Webster dictionary defines " Fundamental:as, Basic or essential major
significance, most important" this is pretty self explanatory.
It also defines" Constitution:as, The fundamental laws that govern a nation; structure or composition; health or wellness"
I
would first like to address fundamental, we are in need of this
function as this is most important. Our ability to function depends on
the fact that this is the most important action that we need to survive
as a organization. It is essential to our ability to define and
withstand the forces that would disrupt all that we hold dear. In the
search for truth these elements are required to hold us to the
standards that are expected by our members and the USPS, to deviate
from this truth is to enter into a realm of distrust and
misinformation.
Why you may ask is this of importance? because
this is the foundation that we have built our Constitution upon.The
fact of the importance, that we are not only true to ourselves but also
to those that we are representing in the positions, with which we have
been elected, and or determined to portray.
Do we have the right
to ignore these important truths or do we think that we can at the cost
of our members betray that trust? And most importantly the standards
that we should hold ourselves to.
Constitution, a law one with
which there is no doubt, no room for misinterpretation. These are the
laws that govern our Association., one that can only be changed by
those that have followed the guidelines set forth in that very same
document.
So do we have the right to manipulate those laws into
what we need at the time without the approval of those very same people
that have endorsed us, to represent us all in the idea of good faith?
we as individuals do not have that right, we cannot be so presumptuous
that because we have been elected to positions of power, or to the
voting delegate to change in our benefit , that which is written and
approved by the members. Our powers are restricted and rightly so to
that of abiding to what is and has been determined to be the truths.
We
cannot be like those that change at their will, or manipulate in their
favor that which we have believed to be truths. The time is here to
stand up and say we cannot afford to not abide by that with which we
hold so dear. So when questioned, do we ignore those that have doubts?
Can we afford to be in disregard of those that want the truths of the
documents we should be holding in the highest regard? Is this the
example we want to set for those that follow, for our families to be
witness of?
We all know that the USPS just recently determined
to change the PO 603 in clear violation of an arbitrated settlement,
and maybe Federal Law. Can we afford to allow ourselves to degrade
ourselves to the level that the USPS has chosen? All by wanting to take
the easy way out. to do what is easiest and in defiance of the very
document that is supposed to hold us to those higher levels of
standards that we have endorsed, and perceive to be the truths.
We
are in a critical point in determining our character and the eyes of
the Nation are upon us. The decisions, whether right or wrong, will
determine the future of our administrations. We need be careful in the
judgment of those that should have questioned the actions, for that
brings in question our very own standards.
"Judge not lest you be judged". We have choices that we need to make and I pray we choose the right paths.
And Thats The Way Jay Sees It