Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 81: I forgot. Salted Peanuts
The episode features a collection of anecdotes and advice for postal workers navigating labor disputes with management. Corey emphasizes the importan…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 80: JB and an ode to a good friend. JB goes in depth about quarterly overtime grievances. From the From A to Arbitration team, Merry Christmas happy holidays and we will talk to yall next year.
JB explains in great detail how to interpret local overtime records and file a grievance if overtime has not been distributed equitably among employe…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 79: The distinguished Mr. John Poskin educating us on grieving transfer denials.
The episode features a guest speaker, John Poskin, a union steward with extensive experience in handling transfer grievances. Poskin provides a detai…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 78: Defeating the hour office time; a short literary composition expository in nature authored by Richard Ray and Sean Killeen
A letter carrier, Richie Ray, successfully grieved a new policy that imposed a blanket 60-minute office time for all carriers, regardless of mail vol…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 77: My state of our Union address
The episode highlights various grievances and concerns raised by members of a union regarding the lack of representation and support from their leade…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 76: The Shepherd Mike Caref going behind the scenes on upcoming contract negotiations
In this episode, Corey talks about contract negotiations with a guest, Mike Caref. Corey then goes over the 2023 contract negotiations, talking about…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 75: Trapping a lion. Julio Cesar Chavez. Grieving Management removing our hard plastic trays from our cases
Corey discusses a grievance filed in 2014 regarding the placement of hard plastic trays used for mail delivery. Management instructed carriers to sto…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 74: My Dad, a removal, is your business agent a shepherd or a sheepherder? Dealing with relevancy letters.
Corey discusses relevancy letters, removals, and formal step A meetings. He emphasizes the importance of the formal step A process as a critical junc…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 73: Reviews. Grieving residual mail in the DPS
The episode is about residual mail and the DPS process. Corey discusses several arbitration cases related to this issue, highlighting the disagreemen…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 72: JB, the expert, dealing with Management performing craft work. An expert doing expert things as only an expert can.
This episode is a discussion about how to identify and grieve violations of the union contract when a 204-B supervisor is performing bargaining unit …
3 years, 11 months ago