The company is going broke, the
vided, we are going to lose too many routes
due to no mail—enough already!
What about all the great things we do daily
to make “this thing of ours” work? We are still
the best at what we do in the world. We have a
kind soul as a group. We just had another successful food drive (which happens to be the
largest one-day food drive in the country). We
are helping so many people through this with
all our other philanthropic endeavors. Sure, some of us bark, but we have always had the
“complaints brigade.” Our help with MDA is
legendary!
Things have a way of working themselves
out when you put your head down and focus
on hard work and dedication. Members of our
branch just attended our yearly congressional
lobbying trip where we talk to our political representatives face to face in Washington, DC.
We had a great turnout and were praised by our
national leadership for the results we attained.
We met with all 19 of our representatives. Sur
prisingly, we made great progress on most of
our issues with representatives we could not
come to agreement with in the past. We cannot
make progress unless we engage in dialogue
and lobby for all things good for letter carriers.
It’s common sense that if the company does
better, we do better.
This is all pertinent at the time we are embedded in contract negotiations. When you
read this, we probably will be revving up for interest arbitration. Binding arbitration is another thing we fought long and hard for. Forward
thinking by our NALC forefathers has served us
well. Let’s not forget those giants!
Internal disagreement only helps us grow.
But sometimes if you play with re…
