At midnight on May 20, the contract between the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) and United States Postal Service (USPS) expired. The three-year span of that agreement saw historic sellouts by the union bureaucracy to USPS administrators and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. As part of the sweeping Delivering for America restructuring plan (DFA), a new Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) slashed wages by thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars for most rural carriers.
The next contract, covering nearly 130,000 workers, is an opportunity for rural carriers to mobilize a rank-and-file rebellion to fight the destruction of the post office, which is being carried out with the support of both big-business parties and the postal union bureaucracy.
After the first Rrecs I lost nearly 7 thousand dollars a year. As soon as that happened I filled out my retirement papers and got out. I saw this ship sinking a long time ago. I had worked for these people for forty years and would have worked a few more but I was sick of being treated like a machine and being told how to do my job by someone that had no clue what they were doing. Anyone that can get out should, don’t go down with the ship.
As more people leave, management will abuse those that are left more and more. Time to bail out.
Remember you stupid Rural sheeple you had the opportunity to fire the NRLCA! Whatever sell out that is coming your way in the next contract is on you! Keep paying those Union dues! 😆