NALC Branch 725


S.E. PA. Merged

On Feb. 5, NALC Region 12 Business Agent Brian Thompson and his staff (Leo Zachwieja, Steve Wiley and Beth Lloyd) attended our meeting to install our executive board. Also in attendance was NALC LPO Marc Ashmon. Af ter installation, an impassioned Q&A ensued.

One of the best things we can do to dispel the plethora of bad information that is out there concerning letter carriers is to speak ac curate information to bullsh*t!

While it would be edifying to rip management for their inept depth of character and lack of empathy for the very people who make them earn their bonuses, the focus must be what we do to prevent them from attacking us.

Just look around and see how our culture has moved to place us in a very vulnerable position. So many carriers walk/drive around with earpieces (bright white for effect) just waiting to be placed on emergency placement by the “new guard” of postal management. So many carriers walk around with accents to their unforms that would make most proud re tired letter carriers’ skin crawl. When has burnt orange, hot pink, etc., been incorporated into our uniform color scheme? The ties and dress shoes of the far past have been replaced by leggings under shorts of a color I can’t even pronounce (but not red, blue or silver, let alone black).

Management has employed a safety team (not including union representatives) that has been out already. Their stated agenda is to place letter carriers on emergency placement for safety violations (i.e., earbuds, no safety belts secured while driving). Also, carriers will be written up for uniform non-compliance and not doing their routes in line-of-travel order.

Let’s not give them what they want! Stay safe.

Also, please use PS Form 3996 daily (if ap propriate).