Don Kister - President

The current members of the NPMHU Local 307 Executive Board are:

Don Kister, Local President

Steve Patricelli, Vice President

Virgina Szuygi, Treasurer

Mary Misuraca Zerr, Recording Secretary

Jim Haggarty, State Executive Board Member

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that the USPS was wrong when it told a steward that he could not speak during an employee's predisciplinary interview. Weingarten rights protect an employee during an interview. If the employee feels that he may be disciplined as the result of this interview, he has the right to request a steward.

For more information, click on the links at the right.

The United States Postal Service is defending it's plans to shift some of the processing of Detroit mail to the new Pontiac Facility. Click the link at the right to read the entire article.

The Union has been notified that the Area Mail Processing plans for the Detroit and Flint facilities have been put on hold indefinitely. This is the direct result of a Senate appropriations measure that was passed recently that was sparked by studies in South Dakota. A recent Government Accountability Office report showed that USPS consolidation decisions are not based on consistent information, that site-specific data is not used and that the delivery impacts of consolidation are not measured. For more information on the Senate measure, click the link
at the right.

In an effort to curb expenses, the USPS has announced a hiring freeze at the headquarters level. Click the link at the right for more information.