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A Union Representative's in-depth Guide to the Dispute Resolution Process
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Episode 154: Salted Peanuts
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May 13, 2024 |
Episode 153: we've got a challenger. Going on the offensive dealing with management and stationary events,
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May 06, 2024 |
Episode 152: Everything
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Apr 29, 2024 |
Episode 151: Publication 552 and the IMIP process
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Apr 23, 2024 |
Episode 150: salted peanuts
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Apr 22, 2024 |
Episode 149: JB and an experts guide to defeating the "one hour office time"
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Apr 16, 2024 |
Episode 148: Building A Fighting NALC
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Apr 15, 2024 |
Episode 147: Salted peanuts and a special guest. One man's redemption against Otis and stay puft.
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Apr 08, 2024 |
Episode 146: The Weir Report part 2
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Mar 30, 2024 |
Episode 145: The Weir Report part 1
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Mar 29, 2024 |
Episode 144: Dereliction of duty and the neutering of our DRT.
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Mar 24, 2024 |
Episode 143: Lions doing Lion type shit.
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Mar 18, 2024 |
Episode 142: Memphis mini-series part 4 'The closing'
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Mar 11, 2024 |
Episode 141: Memphis mini-series part 3 The Formal Step A
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Mar 02, 2024 |
Episode 140: Memphis mini-series part 2
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Feb 26, 2024 |
Episode 139: Memphis mini-series. The Postal Inspector
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Feb 18, 2024 |
Episode 138: Hey prez, step up for our B-Teams and other ramblings.
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Feb 13, 2024 |
Episode 137: everything you'll need for 'Act of God' grievances.
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Feb 05, 2024 |
Episode 136: For my friend
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Jan 29, 2024 |
Episode 135: ACTIVISM!! My interview with Tyler Vasseur from Branch 9 in Minneapolis, a star in the making for the NALC
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Jan 21, 2024 |
Episode 134: Some salty salted peanuts. The grievance of the month-the 39-hour report
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Jan 15, 2024 |
Episode 133: Back inside the arbitration room. Closing arguments for management editing clock rings. Thanks to Cole Billups for his expertise.
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Jan 07, 2024 |
Episode 132: Our year-end review and what to expect for the new year.
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Dec 31, 2023 |
Episode 131: Assorted goodies and getting back inside the arbitration room via an emergency placement.
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Dec 18, 2023 |
Episode 130: Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured? Making sure we all have a seat at the NALC table!
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Dec 11, 2023 |
Episode 129: Let's Talk
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Dec 04, 2023 |
Episode 128: Salted Peanuts
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Nov 20, 2023 |
Episode 127: Salted peanuts...kinda
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Nov 13, 2023 |
Episode 126: Conditioning the frog
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Nov 06, 2023 |
Episode 125: Salted Peanuts
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Oct 30, 2023 |
Episode 124: Salted peanuts with an emphasis on Management instructing us to curtail mail forcing us into an undertime status.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
Episode 123: My opinion, The Observer, Management weaponizing the 1838c
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Oct 16, 2023 |
episode 122: Additional charges against our President and Executive Vice President. My pound of flesh
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Oct 10, 2023 |
Episode 121: Salted Peanuts
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Oct 02, 2023 |
Episode 120: Undertime and Management's new City Delivery Pivoting Opportunity Model (CDPOM) tool. Meeting management head on with their new "tool" and how to defeat it.
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Sep 25, 2023 |
Episode 119: Grieving the Decision letter instead of the Notice of Proposed Removal. Beating management's timeliness argument
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Sep 19, 2023 |
Episode 118: Effectively grieving tv screens on the workroom floor displaying our route data. Brought to you by members of Discord.
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Sep 11, 2023 |
Episode 117: Let's get back into an Arbitration.
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Sep 04, 2023 |
Episode 116: Mr. John Poskin gets in depth about Article 29
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Aug 28, 2023 |
Episode 115: The anatomy of a Removal
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Aug 21, 2023 |
episode 114: attacking Letter of demands.
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Aug 14, 2023 |
episode 113: Rally us. It's time for our leaders to lead.
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Aug 07, 2023 |
Episode 112: Some tidbits. Article 18 No Strike. Shut that talk up.
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Jul 31, 2023 |
Episode 111: Some more muddled Bullsh*t and a refresher course on the past practice of doing union work, on the clock, at our union hall.
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Jul 24, 2023 |
Episode 110: Come at me bro
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Jul 18, 2023 |
Episode 109: It has officially hit the fan
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Jul 10, 2023 |
Episode 108: The Charges. The warriors coming out to play.
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Jul 03, 2023 |
Episode 107: Everything you'll need to defeat roll-away run-away discipline.
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Jun 26, 2023 |
Episode 106: For our brother Eugene Gates Jr. Your passing will not be in vain.
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Jun 23, 2023 |
episode 105: I'm not the one, pony boy. Everything we need to beat stationary events discipline. Business agents quit selling us out.
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Jun 19, 2023 |
episode 104: Special guest Mr. Cole Billups goes in depth about the anatomy of a grievance file.
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Jun 11, 2023 |
episode 103: My ideology, Discussing the Arbitrators view on management requiring medical documentation for calling in sick 3 days or less.
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Jun 05, 2023 |
Episode 102: Fight for our safety and understand our rights.
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May 29, 2023 |
Episode 101: making sure we are playing chess and not checkers with our heat training grievance. salted peanuts and grieving certified mail in the dps.
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May 22, 2023 |
episode 100: salted peanuts. Basics on the informal A meeting and the importance of 613 time not 513 time.
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May 15, 2023 |
Episode 99: JB's salted peanuts. 3999 & demonstrated performance. Grieving return to work letters requiring signatures.
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May 09, 2023 |
Episode 98: spicy salted peanuts with an emphasis on HERO training falsification.
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May 01, 2023 |
Episode 97: Me & from A to Arbitration
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Apr 24, 2023 |
Episode 96: The possum or the Lion, which is it? Salted peanuts
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Episode 95: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Salted peanuts
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Apr 10, 2023 |
Episode 94: John Poskin doin some salted peanuts as he's rubber banded to my microphone.
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Apr 03, 2023 |
Episode 93: Salted Peanuts
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Mar 27, 2023 |
episode 92: Forgiveness and salted peanuts
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Mar 21, 2023 |
Episode 91: I Love You
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Mar 06, 2023 |
Episode 90: Bob Ross aka JB doing a bit of salted peanuts
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Feb 28, 2023 |
Episode 89: Memphis, Jason Atchley & hope for a new beginning
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Feb 26, 2023 |
Episode 88: THE Mike Caref, National Business Agent Region 3, getting us ready for collective bargaining. Special thank you to Cole Billups for saving my sanity.
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Feb 20, 2023 |
Episode 87: Shatter the damn podium, Article 8 & muscle memory.
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Feb 15, 2023 |
episode 86: Salted Peanuts
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Feb 14, 2023 |
Episode 85: salted peanuts with an emphasis on Management's denial of advanced sick leave request
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Feb 06, 2023 |
Episode 84: Vincent Sombrotto-Captain my Captain
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Jan 31, 2023 |
Episode 83: The quitter the coward and the Boogeyman
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Jan 23, 2023 |
Episode 82: Eight is enough: Basics of Article 8. Authored by Chris Strickland & Jason Atchley. Narrated by Corey Walton
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Jan 16, 2023 |
Episode 81: I forgot. Salted Peanuts
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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.
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Dec 12, 2022 |
Episode 79: The distinguished Mr. John Poskin educating us on grieving transfer denials.
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Dec 05, 2022 |
Episode 78: Defeating the hour office time; a short literary composition expository in nature authored by Richard Ray and Sean Killeen
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Nov 29, 2022 |
Episode 77: My state of our Union address
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Nov 21, 2022 |
Episode 76: The Shepherd Mike Caref going behind the scenes on upcoming contract negotiations
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Nov 14, 2022 |
episode 75: trapping a lion. Julio Cesar Chavez. Grieving Management removing our hard plastic trays from our cases
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Nov 06, 2022 |
episode 74: My Dad, a removal, is your business agent a shepherd or a sheepherder? Dealing with relevancy letters.
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Oct 31, 2022 |
Episode 73: Reviews. Grieving residual mail in the DPS
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Oct 17, 2022 |
Episode 72: JB, the expert, dealing with Management performing craft work. An expert doing expert things as only an expert can.
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Oct 10, 2022 |
Episode 71: Question and answer time with Executive Vice President Brian Renfroe.
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Oct 03, 2022 |
Episode 70: Special guest the honorable Mike Caref, Business agent region 3, rubber banded to my microphone. Topics cover non-compliance and failure to follow instructions
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Sep 26, 2022 |
Episode 69: Buster Douglas, the mirror and the note from the principal's office. Effectively grieving Management not allowing us to case SPRs and Management attempting to hold us to 5 minutes pm office time..
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Sep 19, 2022 |
Episode 68: The love affair. Effectively grieving management changing our start times.
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Sep 12, 2022 |
Episode 67: Beating the Red Line Policy (its coming to a station near you). Talking TIAREAP. A follow up to the knock and drop policy.
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Sep 05, 2022 |
Episode 66: William Wallace, picking a fight the 3996 and 1571
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Aug 30, 2022 |
Episode 65: JB goes in depth about the grievance procedure/process, CCAs doing rural carrier work, the work hour work load report
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Aug 22, 2022 |
Episode 64: humbled, Branch 11 'The Beautiful ones', why I do what I do aka the mechanic, My eviction notice, tidbits and City/Rural disputes
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Aug 15, 2022 |
Episode 63: midweek surprise. making sure we are grieving unsafe scanner messages and other tidbits
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Aug 03, 2022 |
Episode 62: The good the bad the ugly. M-01983
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Aug 01, 2022 |
Episode 61: I know what you did. Discussing the new memos. M-1982 M-1984
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Jul 24, 2022 |
Episode 60: A tainch of encouragement and dealing with management's constant violations of the 12- and 60-hour rule. Let's think outside the box here
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Jul 18, 2022 |
Episode 59: 1 year anniversary baby!! Dealing with PET. Making sure we are prepared to battle Management when they use PET
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Jul 10, 2022 |
Episode 58: A conglomeration of route protection wonderfulness. Making sure we are getting every second we are due.
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Jul 06, 2022 |
Episode 57: The power of the 8190, the fangs of the jackal. Protecting our routes and other assorted goodies.
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Jun 26, 2022 |
Episode 56: The rooster and the hens. Defeating the charge of AWOL on a non-scheduled day.
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Jun 13, 2022 |
Episode 55: How to deal with a toxic co-worker. Protecting your flock
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Jun 06, 2022 |
Episode 54: Ergonomics, my foot and protecting our brothers and sisters from long term injury
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May 31, 2022 |
Episode 53: Paying homage to my mentor Lew Drass & the wolf James Henry. Dealing with heat related grievances: everything you'll need to file a successful grievance against management.
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May 23, 2022 |
Episode 52: Rated MA, my heart, JB the dog trainer dealing with Dois, Pet, 3996 and red line policy. See description below for subject matter start times
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May 15, 2022 |
Episode 51: Special guest NBA Mike Caref, the challenge, The expert dissecting Article 16.7
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May 08, 2022 |
Episode 50: Defining mitigating factors. Grieving unsafe scanner messages.
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May 02, 2022 |
Episode 49: The saga of the Formal Step A. Being the King and Queen of your installation
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Apr 25, 2022 |
Episode 48: The inmate and The Informal Step A meeting. Be about that action
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Apr 18, 2022 |
Episode 47: The autobiography & the greatest Holiday Scheduling breakdown ever recorded. Narrated by Jason 'JB' Leath
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Apr 11, 2022 |
Episode 46: Bad ass Bresee, the test, and discussing Article 5 & Past Practice grievances.
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Apr 04, 2022 |
Episode 45: Jeremy McCall, The Patriot, the white pages and defeating the WOO and DOV
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Mar 27, 2022 |
Episode 44: The Dispatch Of Value (dov) the Window Of Operation (woo) and my Grandson. Beating the WOO & DOV
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Mar 21, 2022 |
Episode 43: General Hospital, AJ Breaux, Lake Charles and the escalated monetary award. Wrapping up the request for an escalated remedy
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Mar 13, 2022 |
Episode 42: The cease and desist, the four ways stop and the night stick. Dealing with an escalated monetary award.
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Mar 07, 2022 |
Episode 41: The fruit basket the sell and Deems Desirable. Jason Leath goes in depth on Deems.
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Feb 28, 2022 |
Episode 40: Last Chance Agreements (LCA) & The Arbitration
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Feb 21, 2022 |
Episode 39: Final episode of the JSOV. Management's position. The Rant, The 300, The Snitch and The Coward
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Feb 06, 2022 |
Episode 38: The JSOV issue and remedy.
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Jan 31, 2022 |
Episode 37: Yellow jackets the Lion and Documentation for the JSOV
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Jan 24, 2022 |
Episode 36: A prelude to the JSOV. A pep rally for the Joint Statement on Violence and Behavior in the Workplace.
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Jan 17, 2022 |
Episode 35: Opting: the most advanced and thorough hold down training available; presented by Jason Leath.
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Jan 10, 2022 |
Episode 34: wrapping up discipline and putting it all together. The devastator the journey and the squirrel
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Dec 13, 2021 |
Episode 33: Article 31 information. Short but oh so sweet
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Nov 29, 2021 |
Episode 32: Article 17 and our rights to requested information or as I like to call it the Mosquito, the deadliest killer of all.
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Nov 22, 2021 |
Episode 31: Corrective rather than punitive. Let's think outside the box
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Nov 11, 2021 |
Episode 30: Defeating CCA discipline. putting the pieces of the puzzle together
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Nov 01, 2021 |
Episode 29: M-01967, Kingsport TN and Arbitration C-34197. A HUGE WIN FOR THE NALC AND ESCALATED MONETARY AWARDS
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Oct 21, 2021 |
Episode 28: Just cause principle: Was the disciplinary action taken in a timely manner? Another head scratcher
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Oct 11, 2021 |
Episode 27: Just cause principle: Was the severity of the discipline reasonably related to the infraction itself and in line with that usually administered, as well as to the seriousness of the employees past record? A thinking Man/Woman's provision.
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Oct 08, 2021 |
*EXPLICIT CONTENT (language)* Episode 26: Just cause principle: Was a thorough investigation completed? a very detailed journey through this principle. *explicit content*
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Sep 27, 2021 |
Episode 25: Just cause principle; Is the rule consistently and equitably enforced? The obliterator of discipline
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Sep 21, 2021 |
Episode 24: Just cause principle: Is The Rule A Reasonable Rule? The ugly duckling of just cause provisions
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Sep 10, 2021 |
Episode 23: Just Cause Principle- Is There A Rule? breaking down this sub-question
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Sep 03, 2021 |
Episode 22: Article 16.1 getting ready for the just cause principles. Making sure it's the "supervisor" that is doing the work
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Aug 29, 2021 |
Episode 21: Examples of Behavior. public defender or Clarence Darrow. Who are you?
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Aug 23, 2021 |
Episode 20: Article 16.10 the discipline killer
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Aug 18, 2021 |
Episode 19: Article 16.8 Review of Discipline and the Swiss Army Knife. An in depth study on the concurrence of suspensions or discharge
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Aug 15, 2021 |
Episode 18: Discipline and Management's obligation under Section 115 of the M-39 Handbook
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Aug 09, 2021 |
Episode 17: Combating criminal statutes cited in the letter of charges.
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Aug 07, 2021 |
Episode 16: Article 16.6 indefinite suspension-crime situation. Unconfusing the confusing. The power of Nexus
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Aug 02, 2021 |
Episode 15: Article 16.7 emergency procedure much more than just "immediate "
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Jul 29, 2021 |
Episode 14: defenses against unauthorized overtime
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Jul 28, 2021 |
Episode 13: discussing single track vs multi track discipline
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Jul 25, 2021 |
Episode 12: Article 35 and defending against charges due to alcohol and drug addiction
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Jul 24, 2021 |
Episode 11: defeating stationary events as well as backing based off of gps tracking. Also deals with management spying and using covert techniques
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Jul 22, 2021 |
Episode 10: tenure and the bank of good will
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Jul 20, 2021 |
Episode 9 no 3: accidents and examples of behavior as well as Article 29
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Jul 18, 2021 |
Episode 9 no 2: ps form 1769/301 accident report
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Jul 18, 2021 |
Episode 9 no 1: defenses against vehicle accidents. Article 41.3.p
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Jul 16, 2021 |
episode 8 no 3: Vera d. Bugg and attendance related discipline
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Jul 14, 2021 |
Episode 8 no 2: deems desirable and restricted sick leave
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Jul 12, 2021 |
Episode 8 no.1: attendance related discipline
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Jul 12, 2021 |
Episode seven: The Charge
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Jul 09, 2021 |
Episode six: Article 16.2 discussion and using it to our benefit
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Jul 07, 2021 |
Episode five: Discipline and the request for information
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Jul 07, 2021 |
Episode four: Office of Inspector General and Postal inspectors investigation
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Jul 07, 2021 |
Episode three: The investigative interview
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Jul 07, 2021 |
Episode two: The steward
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Jul 07, 2021 |
Episode one: Introduction
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Jul 07, 2021 |