{"id":126,"date":"2013-06-08T19:35:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T19:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsalc.com\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2015-10-07T23:48:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T23:48:23","slug":"126-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/?page_id=126","title":{"rendered":"Al Friedman"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\"Al-Friedman\"<\/a><\/p>\n

FSALC President Al Friedman<\/h3>\n

22817 Bay Cedar Drive
\nLand O’ Lakes , FL 34639
\nPh# 727-809-1776<\/h3>\n

E-mail\u00a0albe143@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

FSALC PRESIDENT’S REPORT<\/strong><\/span>
\nAL FRIEDMAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

State Officers, Branch Presidents, CDL’s, and SLL,<\/p>\n

Reflecting back on the State Convention, the state\u2019s 100th, it seems everyone enjoyed the event. Bringing over three hundred people together to celebrate the event took a\u00a0tremendous amount of work. I\u2019d like to thank the State Board for all their help, and a\u00a0special thanks to President Bob Henning and Branch 53. Bob and his members behind\u00a0the scenes help was invaluable and the convention would not have been a success without them. The photo of all the delegates in the form of the number \u201c100\u201d came out great.\u00a0Be sure to check it out in this month\u2019s Postal Record.<\/p>\n

I would also like to thank the members for my election to President by acclamation. It\u00a0has been an honor to serve you, the members, for the last year and a half and I will\u00a0continue to proudly represent the letter carriers of the great state of Florida for the next\u00a0two years.<\/p>\n

We accomplished many great things in 2012 with the national election, and we must continue to fight those who are against us now. Congressman Issa and Ross have finally put their ideas of how the Postal Service should do business, in H.R. 2748. Again, we must rally all letter carriers, active and retired to call, write and rally when needed to defeat this attack.<\/p>\n

Another bill that has surfaced recently, S 1486, seeks to dismantle the Postal Service also. Calls to our senators should begin soon, along with calls to Senator Harry Reid’s office urging a NO vote on this bill. I urge each carrier to produce 20 calls or letters. Ask your family, friends and neighbors to do the same. The 2014 election is a little over one year away. We must elect a more union friendly Congress. Keep the ones who fight\u00a0for us and boot out the ones who do not.<\/p>\n

Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the 27 Congressional representatives and their Washington phone numbers. It is never too early to start the calls informing their staff of how we feel. I hope you will share these numbers in your newsletters, bulletin boards and any other multimedia your branch may use. Stay informed by visiting the now more user-friendly FSALC web site at www.fsalc.com or the NALC website at nalc.org.<\/p>\n

Upcoming items of interest include the following District training for the fall:<\/p>\n

District 1, Training Oct,6 at Branch 1071 union hall<\/p>\n

District 2, Training Sept 15th TBA.<\/p>\n

District 3 and 4, Training Sept 29th<\/sup> at Orlando union hall<\/p>\n

District 5, Training Oct 27th Tallahassee union hall.<\/p>\n

‘We are also putting together a Florida delegation made up of \u00a0CDL’s, Branch President (or designee), and State officers for a trip to Washington in March of 2014- The details are still-being worked out with NALC legislation department however; we will have this\u00a0information to you soon, so your plans can be made.<\/p>\n

____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

Al Friedman ,FSALC President
\nWelcome\u00a0Delegates to our\u00a072nd Biennial\u00a0Convention\u00a0held here in\u00a0Jacksonville.
\nThis will\u00a0mark the 100th\u00a0anniversary of\u00a0the Florida\u00a0State Association of Letter Carriers. That is surely\u00a0something to celebrate, a 100 years of improving\u00a0the working conditions, pay and benefits for\u00a0Letter Carriers.
\nIn 1913 our Brothers and Sisters struggled with\u00a0many Postal issues just as we do today. In the last\u00a0few years the FSALC has had to take on another\u00a0role, getting aggressively involved in the Political\u00a0arena, due to the many attempts to dismember the\u00a0United States Postal \u00a0Service to a group of low\u00a0paid, no benefit’s, smaller work force. All the\u00a0things this great Union, the NALC has fought\u00a0long and hard for, and will continue to do so with\u00a0our very last breath.
\nOn February 10th at 10:01 AM 2012,I assumed\u00a0the role of President of the FSALC with the\u00a0resignation of Brother Matty Rose. Matty Rose\u00a0was asked by NALC President Fredric Rolando to\u00a0be a trustee at Nalcrest. Filling Matty’s shoes has\u00a0not been an easy thing to do, and I along with\u00a0many people realize and appreciate all the hard\u00a0work he did as President and continues to do\u00a0wherever he goes.<\/p>\n

With 2012 being a Presidential election year and\u00a0our National Convention endorsement of\u00a0President Obama, our State was already six points\u00a0behind, and was predicted to be a Red State.\u00a0When asked by our Legislation Department what\u00a0it would take to turn this State from Red to Blue,\u00a0the answer was 12 Letter Carrier boots on the\u00a0ground. On the ground getting out there door to\u00a0door making the voters aware of what was\u00a0involved in the coming election and what the\u00a0issues were from the elderly to the young voters\u00a0of this State. Organizing people to man phone\u00a0banks and try to get a feel of what the public\u00a0wanted to see happen, and possibly help them\u00a0understand the issues that they faced in this\u00a0election.<\/p>\n

We covered every corner of this State and the\u00a0outcome will be written in the history books. I\u00a0would now like to take a minute and ask these 12\u00a0individuals to be recognized for their unselfish\u00a0efforts, time and dedication to make this State\u00a0what it is listed as today, BLUE. Although that\u00a0goal was accomplished the election didn’t bring\u00a0in as many Union Friendly Candidates as we had\u00a0hoped for and therefore we must continue the\u00a0fight to educate Congress and the public about\u00a0what the real truth is concerning the USPS and its\u00a0financial stability. Because of all the work that\u00a0had to be done, we have made some friends in\u00a0Washington, and hopefully with our ever growing\u00a0COLCPE members, we will be able to increase\u00a0our friends on the Hill, and educate them about\u00a0how important 6 day delivery is, and why we need to stop the prefunding of our health care for\u00a0people who haven’t even been born yet.\u00a0Our goal is to have long term relationships in\u00a0Congress today. We have gone to Washington\u00a0numerous times to get the word out in an effort to\u00a0stop bills from reaching the Congressional floor\u00a0that could end our jobs as we know them. We\u00a0have rallied, signed petitions, made phone calls\u00a0and visited all our Congressional Leaders to let\u00a0them understand what is at stake here.\u00a0Throughout all of this too, we have had to\u00a0sometimes educate our own membership, to make\u00a0them see what the big picture is and not the little\u00a0one the Postmaster General is trying to use to \u00a0mislead Congress and the American Public.\u00a0Daryl Issa and the party that he represents have\u00a0mandated a goal to destroy all Unions in the\u00a0country. That is why we must support American\u00a0made products, and any Union that still is in\u00a0existence. We must all stand as Brothers and\u00a0Sisters together, or we will fail.
\nOn a positive note, with the hiring of CCAs we\u00a0will be able to recruit them into joining the\u00a0Union. We must tell them of the benefits of the\u00a0Union, and what it means to be a Union, and not\u00a0an individual. Since the downsizing in 2006, it\u00a0has been a long time since we have had the\u00a0opportunity to bring in new ideas and future\u00a0leaders for the NALC. This is a great thing,\u00a0because we have to train the young members, so\u00a0they can step in as people retire. They have to\u00a0learn more at a faster rate than any time in Postal\u00a0History because we can see by the events in the\u00a0Post Office today, those in charge are not looking\u00a0to save the Postal Service, but dismantle it.<\/p>\n

In closing, if we could go back in time and ask\u00a0those in the State 100 years ago what they did in\u00a0the dire times they lived in, I am sure they would\u00a0tell us that they didn’t stop fighting to get better\u00a0working environments or pay increases that\u00a0matched the cost of living, and the start of the\u00a0benefits we enjoy today. In 1970 with the\u00a0Reorganization Act a change was brought about\u00a0led by Brothers like Vincent Sombrotto. These\u00a0changes have carried us through to today. They\u00a0fought long and hard, and it is our obligation to\u00a0honor them and continue the fight today, and in\u00a0the future, to keep this great Union, the NALC, a\u00a0strong and ever growing organization.<\/p>\n

I hope all the Delegates enjoy the 72nd biannual\u00a0convention and 100 years of FSALC.
\nThank you to all the members of Branch 53 for\u00a0putting on a great Convention.
\nFraternally,
\nAl Friedman<\/p>\n

_________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FSALC President Al Friedman 22817 Bay Cedar Drive Land O’ Lakes , FL 34639 Ph# 727-809-1776 E-mail\u00a0albe143@hotmail.com   FSALC PRESIDENT’S REPORT AL FRIEDMAN State Officers, Branch Presidents, CDL’s, and SLL, Reflecting back on the State Convention, the state\u2019s 100th, it … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-126","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205,"href":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/1205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsalc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}