On Sunday, letter carriers like Princeton, NJ Branch 268 member Josef Thompson began delivering Parcel Select packages in more than 900 ZIP codes nationwide as part of a test involving Sunday delivery of packages from a major online retailer. There is unlimited potential for growth in Sunday and same-day package delivery, which increases revenue for […]
Nov. 9, 2013—Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding Re: Residual Vacancies—City Letter Carrier Craft (M-01824), the first wave of city carrier assistant (CCA) conversions to full-time career status took place Nov. 2. While the exact number of conversions that took place on Nov. 2 has not yet been finalized, NALC estimates that somewhere between 1,500 […]
The cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for both Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) benefits will be 1.5 percent in 2014, based on the Oct. 30 release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September. Although the release of the September CPI was delayed by the 16-day federal government shut-down, the COLA […]
M-01826 Memorandum of Understanding – Re: Sunday Delivery—City Carrier Assistant Staffing Oct. 23, 2013—In a memorandum of understanding (M-01826) dated Oct. 22, 2013 regarding city carrier assistant (CCA) staffing, the NALC and the Postal Service agreed that city carrier assistants who served as city carrier temporary employees (TEs) directly before their initial CCA appointment will […]
Lydia Ray, a member of Garden Grove, CA Branch 1100, was struck and critically injured while delivering mail on Saturday. According to KABC-TV, the hit-and-run driver slammed into a parked car before ramming his vehicle into the back of Ray’s LLV, throwing her from her vehicle. A police spokesman said Ray, a 20-year postal veteran, […]
On Aug. 30, NALC President Fredric Rolando signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Re: Residual Vacancies – City Letter Carrier Craft, M-01824. The MOU puts in place a procedure for filling residual vacancies that includes assignment of unassigned regulars, transfers, and part- time flexible (PTF) and city carrier assistant (CCA) conversions. To read more about […]
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe issued a video message on Aug. 14 that was played on the workroom floor. The video provided an assessment of developments in Washington on the legislative front and addressed the subject of a separate Postal Service health plan. “In both cases, what the PMG did not say was more important than […]
NALC and the Postal Service have entered into the Memorandum of Understanding Re: Residual Vacancies – City Letter Carrier Craft (M-01824), which establishes a process for filling residual vacancies not under a proper Article 12 withholding order. Vacancies will be filled by a number of steps including assignment of unassigned regulars, part-time flexible conversions to […]
The 2011-2016 National Agreement NALC and the Postal Service have finalized the 2011-2016 National Agreement set by the Das interest arbitration award. The PDF version is now available. The PDF includes bookmarks and hyperlinks to make navigating the document easier. To download the agreement, click here. The document is in the process of being printed […]
August 9, 2013 – Statement from Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, about today’s Postal Service financial report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2013: The Postal Service’s latest quarterly report makes clear that its finances are rebounding strongly as the U.S. economy improves. Although it reported a loss of […]