BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — United States Postal Service letter carriers rallied together Wednesday, demanding better wages following recent contract negotiations.
The union claims the tentative contract agreement fails to address current economic conditions and work rules, and they say it fails to reward them for the work they do every day.
“They need to put the value back into being a letter carrier,” said David Grosskopf Jr., President of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 3. “The postal service has retention problems, the postal service has attendance problems, the postal service has moral problems, and all of that in my opinion swirls around the inadequate wage and benefit package that it’s offering it’s employees.”…