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Bad Mouth

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

And then also you have Brian Renfro, who is the current president of the NALC, the one who was telling us that our tentative agreement was going to be historic when all it does is help management. He has gone on speaking tours lying about this tentative agreement, and everything he says sounds like management gave him a script.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

And then also you have Brian Renfro, who is the current president of the NALC, the one who was telling us that our tentative agreement was going to be historic when all it does is help management. He has gone on speaking tours lying about this tentative agreement, and everything he says sounds like management gave him a script.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

And there's a whole lot of theories on that and how when he loses his position, people have running bets on what position he's going to take in the post office the second he's voted out. Yep, yep, yep. He's the one who's negotiated this whole contract. He used his position as president. He iced out everyone from the union. He's the only one who talked to the post office.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

And there's a whole lot of theories on that and how when he loses his position, people have running bets on what position he's going to take in the post office the second he's voted out. Yep, yep, yep. He's the one who's negotiated this whole contract. He used his position as president. He iced out everyone from the union. He's the only one who talked to the post office.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

And there's a whole lot of theories on that and how when he loses his position, people have running bets on what position he's going to take in the post office the second he's voted out. Yep, yep, yep. He's the one who's negotiated this whole contract. He used his position as president. He iced out everyone from the union. He's the only one who talked to the post office.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

So this tentative agreement is his baby. Wait, what? Yep. The executive council. What? Yeah, he didn't tell the executive council. Wait, you didn't have like a bargaining team? No, but he had a bargaining team that were all of outside contractors. He had no one from the union with him. What? Yeah, because he wanted it to be his baby.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

So this tentative agreement is his baby. Wait, what? Yep. The executive council. What? Yeah, he didn't tell the executive council. Wait, you didn't have like a bargaining team? No, but he had a bargaining team that were all of outside contractors. He had no one from the union with him. What? Yeah, because he wanted it to be his baby.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

So this tentative agreement is his baby. Wait, what? Yep. The executive council. What? Yeah, he didn't tell the executive council. Wait, you didn't have like a bargaining team? No, but he had a bargaining team that were all of outside contractors. He had no one from the union with him. What? Yeah, because he wanted it to be his baby.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

Oh my God. Oh yeah. No. And the thing is we're coming up on 600 days without a con without a ratified contract. Like he has been the only one doing it this whole time. And there was a bunch of shady shit. Okay. So he's struggled with alcoholism. I have dealt with addiction. I have lost friends to addiction. I have family members struggle with addiction.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

Oh my God. Oh yeah. No. And the thing is we're coming up on 600 days without a con without a ratified contract. Like he has been the only one doing it this whole time. And there was a bunch of shady shit. Okay. So he's struggled with alcoholism. I have dealt with addiction. I have lost friends to addiction. I have family members struggle with addiction.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

Oh my God. Oh yeah. No. And the thing is we're coming up on 600 days without a con without a ratified contract. Like he has been the only one doing it this whole time. And there was a bunch of shady shit. Okay. So he's struggled with alcoholism. I have dealt with addiction. I have lost friends to addiction. I have family members struggle with addiction.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

I respect anybody who is going to take care of themselves. but he disappeared for something like 50 days or something. Didn't tell anybody. He ghosted everybody. He ghosted everybody. And this is the early days of negotiation. People stepped in to start negotiating with, Without him, it turns out he had gone and checked himself into rehab.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

I respect anybody who is going to take care of themselves. but he disappeared for something like 50 days or something. Didn't tell anybody. He ghosted everybody. He ghosted everybody. And this is the early days of negotiation. People stepped in to start negotiating with, Without him, it turns out he had gone and checked himself into rehab.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

I respect anybody who is going to take care of themselves. but he disappeared for something like 50 days or something. Didn't tell anybody. He ghosted everybody. He ghosted everybody. And this is the early days of negotiation. People stepped in to start negotiating with, Without him, it turns out he had gone and checked himself into rehab.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

But the thing is, the NALC has two fucking vice presidents. I have all the respect in the world for someone to take care of themselves. But when you got 277,000 employees livelihood. Yeah. You're responsible for, and you got, I don't care if you got cancer, if you got an addiction problem, or I don't care what it is, if you got to step away to take care of yourself, please do that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

But the thing is, the NALC has two fucking vice presidents. I have all the respect in the world for someone to take care of themselves. But when you got 277,000 employees livelihood. Yeah. You're responsible for, and you got, I don't care if you got cancer, if you got an addiction problem, or I don't care what it is, if you got to step away to take care of yourself, please do that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

But the thing is, the NALC has two fucking vice presidents. I have all the respect in the world for someone to take care of themselves. But when you got 277,000 employees livelihood. Yeah. You're responsible for, and you got, I don't care if you got cancer, if you got an addiction problem, or I don't care what it is, if you got to step away to take care of yourself, please do that.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

But put your vice, one of your two fucking vice presidents in charge. So what happens is someone steps in while he's gone, he comes back, gets mad at them, strips them of their responsibilities, blackballs them from the union, and goes back into negotiations all by himself. Which is why... Getting to the next point on this, at the most generous, he is inept as hell.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

But put your vice, one of your two fucking vice presidents in charge. So what happens is someone steps in while he's gone, he comes back, gets mad at them, strips them of their responsibilities, blackballs them from the union, and goes back into negotiations all by himself. Which is why... Getting to the next point on this, at the most generous, he is inept as hell.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

But put your vice, one of your two fucking vice presidents in charge. So what happens is someone steps in while he's gone, he comes back, gets mad at them, strips them of their responsibilities, blackballs them from the union, and goes back into negotiations all by himself. Which is why... Getting to the next point on this, at the most generous, he is inept as hell.