Code (Lite) Blue: A Postal Podcast

One Year Later... A call to action to the rank and file of the NALC. Thank you for listening!

<p>This episode wraps up the Exhibit A series with a reading of the Executive Council's response to the charges and the full rebuttal that was submitted. All six original charges are now on record. We end with a direct...

<p>In this episode, we close out the original set of Article 10 charges filed on April 3rd with a pointed examination of Charge VI, a charge that calls into question President Renfroe's overall readiness and fitness to...

<p>The curious case of Paul Barner is explored, where a man who had a hand at the elusive Rolando proposal failed to disclose it, placing himself in the same corner as President Brian Renfroe. The signs of collusion, of...

<p>We start the episode with a revelation from the Matty Rose report; one that can have dire consequences for an already beleaguered NALC Executive Council. We then read Charge IV of Exhibit A (the original six...

<p>We examine Charge II of the original six Article 10 Charges, in which President Renfroe violated Convention Resolutions 12 and 22, failing to provide the NALC membership regular collective bargaining updates. </p>

<p>A ship without a compass. That was the situation in which the NALC was in over the two years of clandestine collective bargaining. We dive deeper into how President Renfroe seized control of the narrative, dismissing...

<p>We open the Exhibit A series by reading Charge I of the original Article 10 charges filed on April 3, 2025. We follow that up with reading a key portion of the Weir Report, which confirms the existence of a...

<p>In this very short episode, we reflect and prepare to revisit the early warning signs, the roots of the constitutional crisis: the original six charges filed on April 3rd, 2025. </p>

<p>The final charge accuses the NALC Executive Council of illegally rewriting Article 10 by dismissing charges without investigation or Convention approval. Their April 16 vote bypassed both process and precedent...

<p>This charge alleges that the NALC Executive Council ignored a formal request for constitutional interpretation - a separate duty outlined in Article 9. Regardless of their vote on the charges, they were required to...

<p>Charge IV explores the direct role NALC President Brian Renfroe and Executive Vice President Paul Barner played in orchestrating the dismissal of charges against themselves. It highlights contradictions between...

<p>This charge outlines how the NALC Executive Council's actions - including procedural manipulation, failure to investigate, and dismissal of charges - directly undermined the NALC Constitution and eroded member trust...

<p>Charge II accuses the NALC Executive Council of acting as a bloc to suppress accountability, shield Renfroe and Barner, and dismiss serious allegations without constitutional justification. Evidence includes...

<p>This episode covers the first formal charge of the April 23, 2025 filing in which the NALC Executive Council, led by President Renfroe, violated Article 10 by dismissing the charges without investigation, hearing, or...