Retirees Chapter. By being a member of the Chapter, you can keep your APWU Health Insurance after retirement, you also get the opportunity to attend the functions of the Local.

On November 30, 2019 there is a big OSU/Michigan Party at the Union Hall 610 Lancaster Ave, Reynoldsburg. There will be lots of food, drinks and door prizes. The game starts at Noon. It is a free event. Hope to see you there.

Question from the floorI am a PSE. My bid is in Auto-

mation and I am senior to two other PSE’s why do I have to work outside of my unit and the junior employees stay to work in my unit, shouldn’t they be moved first since I am senior to them?ANSWER

As a PSE you do not hold a “bid” and as such you can be moved from one work area to another since you do not hold a “bid”. PSE seniority is im-portant only as it pertains to where on the “seniority list” you fall so that you can be converted to a full time regular employee. Once you are converted to a full time regular employee you then begin a new seniority date.Question from the floor

I am a PSE and I have been told by my Supervisor that I can only work 4 hours why a grievance can’t be filed I thought I was guaranteed 8 hours a day.

ANSWERAs a PSE you are only guaran-

teed 4 hours this became effective June 13, 2019, the previous guaran-tee was for only 2 hours. If you are a PSE working in the City Stations such as Short North, Oakland Park, Beechwold to name a few you are guaranteed to work 4 hours within 12 hours and it is not guaranteed that you will work these 4 hours consecutively you can be asked to work 2 hours from 8am to 10am and again noon to 2pm. If you work in an area office such as Sunbury or Reynoldsburg you are also only guaranteed to work 4 hours within 12 hours and these 4 hours can be split.Question from the floor

Why is it important to have an updated address with the post office or check and open any correspon-dence that I receive from the post office?

ANSWERAs an employee it is important

to have an updated address in case there are checks, newsletters or other communications that your employer needs to forward to you. For ex-ample, a national grievance was won and as such monetary checks are going too mailed to the address on file if your address is not up to date you will lose out on this money. It is also important in case there are time limits and a response needs to be provided within 14 days or less.Question from the floor

How will the new driverless robots affect the mail?ANSWER

The driverless robots will be used to dispatch mail from the bundle sorter and SPSS machines. The driverless robots have video cameras and as such they will record in a complete 360 degrees so please be aware of your surroundings.

Norma Quijas tour 1 steward

FERS STRATEGYWORKSHOPS

Hosted By: APWU Local 232

December 8, 2019 the Kid’s Christmas Party will be held at the Union Hall, 2pm - 4pm. There will be food, drinks, a gift for every child and Santa!

December’s meeting will be our annual luncheon, Thursday, Decem-ber 19, 2019 at Hollywood Casino, 200 Georgesville Rd, Columbus. It is open to all members of the Retir-ees Chapter. We ask that you RSVP by email to ksharr1@aol.com or by text to 614-638-7852.

We are currently working on planning next year’s activities. Come to the November meeting with ideas for next year.

We do not hold meetings in January and February.Kim Harrington-FergusonPresidentAPWU Columbus OH Retirees Chapter

Officers AND stAffat Your service:

execUtiVe BOArDJennifer Sigmon ...............................................PresidentFrank Payne .............................................Vice PresidentTim Glover ...................................... Secretary/TreasurerRick Farrell ....................................Recording SecretarySherry Pickens ............................... Clerk Craft DirectorDave Collins ................................... MVS Craft DirectorLarry Butts ......................... Maintenance Craft Director

citYGAte cLerK cUBicALPhone: 614-472-0595 .....................fax: 614-473-0690

tOUr iNorma Quijas ...........................................Chief StewardJacob Wayt .........................................................StewardMelissa Rubadue ................................................Steward

tOUr iiCheryl Diltz ........................................................StewardSherry Pickens .................................. Clerk Craft Director and StewardFrank Payne .............................................Vice President

tOUr iiiLarry Canady ...........................................Chief StewardRick Farrell ........................................................StewardKevonia Black ....................................................StewardTreniece Thompson ............................................Steward

citYGAte MAiNteNANce cUBicALPhone: 614-472-0596 fax: 614-473-0690

tOUr iLarry Butts ........................................................ Citygate Maintenance Craft DirectorKen Hamrick ............................................... Twin Rivers Assistant Maintenance Craft DirectorDerrick Corne .................................................... CitygateWalt Jones ................................................... Twin Rivers

tOUr iiJames E. Miller ................................................. CitygateShannon Coburn................................................ CitygateXaviare Reed ............................................... Twin Rivers

tOUr iiiSue Eppard ........................................................ Citygate

twin rivers cubiclePhone: 614-469-4290 fax: 614-469-4293

MVS CRAFt StEWARdSDave Collins ................................... MVS Craft DirectorKen Bradley .......................................................Steward

stAtiONs AND BrANcHes steWArDsKen Bradley .............................................Chief StewardDave Collins .......................................................StewardAngie Lyshe .......................................................StewardKhristin Johnson ................................................Steward

AreA OfficesJennifer sigmon...................................... 614-501-1900ALt: Jennifer staten ............................. 740-622-4821Baltimore, Brice, Canal Winchester, Carroll, Etna, Groveport, Johnstown, Lancaster, New Albany, Newark, Pataskala, Pickerington, Pleasantville, Reynoldsburg, Summit Station, Thornville

Kelly Bell ................................................. 614-882-2243Westerville

Jennifer staten........................................ 740-622-4821Jennifer sigmon...................................... 614-501-1900Bremen, Carbon Hill, Conesville, Coshocton, Frazey-sburg, Fresno, Haydenville, Logan, Murray City, Rock Bridge, Rushville, Sugar Grove, Thurston, Union Furnace, West Lafayette

Velekia March ......................................... 614-889-0531ALt: cheryl Horton ............................. 740-986-3665Alexandria, Amlin, Delaware, Dublin, Fredericktown, Gambier, Grove City, Hilliard, Kilbourne, Magnetic Springs, Marysville, Mt. Vernon, Plain City, Powell, Prospect, Radnor, Raymond, Unionville Center, West Jefferson

cheryl Horton ........................................ 740-986-3665ALt: Velekia March .............................. 614-889-0531Bloomingburg, Circleville, Harrisburg, Jeffersonville, London, Midgeville, Sedalia, South Solon, Stoutsville, Washington Court House

Use designated steward first, then the designated alternate. Supervisors must call the designated steward’s Supervisor to ensure their release.

Sherry Pickens Craft Director .................. 614-472-0595Renie Nelson, Veteran’s Affairs Officer ... 614-501-1900Bruce Pargeon, Chief Steward AOs ......... 740-345-4021

Union Hall – 614-501-1900610 Lancaster Avenue

Reynoldsburg, Ohio 430687:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. MON. - FRI.Union Hall Fax – 614-501-1917

Office stAff Kim Ference - Secretary

ViNDicAtOre-mail: Vindicator – apwulocal232@yahoo.com

Website: vindicator232.wordpress.com

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AMericAN POstAL WOrKers UNiONcOLUMBUs OHiO AreA LOcAL 232

Monthly Membership Meeting 10/16/2019

rOLL cALL Of Officers:Jennifer Sigmon - President PresentFrank Payne - Vice President PresentTim Glover - Secty. Treasurer ExcusedRick Farrell - Recording Secty. Present

MeetiNG cALLeD tO OrDer.

Motion by Rick Farrell: To waive the reading of the minutes as they are printed in the Vindicator. Second by Larry Butts. ~ Motion passed.

PresiDeNts rePOrt R399 payments - If you are entitled to the payment and haven’t yet received it contact the last office that you worked at. There may be a check there waiting for you.

Labor Management Meeting- There has been a report of some water fountains at Citygate either not working properly or with damaged handles. If you know of any, please provide the union office with the location and we will relay that information to management. This includes stations as well.

The new automated machinery will be arriving at Citygate soon. Please keep a safe distance from them as they do not stop immediately. Do not in-terfere with their operation. They have video cameras on them and can record someone trying to impede them. This has happened in other locations. There has been some training about them. More may follow.

There are now directional arrows on the aisles at Citygate showing the direction of travel. Anyone operating machinery or bicycles needs to follow them. Also, even when pulling equipment you will need to follow the directional arrows.

Our contract is still in negotiations. The Postal Service is trying to push down wages and benefits. They are trying to compare us with similar oc-cupations and declaring that we do not require any training. A.P.W.U. National headquarters encourages us to wear something on the floor to show our support. We have stickers and also some wristbands to wear.

Station stewards - If you have any issues at stations please bring them up to your stewards so that we can address them. We cannot help if you do not make your steward aware of any problems.

Adult Party - We will be discussing the adult party and decide details later at tonights meeting.

We will be hosting a Buckeye football party at the end of November at the union hall. It is always a fun time and there will be door prizes available.

cLerK crAft rePOrt - Just a mention that Postmaster General Megan Brennan will be retiring in January.

MAiNteNANce crAft rePOrt - Nothing at this time.

MVs crAft rePOrt - Nothing at this time.

treAsUrers rePOrt- Available at the union hall.

NeW BUsiNessMotion by Norma Quijas to allocate funds for the purchase of a projector and screen for use at the union hall. Second by Dave Patterson. ~ Motion passed.

Motion by Kim Harrington to allocate an additional funds for the Adult Holiday Party. Second by Bob Springsteen. ~ Motion passed.

Motion by Kim Harrington to hold the Adult Holiday Party at the Audubon Center on Whittier in the Brewery District south of downtown. Second by Bob Springsteen. ~ Motion passed.

Motion by Dave Collins to allocate additional funds for additional repairs to the parking lot at the union hall. Second by Tim Glover. ~ Motion passed.

Motion by Frank Payne to allocate funds plus LWOP to send some stewards to the Tri-State Steward School. Second by Angie Lyshe. ~ Motion passed.

Motion by Dave Collins to spend funds for the purchase and installation of handicap signs for the parking lot at the union hall. Second by Rick Far-rell. ~ Motion passed.

GOOD Of tHe OrDerMotion by Tim Glover to invest funds in a CD or Money Market fund. Second by Larry Butts. ~ Motion passed.

Ron Ferguson wants to remind everyone that if you would like to receive notifications about our union activities please contact the union hall and provide them with either a cell phone number for text messages or an email address to receive them by email. We do not release this information to any third parties.

Ed Lyshe gave a trustee report.

Motion by Bob Springsteen to hold the monthly drawing and adjourn. Second by Kim Harrington. ~ Motion passed.

WiNNers: Frank Payne, Kevonia Black

There were 10 winners in the drawing for $50.00 gift cards for participating in the National election. They are as follows: Sandra Henderson, Todd Bice, Tim Glover, Daniel Kahler, Theresa Gravely, Robin Williams, Scott Sachs, Candace Fuller, Glen Henkel and Angie Lyshe.

Rick FarrellRecording Secretary

Sherry Pickens - Clerk Craft Director PresentLarry Butts - Maint. Craft Director PresentDave Collins - MVS Craft Director Present

WelcomeWelcome

Natasha CoxCkiler Baker

Gracella DunlapJamie Kelly

Denise MillerErnest Odei

Kimberly VassarRachel WelshCatina Werry

Michael GriffithCristal EnkeRob Fagnano

Christopher TaylorBrytani UldrichAndrea Hannah

To the AmericanPostal Workers Union

Bernardo CalderonSaundra Boyd-CannonMichael Leienberger

April McCann

In SympathyThe members of Local 232 wish to express our condolences for your loss.

William Mitchell – Retiree Chapter Past President, passed away.Kevin Martin – His father passed away.

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pumpkinthanksGivinGtraDitionturkeyveGetableWorkshop

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serVicesfax: Free at Union Hall. For emergency use only. Not to take the place of the postal service.copying: Limited Copying available at the Union Hall at no charge.Website: vindicator232@wordpress.com

iteMs Of iNterestAprons: Male Denim $11.00 - Male Twill $12.00 - Female Denim $12.00t-shirts: Charcoal Gray and Navy Blue – New - $10.00Event Hall: Hall Rental available at a discounted rate for APWU Members. Available at Union Hall, 610 Lancaster Ave., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 • (614) 501-1900

tIckEts–these discounts are better than aaa's andare exclusively for Members only–It Pays to belong

AMc Movie tickets–$10.25 each member

We now have Columbus Zoo at the Union Office.columbus Zoo – Adult ........... $13.00 .................... Jr/Sr (ages 3-9 & 60+) ................ $ 8.00

All other tickets will be available online through the Tickets At Work website. Go to www.ticketsat-Work.com, then click “Become a Member” to fill out your information. When asked to enter a Company Code you will type in KiAPWU.

"It Pays to Belong"

APWu Working for you

AtteNtiONAPWU MeMBers

MeetiNGWednesday,

November 20, 20197:00 P.M.

At the Union Hall610 Lancaster Ave.,

reynoldsburgPlease Plan to Attend!

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