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DESCRIPTION:12/21/06 SF Labor TV Show: Going Postal Again:San Francisco Postal Workers 
 Speak Out\n  \nGoing Postal has now taken place in San Francisco. After 
 being written up and harassed on the\njob, postal worker and NALC 21 member 
 Julius Tart killed his supervisor Genevieve Paez and then\ncommitted 
 suicide. The issue of violence in the post office is not new as the program 
 of Labor On\nThe Job shows. It will be programmed on cable channel 29 in 
 San Francisco on Thursday\nDecmeber 21, 2006 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 
 PM.\nLabor On The Job Presents\nOn\n12/21/2006 Thursday 7:30 PM - 8:30 
 PM\nOn\nSan Francisco Comcast Channel 29\n\nGoing Postal Again\n\nOn 
 November 28, 2006 two postal workers died in San Francisco. Postal worker 
 and National Association Letter Carrier 214 member Julius Tart who had been 
 an employee since 1988 had been disciplined for not finishing his work on 
 time. A massive speedup is going on within the postal system with 
 automation and increased pressure on the workers to mold themselves to the 
 machines. Many postal workers are forced to work at night delivering mail 
 in the dark.\nWeeks after being written up by his supervisor Genevieve 
 Paez, Julius Tart went to her house and killed her. He then committed 
 suicide. This incident shocked some postal workers but did not surprise 
 others. SF Postal workers talk about the stressful and deadly conditions in 
 the post office and why postal workers feel they have no future. They also 
 discuss why they feel they are being terrorized.\nA note by Julius Tart was 
 found later addressed to his mother referred to himself in the past tense 
 and complained about conditions at work.\nAlso Labor On The Job will 
 program a short video segment from the Royal Oaks, Michigan postal murders 
 that led to deaths on the job in 1992. That LOJ show which was programmed 
 on 2/27/1992 was titled "The Deadly Connection, Postal Workers, Stress And 
 Murder On The Job.\n\n\n"Labor On The Job" is programmed the 1st and 3rd 
 Thursday of the month on San Francisco Cable Channel 29 from 7:30 PM to 
 8:30 PM. "Labor On The Job" is also the longest running labor cable show in 
 the United States since 1983. It is produced and programmed by the Labor 
 Video Project in San Francisco. The Labor Video Project also produces 
 "Labor Line" which is programmed every Wednesday from 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM on 
 San Francisco Comcast Cable channel 29.\nLabor On The Job also programmed 
 on Philadelphia Drexel TV 54 every Wednesday 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM and St. 
 Louis cable systems on on cable ch. 22 in the "City" of St. Louis Fridays 
 at 9:00 PM\nThe Labor Video Project also produces labor documentaries and 
 is part of the Union Producers and Programmers Network\n(UPPNET) 
 http://www.uppnet.org\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/18/18338337.php
SUMMARY:Labor TV On "Going Postal Again-SF Postal Workers Speakout"
LOCATION:San Francisco Comcast Channel 29
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/18/18338337.php
DTSTART:20061222T033000Z
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