Note sull'episodio
This week on The Last Loop, Jamie covers September 26–October 2, 2026, as new Arrow Key accountability language moves into the M-41 and an OIG audit offers a timely reminder that what the scanner says does not always match what is happening on the workroom floor.
We also look at NALC election replacement ballot deadlines, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act, the latest Postal Record and Postal Bulletin, OIG findings on delayed mail, rural delivery, USPS finances, and leased facilities, along with an administrative leave arbitration win and two delayed-mail cases worth another look. Plus, we check in on the rural craft, the other postal unions, labor activity outside USPS, new stamps, and another very crowded week in the postal podcast world.
Then we look ahead to the October 5 NALC election checkpoint and other developments to watch before heading to Lansing, Michigan, for this week’s Local Loop, where letter carrier Jack Grossman was honored for an incredible sixty years of service. Underneath it all is one lesson that keeps showing up this week: keep the record, because whether it is an Arrow Key, delayed mail, a grievance, or a route, the paperwork needs to tell the same story as what actually happened.
For this week’s companion report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdKmY5KqS-NM9X4bDdwiRhJQyWDpIc8TCNHoxDDUADQ/edit?usp=sharing