NALC Executive Vice President Tim O’Malley plus other letter carriers and NALC staff members joined a coalition of labor unions at the Newseum in downtown Washington to demonstrate our united opposition to the federal budget proposal written by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). Rep. Ryan was filming a town hall segment with CBS […]
With Hunger Rising, and School Food Programs Ending, Effort Will Help Feed Needy Families in All 50 States WASHINGTON – In another successful nationwide food drive, the National Association of Letter Carriers collected 70.2 million pounds of food on May 14, at a time when hunger is a growing problem. The NALC’s annual one-day drive, […]
May 18, 2011 In conjunction with a Senate subcommittee hearing held Wednesday on the financial condition of the U.S. Postal Service, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) introduced a new version of the Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation Act. The POST Act (introduced as Senate bill S. 1010) would fairly resolve the pension and retiree health pre-funding […]
Collins’ bill is a good start, but it needs work February 18, 2010 NALC As the 112th Congress gets underway, the NALC’s legislative goals remain firm. We continue to seek legislation that allows the U.S. Postal Service to use the pension surpluses in both the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement […]
NALC addresses USPS ‘spin, distortion’ during APWU, NRLCA talks The NALC recently responded to a U.S. Postal Service press release regarding its contract negotiations with the American Postal Workers Union and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, a statement NALC President Fredric V. Rolando said was “full of spin and distortions aimed at influencing public […]
El Cajon, CA, Letter Carrier Bill Kuehling was delivering mail during a record-setting heat wave this summer, when San Diego television reporter James Koh noticed how quickly he was moving. Then the reporter noticed Kuehling’s prosthesis. Recounting that meeting, Kuehling laughs at how the reporter rushed over and said, “You’re a much better story than […]
From Postal Uniform Discounters New Letter Carrier Shirt The new shirts are a solid light blue (without the red stripes) and will include the same postal emblem. The fabric remains a 65% polyester / 35% cotton, but the shirts are a little smoother in appearance and feel to the touch. The shirts are still machine […]
The NALC responds to recent media attacks In recent days, the nation’s postal workers have been subjected to some misleading attacks in the news media. Last Thursday, for example, a panel of conservative guests on the Fox Business Network’s “Money Rocks” program trotted out the notion that the United States Postal Service is no longer […]
Postal Service overpaid $6.8B to FERS pension fund NALC Bulletin September 2010 The Civil Service Retirement System is not the only “beneficiary” of a massive Office of Personnel Management miscalculation, a new report shows. A crucial component of the NALC’s campaign to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from cutting Saturday mail delivery service has been […]
Letter carriers union says fixing pension errors will solve USPS’ financial woes – Cutting Saturday delivery and other measures are not long-term solutions WASHINGTON – NALC President Fredric V. Rolando issued the following statement today in response to proposed measures to solve the USPS’ budget deficit, including rate increases and cutting Saturday delivery: “What is […]