Guest Blogs

Guest post by JOEL WEESE Fellow rural carrier and retirees: I am writing this out of genuine concern for our union, based on both personal experience, and on statements I have heard recently about events involving our National Board.   I’ll describe my personal experience first.  Several years ago, our State Association reinstated a Family … Read more

This is how I’ve seen it! This is my final blog. It’s time for me to retire. I thought it would be fun to go back and give you my top ten quotes, sort of like a rock group’s greatest hits. Here they are chronologically: 1-From 7/2013, “Congress has been sitting on Postal Reform for … Read more

Guest post by MIKE BARNABI I’ve been a card-carrying member of the NRLCA since I was hired in the late 1990s. Any more I’m starting to wonder why. Sure I get timely information and I’ve always been a pro-union guy, but the representation has been nothing short of embarrassing the last couple years. I’m pretty … Read more

Guest post by Older and Wiser. Older and Wiser is a rural carrier.Click below to see all of Older and Wiser’s Guest Posts. Click Here I’m Pissed This is how I see it! This blog is based on the report “Non-Career Employee Turnover” Report Number HR-AR-17-002 December 20, 2016 from the Office of the Inspector General … Read more

Lots of good information in this video recap by Kevin Terry from the Southwest Area Conference (SWAC).  Take the time to listen.  It has information on the engineer study, mail counts, and much more.     If you are an RCA, be sure and join his Facebook group and check out his website..

Guest post by Older and Wiser. Older and Wiser is a rural carrier.Click below to see all of Older and Wiser’s Guest Posts. Click Here This is How I See It! The way things have gone the past few years, it seems like the decision to go hourly may seem like the way to go for … Read more

Guest post by Mike Shue. Mike Shue is a recently retired rural carrier.Click below to see all of Mike Shue’s Guest Posts. Click Here This is my final article on being a national delegate. If you’ve read the previous articles, you have made it to the point of the convention proceedings to begin. I will not go … Read more

Guest post by Older and Wiser. Older and Wiser is a rural carrier.Click below to see all of Older and Wiser’s Guest Posts. Click Here The Future of the Rural Carrier – Carriers’ View – How Should We Be Paid? Part 2 – Evaluated This is How I See It! It is time to move on … Read more

Guest post by Mike Shue. Mike Shue is a recently retired rural carrier.Click below to see all of Mike Shue’s Guest Posts. Click Here This is my third article in this series about serving as a national delegate. You been nominated for a national delegate to represent your state, appeared on the ballot, received enough votes to … Read more

Guest post by Older and Wiser. Older and Wiser is a rural carrier.Click below to see all of Older and Wiser’s Guest Posts. Click Here This is how I see it! Guess what is right around the corner? Well, in only 2 years from now, the rural carriers will be AGAIN in contract negotiations. This series … Read more

Guest post by Mike Shue. Mike Shue is a recently retired rural carrier.Click below to see all of Mike Shue’s Guest Posts. Click Here Becoming a National Delegate Part II So you’ve been elected as a national delegate, something you’ve been looking forward to and trying to achieve for some time now. What I’m going to talk … Read more

Guest post by Older and Wiser. Older and Wiser is a rural carrier.Click below to see all of Older and Wiser’s Guest Posts. Click Here The Future of the Rural Carrier – Carriers’ View – NRLCA and the Revolution Part 2 EIE This is how I see it! Enough is Enough I guess the question now … Read more