Buckeye Branch 78 Bulletin Columbus and Central Ohio CANAL WINCHESTER CIRCLEVILLE DELAWARE DUBLIN GROVE CITY GROVEPORT HILLIARD LONDON MARYSVILLE MT. GILEAD MT. STERLING PICKERINGTON REYNOLDSBURG WORTHINGTON WESTERVILLE PLAIN CITY WEST JEFFERSON june 2019 VOL. 39 NO. 6

PRESIDENT’S PAGE I h a v e b e e n 7:00 and the mail is supposed to Station (43232) inspection has informed by Region be ready to carry. The Caser will been scheduled for the week 11 National Business then flip the labels over and case of September 14 to September Agent Mark Camilli three more routes for the second 20. The branch will conduct t h a t t h e P o s t a l three street carriers to come in training for each station prior to Service has sent to carry the route. This has to be the inspections. I am asking all notice to the NALC one of the most asinine things I carriers at the stations to attend in accordance with have ever heard of. Presently, I the training to insure your route Todd Hornyak Article 34 of the have not received any information receives proper time credit for the National Agreement, that they on when or how the Post Office week of inspection. are planning to reorganize city thinks this will work. When we I would like to congratulate Mike letter carrier assignment as a test are notified of the implementation Reed from South Columbus Station, program. The test program is we will pass the information on Craig Braxton from Bexley Station, called the “Consolidated Casing to the membership. Rest assured Kerry Phalo from Centralized Initiative” and will be tested at 230 the union will protect the rights of Collections and John Johnson from test sites throughout the country. the carriers in the test site. The Dublin Post Office, on their recent Gahanna Station (43230) has NALC has filed a national level retirement. I wish them well in the been selected as a test site. Phase grievance regarding this program future and hope they enjoy their 1 of the program began May 18. and the Postal Service’s unilateral retirement for many years to come. Phase 2 is scheduled to begin in implementation of the consolidated Please stay informed and attend the June and Phase 3 is scheduled in casing initiative scheduled to begin monthly Union meeting the second August. This initiative separates in the Annandale, VA Post Office in Wednesday of each month at 6:30 the traditional city letter carrier May. Please read the Postal Record pm at the Branch 78 Union Hall assignment into two separate or the Branch 78 Bulletin to keep located at 1029 Harrisburg Pike components: “Office Caser/Carrier” up to date on the process. Columbus, Ohio 43223. and “Street Carrier”. Casers will Management has scheduled be responsible for casing six formal route inspections for this Fraternally, routes each morning and starting fall. The Gahanna Station (43230) as early as 5:30 am. Three routes inspection has been scheduled Todd Hornyak are to be cased at one time and for the week of September 7 the street carrier will arrive at to September 13. The Eastland Combined Steward and Branch Meeting July 10, 2019 from the vice president Operations for of dollars just to cut two or three Columbus installation in May. Just the Postal Ser- minutes per route based on inspec- a reminder to these new regular vice, not knowing tion times that took place during carriers, you only have 60 days to a good thing for the lowest month or two of mail contact Shared Services to sign our company, has volumes. We have not had route up for benefits. Newly converted decided to scrap inspections for years so; I cannot regulars are contractually guaran- joint route inspec- understand why carriers would not teed time to meet on the clock with tion agreements come to union inspection-training the union to discuss their benefit Mark Beach and go back to classes that are designed to ensure options. formal route inspections. In the carriers get a fair shake when being Last, I would like everyone to spring, we had multiple special inspected. I hope that in the future check out the final report for this inspections that resulted in time more carriers take advantage of year’s “Stamp Out Hunger” food added into stations. Operations these training classes. drive. A big thank you goes out to as a result announced several The union has seen an in- each person that helped make this full-blown inspections. Many car- creased volume in attendance year’s food drive a tremendous riers that came to the union route related disciplinary action recently. success. Your generosity and effort inspection-training class did an Many of these disciplines wind up have helped our local communities excellent job protecting their route. being expunged due to manage- tremendously. Thanks for all your Yet a few of the younger carriers ment errors. they have brought in hard work and generosity to sup- where taken completely off guard an Attendance Czar to ensure the port this great community service by their first inspection, resulting disciplines stick. project. in these carriers missing time After pressure from the union credits that they deserve. The mail and grievances, management an- Mark Beach volume in Grove City was unbe- nounced 26 conversions in the lievably low during the week of inspection only to have it explode the week after the count was over. No routes at Grove City during the Branch 78 May 2019 Memorial Service week of inspection had any EDDM mailing the week of inspection. Yet the week after the count was over almost every single route has had at least two EDDM mailings, most had three. Seems like management has specifically targeted the light- est mail volume weeks to perform these inspections. Next came the Lincoln Village inspection and almost the same exact thing happened with low mail volume. We have guided the stew- 05/28/18 Harold D. Franck 04/03/18 Paul H. Schultz ards in these offices to ask man- 08/01/18 David L. Downey 01/01/19 Leonard L. Artis 08/24/17 Philip L. Minic 02/10/19 Christopher A. Huskey agement for relevant information 07/30/18 Leonard L. Zimmerman 12/03/17 Walter E. Lafferre on these inspections and handling 08/06/18 Ralph F. Bowman 03/07/19 Edward B. Hopkins and processing grievances regard- 08/20/18 Dale L. Baker 03/19/19 Earnest Windham ing these inspections. I’m truly 09/04/18 Robert G.. Morrison 03/28/19 Chris D. Clawson saddened that our employer would 09/16/17 Paul G. Meade 04/02/19 John C. “Jack” Levally choose to throw away thousands PAGE 2 june 2019 Miller’s musings It has been Now that there are no checks We pay more for the contracted said if you don’t and balances between the Leg- services than if we had kept those like a situation islative, Judicial and Executive Civil Service career employees. you can ignore branches of government we are We saw that first hand at the PO it, avoid it, deny likely to become a nondemocratic with contract deliveries and driv- its existence or country. There is no respect for ers. Not all of those people were do something the views of the other side. The bad workers but they had no way about it. I have bills passed the past couple weeks to fight for themselves to improve Yana Miller-Farney been watch- by state governments diminishing conditions. ing the changes in our country the our right to choose what is best This is a call for all of us to get last decade and see it deteriorating. for our bodies just sickens me. interested in what is happening to Having been born before the Civil There are too many things that our government: local, state and Rights Act passage there have been need addressed to make our coun- national. Learn to seek the true major signs of things moving back- try better but this is the priority? stories, not the ground mush feed, ward instead of forward. It won’t affect me because I am through the corporate “news” How many years have we past that stage of life but I have outlets. Educate yourselves to harped about the unfairness of two granddaughters, my friends prepare for the fight to save the elections in other countries, now have granddaughters and daugh- democracy we hold dear. the light is being shined on ours. ters that these ridiculous rulings The buying of votes, purging can hurt or ruin their lives. Sincerely, Yana Miller-Farney voter rolls, lying to prospective First there was the attack on voters that the polling place has unions, we know that corporate Buckeye Br. 78 Bulletin been closed or moved. Forcing greed wants to abolish work- people to buy state IDs in order ers banding together to improve Published and Paid for to vote, shortening the number their livelihoods. Then the deci- by Br.78 of early voting days or closing on sion that corporations are people, Published monthly weekends. Who will oversee our too. What a total crock is that! fraudulent elections? Changes The shrinking of government and Volume 39 - Issue 6s made under the guise of stop- contracting out that work but no June 2019 ping rampant voter fraud when no accountability to show that there place has shown but a hand full of are savings by privatizing every- President Todd Hornyak thing. That first contract might Vice President Mark Beach wrong doing nationwide. Recording Secretary Trevor Payne If we don’t work together to have saved we the people a few Asst. Secretary/Editor Yana Miller-Farney stop the wheels turning to destroy nickels but that savings didn’t Financial Secretary Jason Fry our freedoms, the country will not last and the work is not as effec- Please notify your local union of address have the same landscape. tive as it was before privatization. changes as soon as possible. Send address changes to: Uniforms Needed Br. 78 Bulletin If you have any gently 1029 Harrisburg Pike used uniforms and would Columbus OH 43223-2524 like to donate them. 614-279-2778 www.nalc-branch78.org please bring them to the branch office. Printed by Lanz Printing Co. Columbus Ohio Please no junk.

june 2019 PAGE 3 BRANCH 78 NALC FOOD DRIVE BIG SUCCESS With a few exceptions the food Way and especially members of the Beatty supporting the food drive. drive went amazingly well and UFCW 1059 who hosted our 27th We also had state representative smooth. We again had issues with annual food drive kickoff event. We Erica Crawley and Columbus Council some managers and carriers getting were able to get a few volunteers member Rob Dorans attend the the food drive bags out. We also involved from these organizations kickoff. We are discussing the realized that the donated bags were to help sort food. Special thanks to following changes for next year. 1. not strong enough to hold more retired letter carrier Brenda Barton Getting a local food drive bag sponsor than a couple cans, ripping easily. for all the media and behind the (NEED HEAVIER BAGS). 2. Getting a A major positive this year was the scenes work she performed. We had local celebrity spokesperson to tremendous coverage by Channel more issues with transportation this help advertise the food drive. 3. Get 4 News of the food drive. Public year with at least six pallets from organized labor and retirees involved Service Announcements were also Columbus missing the truck. Don’t to help collect the food at stations. done on T.V. channels 6 & 10. Several worry this 5,000 lbs. of food found 4. Buying T-shirts at the Branch radio stations including 92.3 WCOL, its way to the food bank. We only had in January from a local vendor to 610 WTVN, 90.5 WCBE and 89.7 three complaints of food not being sell. 5. Get more publicity. Branch WOSU along with the Columbus picked up (none on city routes). 78 collected around 185,000 LBS Dispatch also did short Public Rural carriers stepped up and helped of food this year, an increase of service announcements promoting to contribute to higher than ever 60,000 + lbs. over last year. A huge the food drive. We had new partners numbers. We had proclamations thank you to everyone who made step up this year that included the from Columbus Mayor Andrew this year’s food drive a tremendous Central Ohio Labor Council, United Ginther and Congresswoman Joyce success. Office Zip Code lbs. Food Bank Canal Winchester - 43110 3,000 Canal Winchester Human Services Circleville- 43113 4,920 Pickaway County Community Delaware - 43015 11,000 People In Need Dublin - 43016 6,300 Dublin Gahanna 43230 3,000 Grin Grove City- 43213 7,500 Grove City Food Pantry Groveport 43125 1,401 Greater Groveport Food Pantry Hilliard - 43026 10,000 Hilliard Food Pantry London - 43140 2,952 Food Thru Faith Marysville - 43040 2,400 Marysville Food Pantry Mid-Ohio - Columbus 86,445 Columbus Installation Mount Gilead - 43338 2,144 Trinity UMC Mount Sterling- 43143 978 Mt Sterling Community center New Albany - 43054 1,536 New Albany Food Pantry Pataskala- 43062 5,000 Pataskala Leads CCA Pickerington - 43147 6,400 Pickerington Food Pantry Plain City - 43064 2,500 Plain City Food bank Reynoldsburg- 43068 5,700 Helping Hands Sunbury - 43074 4,000 Vineyard Church West Jefferson- 43162 2,400 Good Samaritan Food Pantry Westerville - 43081 10,182 Westerville Area Ministry Worthington - 43085 5,106 Worthington Food Pantry

PAGE 4 june 2019 A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THE BRANCH 78 NALC FOOD DRIVE A GREAT SUCCESS!

june 2019 PAGE 5 Attention Retirees PatPat Moran’sMoran’s MemorialMemorial LunchLunch Buckeye Branch 78 Night – Retired Letter Carriers – Columbus, OH @Columbus Clippers The Retirees Luncheon will be at the Spaghetti When : Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 7:15 PM Warehouse. Please mark your calendars. It is a great way to visit with old friends and make new friends. If Where: Huntington Park you need a ride just holler. 330 Huntington Park Lane See everyone there.... Columbus, OH, 43215 When: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Time: 1:00 Cost: $5.00 per ticket Where: Spaghetti Warehouse Contact Union Steward or call 614-279-2778 397 W. Broad Street Tickets sold at Steward and Branch meetings Columbus, Ohio 43215 Tickets Sold on a First Come first Served Basis

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PAGE 12 june 2019 Branch 78 2019 Scholarship Application

Applicant, fill out required information below.

Name: ______

Address: ______

City: ______Zip: ______

Phone: ______Mobile/cell:______

Please Check One: • Son _____ • Daughter _____ • Stepson* _____ • Stepdaughter* _____ • Grandson* _____ • Granddaughter* _____

of an: active_____ retired______deceased______

Name of member:______

Branch 78 Officer :______

Station Steward:______

Date Signed:______

june 2019 PAGE 13 Eligibility Applicant must be the son, daughter or legally adopted child of a NALC letter carrier member in good standing — active, retired or deceased. Applicant’s parent must be a NALC member in good standing for at least 12 consecutive months prior to making application. NALC member must also be in good standing at time of award. Applicant may not be a relative of any member of the scholarship judges. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior for the 2018-2019 school year when making application. The form must be submitted and signed by the NALC member, and an Officer of Branch 78 or Station Steward. This form must be returned to Branch 78 by August 31, 2019. Requirements All applicants must take the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) in either their junior or senior year, and a copy of the original printout of the scores from the administering organization must be received at Branch 78 headquarters with application by midnight, August 31, 2019. All biographical questionnaires and secondary school reports must be received at Branch 78 by midnight, August 31, 2019. Please submit the following: 1. Application 2. Official copy of ACT/SAT scores 3. Official High School Transcript for all 4 (four) High School Years. 4. Date of Graduation. 5. An Introductory letter (1 page minimum) talking about: Background (personal and academic), future plans Extracurricular activities involved in (if any) Community/Volunteer work (if any) Awards/Recognition (if any) Work Experience (if any) Leadership Positions (if any) Regulations Scholarship is to be used toward pursuing undergraduate degree at an accredited college of recipient’s choice. Winners may accept other college scholarship assistance in addition to the Branch 78 award. If winner suffers certified serious illness, scholarship will be held in abeyance for not more than one year (12 months). If unusual conditions are going to require an interruption in schooling, recipient must state reason(s) in writing to the Scholarship Committee and request that the scholarship be held in abeyance. Request(s) will be reviewed by the Committee and a decision rendered. If the NALC member is suspended by Branch 78 or enters supervision, scholarship will be canceled. Terms of awards The official scholarship judges will award two scholarships. Decisions of the judges will be final. Branch 78 Scholarship awards will be a one time $1000 scholarship. Award money will be deposited with the college. It will be credited to the winner’s account to be drawn upon under the rules and regulations which the college has established for handling scholarship funds. Award money is to be used for required books, college fees, including room and board and transportation fees. *Stepchildren and grandchildren are eligible if they live with the letter carrier in a regular parent-child relationship. Other important information Address scholarship packet to: Branch 78 Scholarship 1029 Harrisburg Pike Columbus Ohio, 43223-2524 Any application that is incomplete will be invalid and not considered for award.

PAGE 14 june 2019 May 2019 Branch Meeting Minutes Meeting called to order by President Hornyak at 6:40; Pledge let by Jamal Grinston; Invocation by Yana Miller-Farney; Moment of Silence for our Military. Regular order of business suspended for the Annual Memorial Service honoring our members who have passed since the last service. Regular order resumed with reading of the Minutes; accepted with no changes. Ramon reported the National has a Quality Improvement Program going on in DC, NALC is pushing vaccinations; The MBA rates were read; there will be another Weight Loss Challenge starting January 2020. get started changing your food and exercise habits now. Mark - A class was held 5/9 at the Hall going over the 1838-C, prepping for inspections; Stewards practiced writing grievances; Jackie Habash won the raffled gift card. Chris Semo reread the proposed ByLaw changes to Article 4 Sec 1, Article 6 Section 10, Article 7 Sec 3, Article VIII Standing Committees, Article 11 Sec 3 and Article 7 Sec 3. Gary Porter stated there was no Safety meeting again; went over heat related illnesses, requested they be read in station Plan 5. Mark read communications from Mindy Murphy of Reynoldsburg; Mark Downing of Grove City and a Thank you card from Ron Adams. Todd read the Bills List. I (Yana) read applications for membership. New members Mildred Bogan and Rachel Traylor were welcomed into Branch 78 and NALC. Chuck Snyder made a motion seconded by Demko, to spend up to $1200 to send Todd to the Committee of Presidents. ~ Passed Mark made a motion seconded by Shep to spend up to $2600 to send Ramon and Todd to the HBP Seminar in Las Vegas. ~ motion Passed Yana made a motion seconded by Myron to spend up to $2400 to send Todd and others to the National Rap Session. ~ Motion passed Brenda made motion seconded by Jacki to allocate money to buy a hole at Br 385 MDA Golf Outing. ~ Motion passed Discussed some upcoming legislation that need co-sponsors in DC. One is to repeal the Prefunding mandate Jacki spoke on the LCPF. serious need to participate. New A/C is installed. we need to get the enclosure finished. Retirement seminar is Sunday at 10 AM. Formal Route Inspections scheduled for Grove City; W. Worthington some Special Inspections; Lincoln Village Formal Inspection. Food Drive is Saturday May 11, 2019 come and help, retirees also welcome. There are to be 26 conversions in Columbus. Everyone warned to keep their settlement awards until they are paid; allow two pay periods; then ask your steward to file a grievance till you’re paid. Mike Brim was appointed Regional Grievance Assistant for Region 11 and KIM (Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan). There is a plan to have Streeters and Casers, again, more info to come. Spoke with Dayton who were in the last pilot like this one. Good of the Association Melvin Harrison won the CCA gas card; Jamal Grinston won the other gas car; Shep won $42 in the Member Drawing and Colin Rock-Lukowski would have won $280 had he been present. Submitted by Yana Miller-Farney june 2019 PAGE 15 Buckeye Branch 78 Non-Profit Org. 1029 Harrisburg Pike U.S. Postage Columbus, Ohio 43223-2524 Paid National Association of Columbus, Ohio Permit #1291 Letter Carriers AFL-CIO

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BRANCH 78 OFFICERS PRESIDENT TODD HORNYAK [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT Mark Beach [email protected] REC SECRETARY Trevor Payne [email protected] ASST SECRETARY/EDITOR YANA MILLER-FARNEY [email protected] FIN SECY-TREASURER JASON FRY [email protected] SAFETY & Health GARY PORTER [email protected] SGT-AT-ARMS Jacki Mitchell [email protected] FOR THE DIR OF RETIREES DOUG GULLEY [email protected] MBA HEALTH BENEFIT Ramon Lawson [email protected] HEAD TRUSTEE Don ShepHerd [email protected] TRUSTEE Myron Miller [email protected] TRUSTEE Chuck Snyder [email protected] UNION TRUSTEE Brenda Stidams [email protected] TRUSTEE Ed Thomas [email protected] STATIOns steWARDS BUSINESS-HOME BW Beechwold Doug Lawver/Scott Lloyd/ Karlton Wilson Alt. 614-447-0146 LABEL BEX Bexley Roderick Robinson 614-237-2830 Canal Winchester Mark Beach 614-837-7953 CIR Circleville Brian Tatham 740-474-3113 THE JOB YOU SAVE DEL Delaware Cliffone Dawkins/Randy Hartman Alt. 740-363-1906 DUB Dublin Debbie Guthrie/Mary Metzen Alt. 614-889-6571 COULD BE YOUR OWN! Eastland Jeff Stiverson/Ramon Lawson Alt./Mark Elkins Alt. 614-237-1912 East City Charles Sanders/Brian Ball/Dilien Miller Alt./Jonathan Printers Alt. 614-469-4466 ARTICLES RECEIVED AFTER THE F German Village Jacqueline Habash/Dean Peruzzi Alt. 614-449-9565 FIRST WEDNESDAY OF ANY MONTH WILL G South Columbus Eli Turner 614-444-0217 BE PUBLISHED IN GAH Gahanna Brenda Stidams/Dierre Bell/Bryant Carr Alt. 614-472-0696 THE FOLLOWING MONTHS BULLETIN GP Groveport Mark Beach 614-836-5452 GC Grove City Melissa O’Linn 614-875-6327 The views expressed in articles printed HILL Hilliard Mark Beach/Jennifer Herbert Alt. 614-876-7021 in this publication do not directly reflect LIV Livingston Ramon Lawson 614-237-9570 those of Branch 78 or the Editor. LON London Mark Beach 740-852-1881 ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO : MV Marysville Dave Eblin/Adam Tullis Alt. 937-642-1961 1029 Harrisburg Pike MT Gilead Mark Beach 419-946-5846 Columbus, Ohio 43223-2524 NL Northland Joan Nevels 614-890-1180 NW Northwest Myron Miller Jr./Donovan Garrison 614-451-1502 STEWARDS MEETING-6:30 P.M. OP Oakland Park Kirk Hilty/Daniel Dillinger/Danté Mix 614-476-1680 First Wednesday of each month PIC Pickerington Mark Beach 614-837-5793 OFFICERS MEETING-6:00 P.M. PLN CTY Plain City Mark Beach 614-837-4004 The Monday preceding Steward REY Reynoldsburg Pamela Harris 614-866-6049 Meeting UA Upper Arlington Jeffrey Williams/Charles Kohl Alt. 614-451-2302 BRANCH MEETING-6:30 P.M. West City Allan Moore Sr./ Heather Christy/ Second Wednesday of each month Shawn CarterAlt/Richard Hannon Alt./Chris Semo Alt. 614-469-4465 RETIREES MEETING-1:00 P.M. WV Westerville Morgaine Mahoney 614-882-2243 First Tuesday of each month Westland Fran Shaw/Samual “Cory” Bailey 614-351-0138 WJ West Jefferson Mark Beach 614-879-9145 Branch office phones: WW West Worthington Jeremy Hirschfelt/Cornelius Scott/Fry Alt./Houleye Sow Alt./ Charles Schneider 614-793-9789 279-BR78 • 279-2778 WH Whitehall Gary Porter 614-237-1722 www.nalc-branch78.org