As referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5, of the National Agreement between the NALC and the U.S. Postal Service, the December period during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable consists of four consecutive service weeks. This year, the December period begins Pay Period 26-15, Week 2 (Dec. 5, 2015) and ends Pay […]
The U.S. Postal Service today released its financial report for Fiscal Year 2015, covering the period from Oct. 1, 2014, through Sept. 30, 2015. Here is a statement from National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando: The $1.2 billion in annual operating profits reported today by the Postal Service is terrific news that augurs […]
NALC News – 10/21/15 – Does the election of Canada’s new prime minister mean the end of cluster-box conversion there? The “Save the Post Office” blog analyzes what Monday’s election outcome in Canada might mean for the future of Canada Post’s plans to end door-delivery of mail there. Part of the platform of incoming Prime […]
NALC – 10/20/15 – A study published by the Brookings Institution, a Washington, DC-based think tank, absurdly calls for Congress to partially privatize the U.S. Postal Service, under the assumption that, as First-Class Mail volumes continue to decline, such a move would help the agency compete with private-sector competitors. NALC President Fredric Rolando has written […]
Letter Carriers Recognized as Heroes of the Year WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 1, 2015 – Letter carriers who helped save a woman who had been shot, got residents out of burning homes or rescued the unconscious driver of a submerged car will be honored Oct. 8. In just his fourth week on the job, Carmichael, CA […]
The following analysis of Senator Carper’s recent iPost bill was written by the NALC. Opinion of this bill by NALC President Rolando follows the iPost analysis. Carper’s iPost bill is comprehensive, and many of its provisions originate from legislation that was included in the Postal Reform Act of 2013 (S. 1486) in the 113th Congress. […]
September 17, 2015 Carper introduces iPOST Act Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Improving Postal Operations, Service and Transparency (iPost) Act of 2015. Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, released the following statement regarding the bill: NALC appreciates the […]
NALC News – September 08, 2015 Arlington Cemetery wreath-laying planned Representatives of the NALC will have the honor of laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. All NALC members, their families and friends are invited to observe the event. It will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 7, directly following the […]
NALC – 8/19/15 – Based on the Aug. 19 release of the July 2015 Consumer Price Index (CPI), the sixth cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2011-2016 National Agreement will be $0.
NALC – 8/13/15 – On Monday, the U.S. Postal Service released its financial results for the fiscal third quarter of, and the first nine months of, 2015. So far, things are looking good for fiscal 2015. While the Postal Service posted a small operating loss of $197 million for the third quarter, on a year-to-date […]