Women Abused
Inhumanely Mistreated
In the US Postal Service

"Stories of Pain and Abuse"

Widow With Daughter to Support
How do we stop the inhumane treatment? As a rural carrier I was permanently injured while delivering the mail. That is when the harassment began and to this day it continues. No help in any way from management only threats and retaliation. Four surgeries and six years later I am still without compensation. I was sent home 2 years ago and am still without income and my medical insurance has been discontinued. The postmaster never tried to make a job that would meet my medical restrictions but tells my union steward that he did. Management does not care about the individual only their money. They start to kill your spirit and make it as difficult as possible to go on hoping that you will give up. It takes all my strength to deal with the pain and disparity in treatment.

As a widow with a daughter to support while she is still in school they have taken away my only means of support. I think they hope to drive me to suicide but somehow my faith in God keeps me holding on day by day. I continue to go through the steps to get help but so far nothing. I did not know that one human being could be so cruel to another all for the love of power and money.

Prayers Offered
Wow !..

I am literally sickened to my stomach about the Cynthia case. What can I do as a Postal Worker to help your cause??

I am an outspoken former President of the Rural Letter Carriers Union. I am so sorry for any of the women who have been abused by this system and the Neanderthals that allow this to even be in our workplace

If I can't help out I at least am going to remember all of you folks in prayer to lift you up where the Lord should have you be. Jesus loves you ladies and God bless you for your brave fight. Let me know how else I can help.
PS.. My wife is also a postal worker...

Reverend With A Plight to Survive
Dear Women,
I am another woman who has been victimized by the USPS and the Office of the Postal Inspector General.

I sued the USPS for injuries and losses that I have from an accident with an LLV. The USPS and the Office of the Inspector General are attempting to destroy me because I brought a suit against them and now have an appeal that will give me a new trial and allow me to bring a "Bivens" action against the Post Office and the managers for bad faith, fraud, destruction of evidence, denying me my constitional rights, etc.

The USPS is out of control thinking that it is a law unto itself and can abuse and destroy people's lives without being held accountable.

Thank you for your efforts to educate the public about the internal abuse of civil rights.

With best regards,

Rev. JM

What Gave Birth to the Good Old Boy?
It behooves me how those responsible for abuse and mistreatment to women sleep at night.

How do they take any woman to suicide?

How do they negligently retain a postal supervisor who has raped his employee, and continue to fight her in court for many years?

Have they any regard for decency and the rights of a woman to labor without having her body violated?

How does this large federal employer get away with this?

The Postmaster General is a man with no regard for women in his workplace. What gave birth to this man? Perhaps, the "Good Ole Boys" network must end.

To read this is to be in shock of what goes on in the year 2000, and it's certainly inhumane, and unworthy for a Postmaster General who is "easily pardoned" for allowing $250,000 for his top official to make a minor geographical relocation, and to act as a General of some foreign country in charge of American women.

No daughter or son of mine should ever work for the US Postal Service.
--Mrs. Robert L.


So very powerful, you are all to be congratulated! Amazing! Thank-you. BC


Trusting the Office of Inspector General
I have also been intimidated and retaliated by upper (male) management when bringing out some wrong-doings of my manager. His boss and the District Mgr did nothing but told me I was the problem. They wanted to look the other way while things were going on that should not be.

When my manger called me at home twice in five minutes one evening, harrassing me, I contacted the Inspection Service because I did not know what he would try next. The Inspection Service did nothing.

I wrote a letter to the OIG which was finally handled 11 months later. Their so called investigation was done within a month and an OIG Supervisor told me my situation was not serious enough to get further attention.

I have been employed for 18 years, never received any discipline, but have had numerous "outstanding" merits.

Why was I treated this way? I was a fool to believe that they really wanted to know inappropriate actions of my manager. I have not been to work for eight months. I have used my Sick Leave and Annual Leave and now am on Leave Without Pay for seven months.

The Postal Service has not offered to do one thing to correct the situation. What am I to do next?

This is why this type behavior continues, because they get away with it, and they know they can continue to get away with it. It must be stopped NOW!--VC

Both Men & Women Abused
What a beautiful site!!!!!! And so profound!!

As an abused victim of the USPS I am only too aware of the tactics used and methods set into motion in order to keep the truth of our pain in the closet so that they may continue to inflict more as they please, slowly driving too many of us to suicide, insanity and/or countless other horrible conditions.

The fact that women are the primary (yet not exclusively), targets of this rampant abuse makes me think of the witch hunts that took place so many years ago. The woman who spoke her mind and/or believed a little differently than what she was told to believe, was then labeled a witch and sentenced to death. Is this not the same thing all these years later, only done in a more "politically correct" way ---- quietly, obscurely, and much more slowly???????

These witch hunts must be stopped immediately and permanently!! And the truth must be burned through the veils and walls that have been set up to keep it hidden by the abusers and their conspirators.

Let's do it ladies, not only for ourselves but to honor all of those who have gone before us; male and female; and have given their lives trying to bring the truth to light and paving a way for us to follow and continue the quest to wipe out workplace abuse in every aspect.

God bless us all who fight for the right to live in peace and harmony; those who refuse to accept violence and abuse as a way of life!!!

Love to all,--M

Battling Depression - No Rights to Be Reasonably Accommodated
I have not worked since August 1999. Between the latest bout of harassment by my supervisor on that day, and my medical condition aggravated by work I took off. Doctors released me to go back to work on August 2000 of this year.

I am currently battling depression again because I am not being put back to work. USPS is hiding behind the contract which states that the rural craft has no light duty. Yes, that is stated in our contract. They neglect to acknowledge what we all know--there is limited duty for the people they like.

In Sept I called Human Relations after I found out there was a reasonable accommodations committee meeting. I was told that I was not on the list of people to be included. I said that I would not be a part of it if I was not supposed to be involved. They said, no, that it was unusual, but that I would be on the teleconference list.

I proceeded to be ambushed on the date of the meeting when I was contacted that morning in the teleconference. Still trying to get out of "attending" I said that I did not want to interfere with the process. I was told, in a condescending manner, by the head of Human Relations that I was "jumping the gun" but that since I was on the line and everyone else was on that we'd just go ahead.

Since that day,I have asked Human Relations how long the process would take. The person I was mandated to go through--her and only her) gave me a song and dance about how many more cases they had and that it could take up to 90 days.

In the meantime I sit. Doing nothing. I have applied for a few part-time jobs just to take my mind of the above two activities. These jobs were slam-dunk--I should have had a call back. There was just one little problem---I am forced to fill out an application form that asks for recent employer. It's the "kiss of death" to list my history or when I put down "Currently on the rolls, but not actively working. Please allow me to explain in interview."

NO ONE CARES!!! Even if you get this what can you do?? You can't change the FACT that we (the ones who know where the bodies are buried--literally and figuratively) will ultimately be destroyed along with our loved ones..... the faithful, sweet husbands who want to rip "their" heads off but know they can't/don't dare; the precious children who know Mom is torn up but are powerless to help her.

And you know why I say it won't change things??? Because IT NEVER CHANGES!! THAT'S PROOF POSITIVE.

Oh well. Thanks for reading this.

To Be Updated and Continued