Postal workers can't be fired?

Gorsnak · June 30, 2011, 7:37pm

Alternatively, use a flamethrower on the zombie letter carriers as they shamble towards you. Can’t fire’em my ass!

srzss05 · June 30, 2011, 7:40pm

You know, I was going to type "3, 2, 1…’ after the new poster above responded, but I thought better of it. Thank you for not disappointing me.

Chefguy · June 30, 2011, 7:47pm

doreen:

I am not a postal worker, but I have been a member of three different unions. In each case it was “common knowledge” that people couldn’t be fired becaause the union would protect them. People often weren’t fired because the union protected them, but the part that’s often left out is that the union was only successful because management didn’t follow the proper procedures- not documenting lateness, or giving satisfactory evaluations for unsatisfactory work. For example, someone would be fired for constant lateness. They would go to the union, and it would turn out there wasn’t any documentation of lesser,required disciplinary actions being taken first. They still had a job. What supervisors often would do, rather than take those steps, was have the problem reassigned or transferred.

This is correct. Failure of management to follow the rules that they negotiated with the union is the reason most escape being fired and just end up with some sort of minor disciplinary action. This is why it’s critical to have a competent HR manager who can recite contract provisions from memory.

code_grey · June 30, 2011, 9:40pm

given that Post Office is a huge outfit, can they just routinely [del]dump[/del] reassign employees they don’t like to Tundra-city, Alaska?

Crown_Prince_of_Irony · June 30, 2011, 9:55pm

Could a postal worker be fired for, oh, I don’t know, delivering mail 9 years too late?

Pssst. Look at the dates for posts 19 and 20.

srzss05 · June 30, 2011, 10:27pm

Psst. Look at post 21.

Crown_Prince_of_Irony · June 30, 2011, 10:59pm

Oops.

Does this mean I’m fired?