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He headed up a dream team consisting of Curtis Butters, Brian Draper and Sharon Atkins. They invited me to a pre
arbitration session. They listened graciously to my POV of what happened. Jean Marc gave me a little coaching
about what to say and especially what not to say. Brian gave me pointers on how to dress and behave. The next
day's arbitration meeting was going to decide my future and I was nervous. Jean Marc, was not only kind,
considerate and helpful toward me, but he was very knowledgeable about the contract and my supervisor's
mistakes. He argued my case eloquently in front of the arbitrator. I was very impressed by his quick thinking and his
ability to stick to the point as well as his pleasant demeanor. A few months later I was awarded my job back with the
PO. I no longer had to lug greasy, heavy auto parts into seedy mechanic's offices. (You would be amazed at some of
the posters in Mechanic shops.) That is why Jean Marc is my hero. I am proud to belong to an association that
retains brilliant minds like this to protect the everyday average rural carriers from being pushed around by their
managers.
Jean Marc Favreau was invited to the Western States 2012 Conference to give an update on the legal issues he
deals with. He talked about the Jan 3rd National Arbitration Award. The USPS had placed cameras into rural carrier
LLV's to do a "time study" They did not notify nor invite the NRLCA to participate in or have a say in the study. The
Arbitrator decided that acording to article 34 both parties need to be involved in a "time study" The USPS says that
the time studies are way off and rural carriers are getting paid more than they work. The NRLCA position is that
some carriers have put working smarter practices into place and are getting the job done more effectively. The
USPS would like rural carriers to convert to a more "city" style system and the NRLCA says that system is loaded with
inefficiency and time mismanagement.
The bottom line is that because of the Jan 3rd award, the NRLCA is in a much stronger position to argue the case
against changing the time standards. The USPS is trying to balance its revenue loss on the backs of rural carriers.
Jean Marc is hoping to get a contract hammered out within the next 2 weeks with little or no change to the current
time standards. He concluded his talk by saying that he is proud to work for our organization and that it is a
privilege. Thank you Jean Marc, the privilege is definitely ours!
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He headed up a dream team consisting of Curtis Butters, Brian Draper and Sharon Atkins. They invited me to a pre
arbitration session. They listened graciously to my POV of what happened. Jean Marc gave me a little coaching
about what to say and especially what not to say. Brian gave me pointers on how to dress and behave. The next
day's arbitration meeting was going to decide my future and I was nervous. Jean Marc, was not only kind,
considerate and helpful toward me, but he was very knowledgeable about the contract and my supervisor's
mistakes. He argued my case eloquently in front of the arbitrator. I was very impressed by his quick thinking and his
ability to stick to the point as well as his pleasant demeanor. A few months later I was awarded my job back with the
PO. I no longer had to lug greasy, heavy auto parts into seedy mechanic's offices. (You would be amazed at some of
the posters in Mechanic shops.) That is why Jean Marc is my hero. I am proud to belong to an association that
retains brilliant minds like this to protect the everyday average rural carriers from being pushed around by their
managers.
Jean Marc Favreau was invited to the Western States 2012 Conference to give an update on the legal issues he
deals with. He talked about the Jan 3rd National Arbitration Award. The USPS had placed cameras into rural carrier
LLV's to do a "time study" They did not notify nor invite the NRLCA to participate in or have a say in the study. The
Arbitrator decided that acording to article 34 both parties need to be involved in a "time study" The USPS says that
the time studies are way off and rural carriers are getting paid more than they work. The NRLCA position is that
some carriers have put working smarter practices into place and are getting the job done more effectively. The
USPS would like rural carriers to convert to a more "city" style system and the NRLCA says that system is loaded with
inefficiency and time mismanagement.
The bottom line is that because of the Jan 3rd award, the NRLCA is in a much stronger position to argue the case
against changing the time standards. The USPS is trying to balance its revenue loss on the backs of rural carriers.
Jean Marc is hoping to get a contract hammered out within the next 2 weeks with little or no change to the current
time standards. He concluded his talk by saying that he is proud to work for our organization and that it is a
privilege. Thank you Jean Marc, the privilege is definitely ours!
4-18-12
