NALC – 3/8/21 – The active membership of the National Association of Letter Carriers has overwhelmingly ratified the tentative 2019-2023 National Agreement with the United States Postal Service. Over 94% of participating eligible members voted to accept the tentative agreement that was announced on November 25. The vote to ratify was 60,111 to accept the agreement versus 3,341 to reject it, as reported by NALC’s Ballot Committee chairman Delano Wilson of Silver Spring, MD Branch 2611. The fifteen-member Ballot Committee monitored and observed the dispatch, receipt, and tabulation of the Ratification Ballot conducted by an independent company, MOSAIC of Cheverly, MD.

NALC will officially notify USPS of the March 8 ratification date.

Information on back pay and the implementation of the new contract will be released as soon as possible.

The new contract covers a 44-month term from September 20, 2019, to May 20, 2023.

Details may be found in the NALC Bulletin (PDF).

All letter carriers, career and non-career alike, will receive four wage increases under Article 9 as follows:

• 1.1 percent effective Nov. 23, 2019, paid retroactively.
• 1.1 percent effective Nov. 21, 2020, paid retroactively.
• 1.3 percent effective Nov. 20, 2021.
• 1.3 percent effective Nov. 19, 2022.

PLEASE NOTE: For questions or concerns please see your NALC representative. See USPS News Link article below.

USPS News Link – 3/8/21 – The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) membership has ratified a new 44-month labor contract with the Postal Service.

The contract covers approximately 206,000 employees represented by the union.

Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, a reduction in the employer share of health premiums, increased flexibility to use noncareer city carrier assistant employees, and conversion of city carrier assistants with 24 months of service to part-time flexible career status.

“This agreement is economically responsible, fair to employees and it provides a positive contribution toward efforts to achieve financial and operational stability,” said Chief Human Resources Officer Doug Tulino.

The agreement covers the 44-month period that began Sept. 20, 2019 — when the previous contract ended — and runs through May 20, 2023.