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America's One Party System In This Edition Editor’s Report ........................................ 2 Maintenance Craft Director..................... 3 Human Relations Director ...................... 3 Veterans’ Director ................................... 4 Volume 47, Number 198 MPWU Retiree Advisor ........................... 5 Retiree President .................................... 6 November-December, 2018 NBA ....................................................... 7 MESSENGER Turney at the Table ................................. 8 Affiliated with: American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, APWU Postal Press Association, Michigan State AFL-CIO & Michigan Labor Press Michigan PRESIDENT by Postal Privatization Michael they all understand how tional APWU may want for Mize important this truly is. Make membership involvement. sure all our Representa- The Union is all of us and tives understand that we together we can make a will not tolerate them at- difference. tacking the USPS. Every Postal Employee should be One good thing for us as concerned about privatization. What You can all continue to Postal employees is having can you do? do the rock-solid job you the House of Representa- have been doing. Without tives come back to Demo- First things first, you can contact you the Postal employee cratic control. This is at least your Representatives in Washington the Service could not do a check and balance for the D.C. and explain to them that you want what it does. In fact, we Senate and the President. the Postal Service to continue to be get the job done in most With the Presidents report the peoples Post Office. You want it cases despite the failure of on the Service coming from left alone and not cut up and sold off Management around us. Trump’s Postal Task Force to private industry. You want universal Each one of you are a key we need to be prepared. We service and private industry can’t sup- component in making the have support on both sides port that ideal. USPS successful. of the political fence and need everyone we can get. You can have all your family and Watch the National web page for anything in your area, then get out and friends do the same thing. Make sure any events that may occur. If there is help. If not watch for anything that Na- Have a great Holiday Season America’s One Party System by Leo F. Persails, Retired tional News Media BLACKBALLED Trump’s every move or words are mies of the people”. Politicians love Central Region Coordinator the Democratic Party from interviews repeated as news without fact or re- news coverage, good or bad. Trump When did we become a one party and responses to trump? Why is he buttal of those attacked. American and the republican party have got- system to our National News Media? always given THE LAST WORD, or news throughout history has NEVER ten a daily dose of it for the last two For eight years the republicans whined worse yet, the ONLY words? When followed the path it has in the last 2 years, but the Democrats haven’t. It and stonewalled about Obama, and did the American National News Me- years, and yet they continue it when appears we are a one party system the news media covered it DAILY. dia embrace a one party system? he calls them “fake news” and ene- to the main stream news media. The News Media even bought into the republican attack on the “Afford- able Care Act”. They continually re- peated the republican name change to “Obamacare”. That new name was as- sociated to it whenever republicans re- peated political rhetoric about it. Their goal was to combine the new name and attacks simultaneously. The news media repeated almost every one of those attacks and name change refer- ences. Consequently, the News Me- dia effectively caused the change to Obamacare for the republicans. Next, for over a year the news me- dia REPEATEDLY carried the attacks on Hillary and her emails and it was daily news without factual content. Over and over they reported trump’s name game of “crooked Hillary” for trump. Her ONLY reported News re- sponses to the attacks came from the debates, when they had no other choice. Now it’s NOTHING but trump tweets, and attacks, FOR TWO YEARS. Why are republicans and trump our ONLY main stream news Governor Elect Gretchen Whitmer, Vice President Joe Biden, Elissa Slotkin, the new U.S. Rep for Michigan source? Why has the billionaire Na- District 8 and Lt. Governor Elect Garlin Gilchrist II. Page 2 Michigan Messenger November-December, 2018 EDITOR MESSENGER Affiliated with: American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, APWU Postal Press Association, Michigan State AFL-CIO & Michigan Labor Press Michigan by President ............................................... Michael Mize We Survived!!! W: (810) 257-1534; C: (810) 444-7578 John when you read this) as marijuana is States. I don’t care what your political U: (810) 239-0931; F: (810) 239-6879 Greathouse e-Mail: [email protected] now legal in this state. Not right away party affiliation is, if you get the chance Executive Secretary ............................ Michael Long but shortly after the first of the year. to attend a rally with him speaking, U: (616) 977-1050; C: (616) 822-3443 F: (616) 977-1020 make the effort to go, you will be ex- e-Mail: [email protected] One thing you, as a federal em- posed to a different kind of person that Secretary-Treasurer..............................Darren Joyce ployee (yes, in case you did not know, what you have read about in the papers U: (810) 239-0931; C: (810) 444-5142 F: (810) 239-6879 Greetings Brothers and Sisters, Postal Workers are federal employ- or online. e-Mail: [email protected] ees), it is against federal law to have Director of Education & Research ......Ron Krumrie It seems we have survived another or use marijuana, so as a reminder, Looking Back C: (231) 409-4609 e-Mail: [email protected] election and with the rise of Blue can- should you chose to have a smoke It is hard to believe that we are just Editor ..............................................John Greathouse didates to offices both on the state and of that wacky weed, but you did not a couple of months past the National U: (517) 337-8753; C: (517) 819-7403 national level, I think we have an in- inhale, you can be considered to be Convention and in my last article I F: (517) 332-4391 e-Mail: [email protected] creased chance of surviving, provided under the influence while at work and did write about my experience there Legislative Director .......................... Roscoe Woods the Lame Duck session of Congress if you are a VMF or Motor Vehicle craft, as it relates to how the retirees were U: (248) 543-3262; C: (248) 709-8249 and they don’t just give into every crazy you may also be subject to random treated. F: (248) 543-2750 e-Mail: [email protected] plan to privatize the Post Office that the screening. Having a smoke could HR/Injury Compensation Director ....... Keith Combs lobbyist can throw at them . along cause you your job! Well it seems that someone keeps U: (313) 532-9305; C: (313) 330-7030 with a large donation to their reelection ripping off the band aid off that sore F: (313) 532-5433 e-Mail: [email protected] campaign. I did have the opportunity to attend and I am just hoping that it will not Clerk Craft Director ..........................Wendy Kempke a political rally for Elissa Slotkin who cause an infection that might result in W: (517) 263-5809; C: (419) 377-4595 Election 2018 was running against rep. Mike Bishop. retirees getting pissed off to the point e-Mail: [email protected] Here in Michigan, Listening to her speak, she was not a that they say “Stick it!” and just go on Maintenance Craft Director...............Sterling Bouier W: (313) 965-1398; U: (313) 226-8685 the election had sever- polished politician but a much a down and enjoy their retirement and let us C: (313) 575-8254 al ballot proposals that to earth and genuine person who cares deal with all of the attacks by the GOP e-Mail: [email protected] are a big step forward about others. and privatization on our own! Motor Vehicle Service Craft Director ....Joe Wrobel U: (248) 543-3262; W: (248) 546-7146 in fixing what is wrong C: (586) 201-7356; F: (248) 543-2750 with the elections in This rally had many others in at- Having coordinated a large rally to e-Mail: [email protected] the state… Gerrymandering and ob- tendance, Gretchen Whitmer, Debbie fight Staples and the attempt to close Veterans Director .............................John Smeekens U: (248) 543-3262; H: (586) 286-2304 stacles to absentee voting. Both of Stabenow, and the key note speaker, the Lansing Plant, I can tell you that I am e-Mail: [email protected] these passed with a good majority but Vice President Joe Biden and Uncle grateful to the retirees for their support Area 1 Director (480/481) ....................Patrick Jones the third proposal is one you need to Joe keep a firm hand on the crowd as they made up around 60-70% of the U: (248) 543-3262; C: (313) 720-6092 F: (248) 543-2750 keep clearly in mind (your mind may as he discussed many of the events members who were there! They are an e-Mail: [email protected] not be clear if you are smoking some he experienced as VP for the United incredible resource to our members as Area 2 Director (482) .................... Patrick Chornoby C: (313) 434-8089; U: (313) 532-9305 F: (313) 532-5433 e-Mail: [email protected] Area 3 Director (483) ..................................Robin Ely W: (734) 697-0047; H (734) 753-0438 e-Mail: [email protected] Area 4 Director (484/485) ................Sandra Rancour W: (810) 742-1580; U: (810) 239-0931 e-Mail: [email protected] Area 5 Director (486/487) .......................Tom Kindell C: (989) 418-6061 e-Mail: [email protected] Area 6 Director (488/489) ......................Joshua Gray W: (616) 977-1050; C: (616) 822-5627 F: (616) 977-1020 e-Mail: [email protected] Area 7 Director (490/491) .............................VACANT If you know of someone that would be willing to fill this position and represent our membership, please contact President Mize.
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