Thank you for your service, Comrade!
Congratulations!!
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congrats! i always thought i'd probably enjoy doing that myself
Just in time for postal worker shorts season
heh, it's a good thing that blue is my color. and my calves are not bad now but they're about to go crazy
We all could learn a lot about going postal!
Hell yeah
You're probably aware, but just in case, these guys seem solid: www.fightingnalc.com
Other advice, from a similar-ish union job: calibrate your militancy based on your circumstances. Find the other militants and see what they're doing. Be aware that even in a union job, mgmt can still force you out if they really decide to, especially if your local also decides you're a hassle or a threat. Shop-floor power is your most reliable defense, and that takes a long time to build.
It sucks, but studying the contract is really worth it. If you know your shit, your coworkers will notice, helping to build leadership.
Seniority has a bad reputation, and it's annoying to have none, but it's an important way to prevent mgmt from choosing favorites for everything. It's also nice to give the arthritis demographic easier jobs instead of just disposing of them like Amazon. Related to that: jobs like this keep you fit but also permanently wear you out, find the right balance, don't work harder than you need to, but also don't give mgmt easy ways to get rid of you.
I actually wasn't aware, so thanks for the link. I'm still pretty ignorant when it comes to the union stuff but I will read up on it as much as I can. glad to know there's an org out there fighting
it's wild to me that CCA's start at $20/hr regardless of location. that might actually be livable (if not great) in some places but unfortunately I'm in a very HCOL area so that's a poverty wage. $30 would be a huge improvement but still barely livable here
Aw shit was that me? I think there's a few of us postal comrades on here.
The first 90 will be rough no matter what you are going into, you will be expected to put up with a lot of shenanigans. Use that time to figure out who the shop steward is and see what they're pulling on you that is not actually by the book so you're ready to grieve and protect yourself once you're not on probation.
I work inside so I don't know what the most current tech is as far as keeping cool in summer but I'm sure your coworkers will have good suggestions.
rad dude -- congrats on making it happen
City or Rural carrier?
city
Good score!
Rural carrier work is a fuck
Messed my back up something fierce doing it
Have a friend who had to pay $2500+ out of pocket to have her own personal vehicle fitted with right hand drive and they cut her like 6 months in. Now she gets to drive on the wrong side of the road!
I had a LLV, but they scheduled me like 60 hours every week and ran me ragged
Constantly shat on me for taking 10+ hours on the route I was assigned when it should have been two separate routes because of the mail density
Final straw was when they had me deliver a team lift package solo (which was what fucked my back up)
All in all, best to stay away from the RC positions unless you know you're gonna get treated right
Congrats on the work that's a noble calling.