February 09, 2016 Rolando statement on USPS’ quarterly financial report In the first quarter of FY2016, USPS reported an operating profit of $1.3 billion. (Sources: 2014, 2015, 2016.) NALC President Fredric Rolando issued a statement following the U.S. Postal Service’s release today of its financial report for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2016, covering October through […]
The February 2016 list of city letter carrier positions available for transfer under the provisions of M-01856 is now available. Click here to review the list. The list is in Microsoft Excel. If you don’t have Excel, you can try opening the file using Sheets under Google Docs.
Latest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) 1/22/16 – Based on the Jan. 21 release of the December 2015 Consumer Price Index (CPI), the accumulation toward the seventh cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2011-2016 National Agreement remains at $0. Read details at NALC
NALC and the U.S. Postal Service have settled two national-level cases. The parties have settled national-level case Q06N-4Q-C-09106125 (M-01868) concerning the excessing rules when employees from other crafts are excessed into the letter carrier craft outside of their original installation. NALC and USPS also have settled national-level case Q11N-4Q-C 15037141 (M-01867) concerning the effective date […]
01/20/16 – NALC President Fredric Rolando is scheduled to testify on Thursday, Jan. 21, before the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee during a hearing titled, “Laying Out the Reality of the Postal Service.” The hearing should begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. President Rolando’s testimony is set for the hearing’s second panel. You […]
1/20/16 – NALC The NALC and the U.S. Postal Service have settled two national-level cases. The parties have settled national-level case Q06N-4Q-C-09106125 (M-01868) concerning the excessing rules when employees from other crafts are excessed into the letter carrier craft outside of their original installation. NALC and USPS also have settled national-level case Q11N-4Q-C 15037141 (M-01867) […]
NALC news – January 14, 2016 NALC Veterans Group: 7,000 members (so far) The National Association of Letter Carriers is made up of approximately 277,000 active and retired members, of which almost a third are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. To date, more than 7,000 NALC members have joined the NALC Veterans Group, which […]
NALC – January 12, 2016 Preparing for working in cold “Don’t assume there is no need to prepare for working safely in the cold this year,” warns National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Director John Howard, M.D., “because of the moderate temperatures in much of the country so far.” In the NIOSH eNews for January, Howard […]
January 2016 transfer opportunities under M-01856 The January 2016 list of city letter carrier positions available for transfer under the provisions of M-01856 is now available. Click here to review the list. The list is in Microsoft Excel. If you don’t have Excel, you can try opening the file using Sheets under Google Docs.
NALC – 12/01/15 – The recent cyber attacks against Office of Personnel Management and the U.S. Postal Service data systems remain under investigation. NALC President Rolando has received a letter from OPM’s Acting Director advising that postal employees and retirees were affected by the OPM incident. According to OPM, it is highly likely that NALC […]