Episode 11 : Down the Rabbit Hole Part 3
We’re still down the USPS Rabbit Hole. Management can stop paying Letter Carriers if they are not delivering everything fast enough. Union Stewards are removed from the workplace floor and sent home without pay if do their jobs. They can be left at home without a word from their Station for months at a time. The pattern of abuse goes unacknowledged by those above the Union Stewards being sent home.
Coolman reacts to the resolution of his Emergency Placement. He will not be silenced while the pattern of abuse continues.
This isn’t a new issue. Coolman went through this in the spring. Coolman emplored the NALC Regional Office to fight the practice. He was rebuked for not using the broken grievance process.
The real issue is the WEAPONIZATION of Emergency Placement. Coolman gets his backpay and benefits returned. The Union has done nothing to protect him for being removed the moment he returns to the workplace floor on Monday morning.