Episode 89: The Slogan vs The Reality “ Fight Like Hell” NALC, USPS, and the Crises on the Workroom Floor.

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In this episode, we discuss the tough questions and thereality of fighting like hell. We go over the January 15, 2026, OIG Audit Report on Grievance Management. I bring up one of my old episodes, Episode 31. I ask all of you, Fight Like Hell for what? We discuss the abandoned carrier. The shadow of the new contract. The fight we need is contract enforcement and carrier safety. We discuss the open letter to the NALC National Leadership from the rank and file.

We get into paper tiger national leadership, the questionis If we aren’t fighting to save the service, we are just fighting over the scraps of a dying company.

The Transparency Blackout. We also discussed that yourbranch is grievance-rich but spirit-poor. Does the grievance check feel like a win, or does it feel like hush money? Grievance vs Reality, this is my two cents when we discuss this.

This episode does not hold back on anyone; however, itdiscusses the true truths that our membership sees every day and is feeling as of right now, and there must be a change. I hope you enjoy this episode, and please make comments in the comment part of this page so we can get your view onwhat was discussed, what I got wrong, or what I left out. Please, this is for all of us to discuss and try to correct these real issues.

I decided to do two episodes in one. In addition to thisepisode, this is kind of like a part two of the previous episode, but it kind of isn’t, fight like hell… for what? We discuss the NALC-USPS contract is expiring, and the slogan we keep hearing is “fight like hell,” but fight like hell for what? What gets deep in this episode is what letter carriers are actually fighting for. Management accountability-or lack of it. The grievance system is failing. GPS & scanning abuse, Harassment by Technology. Forced Falsification of scans. Safety and Service are the two biggest lies. No enforcement Systemic Collapse. Broken window policy: fix it, or it shatters.The union at cross roads. The path forward change, TRANSPARENCY, Accountability, the Concerned letter carriers are here for us for 2026, we need to vote them in so all these issues can be addressed.