Postal workers from Bucks County and communities as far away as Texas and Florida expressed satisfaction after reading a Courier Times story about one of their peers who won a ($500,000) lawsuit in federal court against supervisors in the Langhorne Post Office. Several respondents took time to recount experiences with their bosses they said mirrored what Willingboro resident Willie Brown went through before he lost his job. Many described working conditions that raise questions about how the U.S. Postal Service oversees its managers. “My observation is that the postal service promotes a culture of intimidation and harassment. It appears that supervisors have financial incentives, which lead them to treat employees in a very hostile fashion,” . Financial incentives in the form of bonuses, based on keeping employee sick leave and work-related injuries down, pressure postal supervisors to put the squeeze on their workers, resulting in untenable working conditions,  [Brown’s attorney Marc] Weinstein said. Full story from MSNBC

Fired Postal Worker Wins Reinstatement, $500,000
The worker, Willie D. Brown, a counter clerk at the Langhorne Post Office, claimed that his firing was the result of discrimination and harassment by his bosses. According to court records, friction between Brown and his supervisors began in late 2002 when Brown, who had been with the postal service since 1981, assisted a co-worker in bringing charges of discrimination against her male supervisors. Following that incident, the postal managers at the Langhorne office began a “short and bellicose campaign to eliminate” Brown, who, up until that time, had a spotless employment record, court papers state. The suit demanded that Brown’s employers end their discriminatory conduct and reimburse Brown for back pay, salary increases, bonuses, insurance and other benefits lost since the time he was fired (Bucks County Courier Times)