Dear Congressional Leaders,
Trust.
How important is "trust" in a relationship? It is integral.
We do not TRUST the United States Postal Service.
Loss of trust in any relationship will lead to it's erosion and eventual failure. As employees, our relationship with the U.S. Postal Service requires trust. Recent actions and inactions by the present Postmaster General have decimated trust amongst its workers.
It begins here. The weakest craft with the weakest union has been discovered, and it's weaknesses have been exploited. In this instance, I am talking about the N.R.L.C.A. ( National Rural Letter Carriers Association) and the hard working letter carriers that rely on such an entity to communicate with their employer, the United States Postal Service.
Who is in control? Who ultimately is responsible for postal operations and communications? Your Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy. Recently, he has tried to throw his hands in the air and claim that recent corruption within the service is ..." out of his control" .
One of the easiest ways to eliminate a problem, is to pretend there isn't one.
The manner and philosophy in which DeJoy has implemented parts of his "10 Year Plan" is more than unscrupulous.
Dejoy seems corrupt. Or inept.
... Or worse, ...completely cognizant of his intentional failure to communicate and advise as a MAJOR change in the system for compensating rural carriers evolves. It seems that this failure to communicate has come either through ineptitude or blatant purposeful suppression of the information required to adapt to such changes.
The RRECS system for evaluating rural mail carrier compensation has been conjured in an effort to eliminate the older , well established system. The new system ( RRECS) has been implemented, with absolutely no information or training provided. Many of us believe that this was not ineptitude, but intentional. Postal leadership has decided to keep us in the dark.
Knowledge is power....especially if you are the only one with that knowledge.
DeJoy has decided that he will attempt to " dis-empower" the rural letter carriers of this Nation, by keeping them ignorant..and actually WITHHOLDING vital information. He has provided NO information about this new system, disseminating only that which he perceives will further his agenda.
Now, what of that agenda? Is it to make the U.S. Postal service fiscally viable? Perhaps , ultimately, there is an agenda and desire to privatize it? What will DeJoy's " 10 Year Plan" actually reap...when he exhibits these shady behaviors ?
His plan , and the manner of it's implementation, will further erode the service and dissolve any remaining faith and confidence in the U.S.P.S. as an employer.
We, as rural letter carriers and employees of the United States Postal Service, desire SUCCESS for our employer! We are PRO POSTAL SERVICE! Why would we want anything else for the entity that employs us!?
Dejoy and his method of withholding information to keep us powerless,.... will leave long lasting metaphorically visible scars throughout the craft. He has sowed a terrible seed of mistrust amongst his employees. This mistrust will weigh heavily on productivity , and become a destructive force in any effort to fiscal viability. Does DeJoy understand the value of his employees?
Trust. PM General DeJoy seems to deem it unnecessary or irrelevant. However, we all know that 'trust' is at the very core of any relationship, ...even your relationship with your employer.
After 36 years as an employee of the United States Postal Service..... they no longer have my trust.
We are asking that an investigation into DeJoy's methodology and implementation of the RRECS system of rural letter carrier compensation be made, and an attempt to re-establish TRUST be initiated. Though severe damage has been done, it can be repaired....but time is of the essence. The weakest union in the U.S.P.S. has filed a level 4 grievance , which needs to be addressed AND RESOLVED immediately . Further delay will deepen the scars DeJoy has marred on those under his employ. Prompt action is needed. Though the USPS is a pseudo private corporation, it is your congressional right to control it. The Postal Service has become like a 4th branch of the U.S. Government, complete with it's own police force!.... only there seems to be no checks and balances. The U.S. Constitution has laid this task squarely in the hands of our trusted Congress.
" When the Constitution was ratified in 1789, the Postal Clause in Article I, Section 8 gave Congress the power "To establish Post Offices and post Roads" and “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper” for executing this task."
Thank you for your efforts, and thank you for your service to our country. I know your job isn't easy.
Sincerely,
