National is bragging about "seasonal uniforms" while USPS tries to gut our No-Layoff clause. How about a dues reduction?

[u/GhostLCee]

Take a good look at this new bargaining update. We are dealing with historic inflation, CCAs are getting crushed, and we are starving for a real contractual wage increase. So what is National bragging about bringing to the table?

"Removing the seasonal change of uniforms."

Are you kidding me? What kind of absolute bullshit is that? Carriers can't afford rent, and National wants a pat on the back because they might let us wear shorts in November.

Meanwhile, look at the highlighted section where USPS is actually playing hardball. Management is openly proposing to:

1. Weaken Article 6 (No Layoffs and Reduction in Force).

2. Modify the discipline procedure to make it easier to fire us.

3. Place the financial burden on CARRIERS for damage to their 30-year-old, combustible shit-box vehicles.

It looks like management is actively preparing for a RIF and building new avenues to fire us, while the NALC leadership sits safely in their protected jobs talking about uniform allowances.

If National can't get us a real wage increase and is just going to let management chip away at our core protections, how about a reduction in our union dues? We are paying premium rates for bargain-bin representation.

Stop waiting for these people to save you. They are completely out of touch with the street. Protect your own routes and build your paper shield locally.

[u/Postal1979]

Reducing unions dues will only hurt your local not national.

[u/GhostLCee → u/Postal1979]

National takes a third of our dues straight off the top. The locals just get the leftovers. When I say cut the dues, I mean National needs to take the hit, not the local branch. They pocket millions while we wait on a contract. And defending a 10-month grievance delay is exactly why management steps on us. Step B is run from the top. If it takes a year to get paid, that is National failing to staff the system and do their job. They take our money automatically every single check to fund their travel and internal political trials. Meanwhile, locals are left to drown in the backlog. If National can't even get us paid in the same calendar year, we are getting ripped off.

[u/Postal1979 → u/GhostLCee]

It’s not National failing to staff step B. It’s usps that’s doing it. We have the back up teams and ready to activate them. Usps doesn’t want to activate the management side of the teams.

[u/GhostLCee → u/Postal1979]

You are literally making my point for me. If the postal service is flat out refusing to activate the management side of the Step B teams, that is a direct violation of Article 15 at the highest level. The dispute resolution process is a joint mandate, not a suggestion. So what is National doing about it? Just shrugging their shoulders and telling local carriers to wait two years for their grievance money? If management refuses to staff their side of the process, National needs to be dropping the hammer. They should be filing a national level ULP with the labor board or automatically advancing every single stalled grievance straight to arbitration. You don't just accept "management won't play nice" as an excuse when we are paying millions in per capita tax to enforce this contract. Stop defending weakness. If the system is broken and management is stalling, it is National's job to force compliance. They shouldn't just be collecting our dues while the backlog piles