Podcast

The Relay Box

Education

The podcast of Build A Fighting NALC, a reform caucus of members of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

https://www.fightingnalc.org/

Episodes
22
Releases
Daily
Typical length
36 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
5 days ago

Episodes

22 episodes, newest first

  1. BFN's Statement on the Results of the 2026 National NALC Election

    Episode 22

    Show notes

    Last week was a momentous milestone for the NALC. We concluded our first nationally competitive election in generations, and the message from the rank-and-file is clear: “We Need Change!”

    Read the statement on our website HERE!

    11 min
  2. [Secrets of a Successful Organizer-8] Lesson 8: Putting it All Together

    Episode 21

    Show notes

    Secrets of a Successful Organizer is a revolutionary text from LaborNotes that lays out the groundwork for how to organize your workplace. This episode of The Relay Box is our final installment of the audiobook version and covers Lesson 8: Putting it All Together.

    Join BFN for our reading group on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30EST to learn how other letter carriers are putting these time-tested "secrets" to practice!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

    "This book will show you how to fight back where you work and win. You’ll learn how to identify the key issues in your workplace, build campaigns to tackle them, anticipate management’s tricks and traps, and inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears.

    We've distilled generations of organizing know-how into 47 easily accessible secrets. Put them all together and you've got a step-by-step guide to building power on the job."

    34 min
  3. [Secrets of a Successful Organizer-7] Lesson 7: Always Be Organizing

    Episode 20

    Show notes

    Secrets of a Successful Organizer is a revolutionary text from LaborNotes that lays out the groundwork for how to organize your workplace. This episode of The Relay Box is our seventh installment of the audiobook version and covers Lesson 7: Always Be Organizing

    Join BFN for our reading group on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30EST to learn how other letter carriers are putting these time-tested "secrets" to practice!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

    "This book will show you how to fight back where you work and win. You’ll learn how to identify the key issues in your workplace, build campaigns to tackle them, anticipate management’s tricks and traps, and inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears.

    We've distilled generations of organizing know-how into 47 easily accessible secrets. Put them all together and you've got a step-by-step guide to building power on the job."

    33 min
  4. [Secrets of a Successful Organizer-6] Lesson 6: Expect the Unexpected

    Episode 19

    Show notes

    Secrets of a Successful Organizer is a revolutionary text from LaborNotes that lays out the groundwork for how to organize your workplace. This episode of The Relay Box is our sixthinstallment of the audiobook version and covers Lesson 6: Expect the Unexpected.

    Join BFN for our reading group on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30EST to learn how other letter carriers are putting these time-tested "secrets" to practice!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

    "This book will show you how to fight back where you work and win. You’ll learn how to identify the key issues in your workplace, build campaigns to tackle them, anticipate management’s tricks and traps, and inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears.

    We've distilled generations of organizing know-how into 47 easily accessible secrets. Put them all together and you've got a step-by-step guide to building power on the job."

    29 min
  5. [Secrets of a Successful Organizer-5] Lesson 5: An Escalating Campaign

    Episode 18

    Show notes

    Secrets of a Successful Organizer is a revolutionary text from LaborNotes that lays out the groundwork for how to organize your workplace. This episode of The Relay Box is our fifth installment of the audiobook version and covers Lesson 5: An Escalating Campaign.

    Join BFN for our reading group on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30EST to learn how other letter carriers are putting these time-tested "secrets" to practice!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

    "This book will show you how to fight back where you work and win. You’ll learn how to identify the key issues in your workplace, build campaigns to tackle them, anticipate management’s tricks and traps, and inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears.

    We've distilled generations of organizing know-how into 47 easily accessible secrets. Put them all together and you've got a step-by-step guide to building power on the job."

    30 min
  6. [Secrets of a Successful Organizer-4] Lesson 4: Choosing an Issue

    Episode 17

    Show notes

    Secrets of a Successful Organizer is a revolutionary text from LaborNotes that lays out the groundwork for how to organize your workplace. This episode of The Relay Box is our fourth installment of the audiobook version and covers Lesson 4: Choosing an Issue

    Join BFN for our reading group on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30EST to learn how other letter carriers are putting these time-tested "secrets" to practice!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

    "This book will show you how to fight back where you work and win. You’ll learn how to identify the key issues in your workplace, build campaigns to tackle them, anticipate management’s tricks and traps, and inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears.

    We've distilled generations of organizing know-how into 47 easily accessible secrets. Put them all together and you've got a step-by-step guide to building power on the job."

    22 min
  7. [Secrets of a Successful Organizer-3] Lesson 3: Map Your Workplace and its Leaders

    Episode 16

    Show notes

    Secrets of a Successful Organizer is a revolutionary text from LaborNotes that lays out the groundwork for how to organize your workplace. This episode of The Relay Box is our third installment of the audiobook version and covers Lesson 3: Map Your Workplace and its Leaders

    Join BFN for our reading group on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30EST to learn how other letter carriers are putting these time-tested "secrets" to practice!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

    "This book will show you how to fight back where you work and win. You’ll learn how to identify the key issues in your workplace, build campaigns to tackle them, anticipate management’s tricks and traps, and inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears.

    We've distilled generations of organizing know-how into 47 easily accessible secrets. Put them all together and you've got a step-by-step guide to building power on the job."

    38 min
  8. [Secrets of a Successful Organizer-2] Lesson 2: One-on-One Conversations

    Episode 15

    Show notes

    Secrets of a Successful Organizer is a revolutionary text from LaborNotes that lays out the groundwork for how to organize your workplace. This episode of The Relay Box is our second installment of the audiobook version and covers Lesson 2: One-on-One Conversations

    Join BFN for our reading group on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30EST to learn how other letter carriers are putting these time-tested "secrets" to practice!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

    "This book will show you how to fight back where you work and win. You’ll learn how to identify the key issues in your workplace, build campaigns to tackle them, anticipate management’s tricks and traps, and inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears.

    We've distilled generations of organizing know-how into 47 easily accessible secrets. Put them all together and you've got a step-by-step guide to building power on the job."

    28 min
  9. [Secrets of a Successful Organizer-1] Lesson 1: Attitude Adjustment

    Episode 14

    Show notes

    Secrets of a Successful Organizer is a revolutionary text from LaborNotes that lays out the groundwork for how to organize your workplace. This episode of The Relay Box is our first installment of the audiobook version and covers Lesson #1: Attitude Adjustment.

    Join BFN for our reading group on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:30EST to learn how other letter carriers are putting these time-tested "secrets" to practice!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

    "This book will show you how to fight back where you work and win. You’ll learn how to identify the key issues in your workplace, build campaigns to tackle them, anticipate management’s tricks and traps, and inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears.

    We've distilled generations of organizing know-how into 47 easily accessible secrets. Put them all together and you've got a step-by-step guide to building power on the job."

    37 min
  10. Statement on the “Fleet Vision” Pilot Program

    Episode 13

    Show notes

    Mass Surveillance is coming to our mail trucks, what are we gonna do about it?

    Read it here!

    Learn more and get involved with Build A Fighting NALC at https://www.fightingnalc.org.

    9 min
  11. Undelivered Reading Group #1, 10/8/2026

    Episode 12

    Show notes

    On 10/8/2026, BFN held a reading group to discuss Chapters 1-4 of Undelivered.

    Sign up for the next group where we cover 5-8 here!

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    26 min
  12. [Undelivered-11] Appendix

    Episode 2

    Show notes

    Our final installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    5 min
  13. [Undelivered-10] Chapter 8: Downsizing, Financial Crisis, and the Challenge for Postal Labor 2000-2019

    Episode 3

    Show notes

    Our tenth installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    1 hr 32 min
  14. [Undelivered-9] Chapter 7: Almost Striking Again, Arbitration, and Automation, 1980s-1990s

    Episode 4

    Show notes

    Our ninth installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    43 min
  15. [Undelivered-8] Chapter 6: The US Postal Service and the Postal Unions in the 1970s

    Episode 5

    Show notes

    Our eighth installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    58 min
  16. [Undelivered-7] Chapter 5, Part Two: Aftershocks and Postal Reorganization

    Episode 7

    Show notes

    Our seventh installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    42 min
  17. [Undelivered-6] Chapter 5, Part One: Aftershocks and Postal Reorganization

    Episode 6

    Show notes

    Our sixth installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    49 min
  18. [Undelivered-5] Chapter 4: The Strike Ends

    Episode 9

    Show notes

    Our fifth installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    1 hr 1 min
  19. [Undelivered-4] Chapter 3: The Strike Begins

    Episode 8

    Show notes

    Our fourth installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    1 hr 30 min
  20. [Undelivered-3] Chapter 2: Rising Expectations and Brewing Conflict

    Episode 10

    Show notes

    Our third installment in Philip Rubio's Undelivered, RSVP to the Reading Group:

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered1

    https://www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

    1 hr 7 min

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