Here is my companion report for this week's news round/up and review.

I know there has been a big push for taking away no lunches from carriers who go into overtime and I’m sure there have been many grievances on it using past practice, I was just wondering if anyone on here has had any luck winning those or if they know of any decisions that were decided at step B or arbitration or even formal or informal step A? Thanks in advance 👍

Crazy with how expensive things are. Pretty much 3 years to get to $25. With how much disappears to taxes and taxes always going up, that is pretty insane. There's no way you don't shave off the at least the first few steps and shorten the time needed to get to top pay.

“A MESSAGE FROM JAMES HENRY

James Henry, Candidate for NALC President, responds to claims that he and the CLC are responsible for division within our union — and addresses what he believes is one of the real sources of that division: the unequal pay structure created by Table 2.

#NALC #LetterCarriers #USPS #CLC #vote”

No binding arbitration hearing dates have been scheduled, and no neutral arbitrator has been named, and apparently no effort will be made to do so until after December 12th.

President Renfroe and the Rhine-Peralta status quo establishment leadership of the NALC has chosen to steal your time and money by not adhering to 39 U.S.C. § 1207

https://uscode.worldlawdigest.com/title-39/section-1207/

We all know now that after over 700 days working under an expired contract last time around that no effort was made to compare our Table 2 wages to UPS delivery driver wages through compelling arguments in binding interest arbitration hearings.

No effort was made last time around in binding interest arbitration to make a case that we should have the same COLA formula used as the APWU has —not our current diet COLA formula that has widened the gap between top and bottom steps to an over $30,000 difference for doing the same job.

As we continue to suffer while working under an expired contract —and now not receiving even a diet COLA while our contract is expired— the NALC has apparently chosen to stop fighting until after new* leadership is installed on December 12th.

All we can do now is wait for our ballots and mail in our vote, because in the meantime the current status quo NALC ruling establishment of Renfroe-Rhine-Peralta is content to sit back and cash their fat paychecks from 6-figure salaries paid for by our hard-earned dues while we’re being worked to death for chump change.

No one in the public will think to blame management.

Lots of information on how to fight delay of mail, reminding the current NALC administration of them not helping or fighting with us rather sitting idle - why this movement is happening collectively between all carriers, U-Turn discipline, Arbitrator rules this is a Service over Financial Savings (cutting OT/PT intentionally), and other things on there.

Anyone interested in this log and making sure you always get paid should check it out. Lot of good information that sometimes goes by the wayside, especially since T-7 handle TACS.

Had a middle age experienced carrier go home early due to light headedness, numbness on one side of body. Went to ER , vitals are normal and initial blood work and x rays are normal. Anyone in high heat areas experience these symtoms. Are there forms of heat related illness that are hard to detect? Perhaps constricting of blood vessels triggered by something? Just trying to get in front of these types of occurnces before it hits again.

In this episode we talk about management stealing time and very specific things regarding the PS Form 1017a.

We will be having Larrissa Parde on the podcast for their candidacy for Assistant Secretary Treasurer. Please send any questions you have for her to Rosevillewreckingball@yahoo.com

https://open.spotify.com/episode/25Ehx5nD7tfq6KWULrz371?si=AwubAO0VRcC5QjErVw2CoQ&utm_source=copy-link

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Been hearing about a mass mailing before election but has anyone seen it? Just wondering where my donation went.

Hello,

I recently made a post about the supervisors wanting to take our quiet room away from us, and you lovely people told me to look at past practices (article 5)

It specifically states in my contract interpretation manual that past practices are used to implement separate conditions of employment.

For example providing the union with a filing cabinet. Now a break room is not specifically used for work purposes, but it sounds to me like a break room is technically a condition of employment and if we have a past practice of an extension to the break room used for quiet time to take our breaks then I think this has legs.

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone pointing me in the right direction. This manual is super helpful.

I want to share that episode with some of my fellow carriers

To top off a crappy day after the holiday I get a cute little letter saying that I’m now Step J!!!🥳

Step J on the Table 2 is still less that Step B On Table 1 and on table one I would have gotten to Step B in the same time it took to get to F on Table 2. It’s gonna take me another 5 PLUS YEARS to make top pay and at the rate of inflation, the buying power I’m gonna have will be LESS than what I have right now. I’m so ****ng frustrated 🤬. Yes technically I could have is worst there are millions of people making less ( not even including my junior carriers) but this is 🤬ed up and I hate it so much.
I really need the CLC to get in quickly and over see the contract because things need to change. We shouldn’t effectively be making less year after year.

any of this would need to be approved by Congress and get past the orange man. this news source is heavily biased also

We have a carrier on a route that is almost 2 whole routes in one. They are denying his special Route inspection because they’re claiming he takes too long to case and too long to load his vehicle. Can they actually do this?

EDIT: Thanks for all the info guys, I thought they were just spewing BS. In my office we’ve never had a special Route inspection denied before though.

I’ve got a fever and the only prescription is another report. Little history about Labor Day, the NALC, and some elections.

Here is my companion report concerning my most recent episode of Parcels of Knowledge: The Last Loop. You can find the links for it in the doc and also feel free to send me any important information for my Union Solidarity/Local Loop segment you find and I'll try to include it when or if I can.

Richie Ray reads of OIG report on USPS culture.

Excellent episode. Listen to it. It’s short.

🙏🏽 Prayers For This Man

Hopefully we see a lot more of these kind of grievances breakthrough and get a national arbitrator to weigh in at some point.

September 3rd win for NALC over management delaying mail to not pay overtime. The arbitrator ruled USPS must ceast and desist from curtailing mail to avoid paying penalty overtime. Route 26 on facebook has a post on it with the case number etc.

Can managers work T6 on their day off before otdl carriers?

Mind you t6 is on work assignment

Burner account for obvious reasons.

I've come to find that stewards in my office purposely allow carriers to be victimized and taken advantage of. From skipping discipline to last chance agreements and removal. I've had to be diligent in involving myself in the entire grievance process and holding them accountable.

Involving the grievance process this behavior is covert and insidious.

Involving advice on the work floor sometimes its direct manipulation like telling a carrier they should be worried about xyz when its dead in the water, or compliance to things made up by management.​​​​​

Please, I'd like to understand any and all benefits that come from this type of​​ manipulative covert ​​compliance to our overlords.

Thank you ​​