stumbling along

There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job
it was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses.

One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God.
He thought he should open it to see what it was about.

The letter read,

Dear God,
I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small
pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had
$100 in it, which was all the money I had until my
next pension check. Next Sunday is Christmas, and
I had invited two of my friends over for dinner.
Without that money, I have nothing to buy food
with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my
only hope. Can you please help me?
Sincerely,
Edna

The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to
all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet
and came up with a few dollars.

By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96,
which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman.
The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow
thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be
able to share with her friends.

Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter
came from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around
while the letter was opened. It read,

Dear God,
How can I ever thank you enough for what you did
for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to
fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very
nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful
gift. By the way, there was $4 missing. I think it
must have been those thieving b**t**ds at the
Post Office.

Sincerely,
Edna

Thanks Maurice:)

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CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS

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Transmitted by CNW Group on : April 24, 2007 08:59
Postal Workers Adopt New Collective Agreement
OTTAWA, April 24 /CNW Telbec/ - The 48,000 members in the urban
operations bargaining unit of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have
ratified a four year agreement with Canada Post Corporation by a vote of
65.6 per cent.

Postal workers will see a wage increase of 10.9 per cent over four
years, improved benefits and job security, enhanced health and safety
provisions and better working conditions,”

said CUPW National President
Deborah Bourque.

“I think the union negotiated a good collective agreement and so do a
majority of members, but no collective agreement is perfect,” cautioned
Bourque. “The deal doesn’t solve all of our problems around service expansion,
staffing or delivery of unaddressed admail but progress has been made in those
areas.”

CUPW represents 54,000 members in rural and urban communities including
full-time, part-time, and temporary workers.

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