In this Episode of Parcels of Knowledge I discuss your duty as a member, and how we are going to push National In the right direction this contract cycle. I have Derek on from building a Fighting NALC and we stress the importance of taking the Survey they have in order to demonstrate just what we want during this bargaining cycle as a collective membership. The link to the survey is below: 

2026 Contract Demands Survey — Build A Fighting NALC

This is a historical piece putting on record the past pilot program where management allowed t6 strings to manage themselves. The carriers were in charge of their own leave approval, their own overtime, their own volumes and their own expectations. At a time where employees had such an input on their own workplace conditions, did this program work? Was it helpful? Why did it stop? We interview those who were involved in these work teams, go over a document explaining the employee involvement committees, and get on record exactly what it means for letter carriers to manage themselves. 

In this Episode of Parcels Of Knowledge we talk about a few things. The main thing we talk about is 7 different phrases that management hates when you use them right, they are very important for defending yourself, so please memorize them for future use. 

We also talk about how we will be having EVP Candidate Corey Walton on for a Q and A in December. If you have any questions, please submit them to [email protected]. Any and all questions sent to that email will be discussed with him. 

Lastly, Building a Fighting NALC is trying to get carriers to take their survey about our contract demands for next contract. I suggest you get on this website and let Renfroe know whats up: 2026 Contract Demands Survey — Build A Fighting NALC

They want at least 2000 carriers to do it in 2 weeks by the OHIO Rap Session, lets blow that number out of the water, thats only 1 percent of us, we can easily do this. 

In this episode of Parcels of Knowledge, we discuss my recent step b decisions on 271gs and talk about the 2 tricks that management is using to work around having to adjust overburdened routes in my station, and how we will be responding to this foolishness. 

In this episode of Parcels of Knowledge, we detail the changes in Article 8 that occur during the December Exclusionary Period, and we also discuss Article 11 holiday scheduling. This one will be needed since we are coming into 4 holidays in such a short period of time. 

This episode is about how important it is for us to stand on the shoulders of your giants of the past. This is a story about how Pat Carroll, Former NBA and former president of my branch, set the foundation for another steward to excell in standing strong for our carriers. This is an important lesson, I wouldnt miss it.  

Today I will cover the biggest attacks on our craft that we have had as of lately. These two things will demolish routes, add to your deliveries, and devastate the carrier craft over time. These issues involve theft of the carrier craft and theft of the carrier hours. Please stand with me to protect ourselves from these issues. 

In this episode I talk about a letter carriers basic rights during the OWCP process, and some questions and answers about things that letter carriers are commonly concerned about. 

Today we are posting the 3rd and final episode where we attempt to bring the KIM regions training to those who cannot attend. Todays Episode is about Brian Renfroe's Address to the Membership. 

In this Episode I relay general session and go over the remaining classes. Tomorrows episode will summerize Brian Renfroes General Session. Like usual there is another segment where carriers could shout out people they appreciate.