Labor 2010 Women | The Puget Sound Labor Agency is requesting financial contributions for their Holiday Assistance Program. This year PSLA will be collecting donations in lieu of holding their annual Meet the Winners fundraiser. The money that would normally go to offset the costs of the fundraiser will go directly to helping families in need this holiday season. Last year’s program helped 65 union families (195 children) and 20 community families (60 children).
Food bank clientele has almost doubled in the last two years – from 19,800 to 37,100 – and over one third of those were union families in need. Now, more than ever, the Puget Sound Labor Agency needs our help. Unemployment continues to hover around 9% in King County, with no improvement in sight. Many other local food banks are not able to keep their doors open due to reduced donations. This will increase the number of people relying on the Puget Sound Labor Agency for help.
Help families in need this holiday season.
Make your tax-deductible donation today!
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Puget Sound Labor Agency
2800 First Ave #126
Seattle, WA 98121
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On November 10 at 6pm at the PUD on California St. in Everett the Postal Service is having a town meeting on the closing of the Everett Processing Plant.
The Everett Processing plant cancels and works all the mail from the 982 are zip codes. (From Blaine to Friday Harbor, Point Roberts) The Postal Service wants to only have one processing plant on the West side of Washington, which would be Seattle and the East Side of the state it would be Spokane. The Postal Service has done a study and they are saying that closing the Everett Plant would save the Postal Service 11 million dollars. Here is there break down
4.million in mail processing-I disagree all the mail that has been worked in Everett is just moving to Seattle. So the same cost of running in Seattle would be 4.7 million. When we had the meeting at the plant I specifically asked how would we save this much money moving to Seattle. I was not given an answer.
5 million in maintenance - The maintenance employees will also move to Seattle to work on the machines. The Postal Service stated that the maintenance on the machines would not be eight hours but reduced to four. Which means the machine could break down more and not work as it should.
1.5 million for Management--The Supervisor would be moving to Seattle, therefore the cost would be there.The Postal Service is trying to lower the standard of first class mail. Instead of it being one to two day delivery it could take as long as 2-3 days to mail first class from Everett to Everett. If this passes through Congress the customers would be paying first class mail and receive 3rd class service. This will also affect the small businesses in the area. The Postal Service will tell you they will cancel the mail on the day they receive it, but they did say they would process it the same day as we do now in Everett.
The Postal Service stated they would not move the Everett plant unless the delivery standard is lowered. Across the country the Postal Service has being closing plants like ours without the service standard being lowered. Here is an example: they closed a mail processing plant in Ohio. The Office of Inspecting Generals did a survey and found the mail was being delayed 6 days. When lowering the standards was brought up in the meeting, the postal employees were told the mailers (big ad mailers) did not mind the two to three days. The Postal Service didn't bother to ask the public.
The postal serve was put in place to serve the public not the big mailers. People depend upon our service to receive their pay checks, medications, retirement checks, etc....If we lower our standards then we are not serving the public.
The Postal Service still intends to utilize the Everett plant after the move and will use it as a hub for the mail that is being worked in Seattle and can be loaded on the trucks to be transported to the office. Maintenance will still have to be performed on the bldg. Eventually Carriers and Rural Route Carriers from the Everett Main and the Everett Annex, Mill Creek, Bothell will move to work in the Everett Plant.
Please give us support and come to the Town Hall meeting . to keep the Everett Processing plant open this will effect 300 employees.
Jan Trabont - President
Cascade Area Local (American Postal Workers Union)
PO Box 1772
Everett, WA 98206
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