Tommy Espinoza

Word on the street is that...

They won't. And my girlfriend thinks I've lost my mind.

They won't. And my girlfriend thinks I've lost my mind.

They won't. And my girlfriend thinks I've lost my mind.

Thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much for giving us the mail carriers a platform to stand on.

Thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much for giving us the mail carriers a platform to stand on.

Thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much for giving us the mail carriers a platform to stand on.

Yeah, the right to strike has been a rather divisive topic. I'm sure you're familiar with unions and just generally people on our side of politics to be infighting a lot. It shouldn't come to a surprise. Yeah. So in 1969, just over 50 years ago, the salary for postal workers was under $2 an hour. People were working months straight with no days off. And those were close to 12 hour days.

Yeah, the right to strike has been a rather divisive topic. I'm sure you're familiar with unions and just generally people on our side of politics to be infighting a lot. It shouldn't come to a surprise. Yeah. So in 1969, just over 50 years ago, the salary for postal workers was under $2 an hour. People were working months straight with no days off. And those were close to 12 hour days.

Yeah, the right to strike has been a rather divisive topic. I'm sure you're familiar with unions and just generally people on our side of politics to be infighting a lot. It shouldn't come to a surprise. Yeah. So in 1969, just over 50 years ago, the salary for postal workers was under $2 an hour. People were working months straight with no days off. And those were close to 12 hour days.

And so these postal workers at the time qualified for welfare and decided in 1970 to go on strike, despite it being illegal. This conversation is not new. It was illegal then. It's illegal now. And I do want to be crystal clear here. I am not advocating for a strike. That would also be against the law. And we don't advocate for anything that's against the law.

And so these postal workers at the time qualified for welfare and decided in 1970 to go on strike, despite it being illegal. This conversation is not new. It was illegal then. It's illegal now. And I do want to be crystal clear here. I am not advocating for a strike. That would also be against the law. And we don't advocate for anything that's against the law.

And so these postal workers at the time qualified for welfare and decided in 1970 to go on strike, despite it being illegal. This conversation is not new. It was illegal then. It's illegal now. And I do want to be crystal clear here. I am not advocating for a strike. That would also be against the law. And we don't advocate for anything that's against the law.

What I do want to advocate for is the right to strike, because... Being quasi-federal, there's a lot of limitations in what the NALC and the general postal unions are able to do. In total, there are nine bargaining agreements and seven unions within the post office, some of which are the managers' unions, so take that as it is. Yeah. Yeah.

What I do want to advocate for is the right to strike, because... Being quasi-federal, there's a lot of limitations in what the NALC and the general postal unions are able to do. In total, there are nine bargaining agreements and seven unions within the post office, some of which are the managers' unions, so take that as it is. Yeah. Yeah.

What I do want to advocate for is the right to strike, because... Being quasi-federal, there's a lot of limitations in what the NALC and the general postal unions are able to do. In total, there are nine bargaining agreements and seven unions within the post office, some of which are the managers' unions, so take that as it is. Yeah. Yeah.

On top of not being able to strike, none of our money that we collect as union dues can be used for lobbying purposes. So they can't support a single candidate or any of the parties involved. We have a separate fund for that with the NALC called the Letter Carriers Political Fund to try and circumvent the restrictions that are put on there.

On top of not being able to strike, none of our money that we collect as union dues can be used for lobbying purposes. So they can't support a single candidate or any of the parties involved. We have a separate fund for that with the NALC called the Letter Carriers Political Fund to try and circumvent the restrictions that are put on there.

On top of not being able to strike, none of our money that we collect as union dues can be used for lobbying purposes. So they can't support a single candidate or any of the parties involved. We have a separate fund for that with the NALC called the Letter Carriers Political Fund to try and circumvent the restrictions that are put on there.

And as a result of that, it's like we're fighting with our hands tied behind our back. We are... unable to organize effectively. Our union leadership seems to be afraid of protests and picketing for fear that it'll be misconstrued or labeled as a strike. And they're, I think, generally afraid of public opinion.