NALC Legislative Update: Dec. 19, 2014 113th Congress adjourns Following passage of the Fiscal Year 2015 funding bill (H.R. 83) and a $41.6 billion temporary tax extenders package, and ending with Senate consideration of some pending nominations, both the House and Senate adjourned this week and will not return to Washington until Jan. 6, when […]
10/02/2014 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein spoke at a rally sponsored by the Alliance for Retired Americans on Oct. 2, as the group delivered petitions with more than 700,000 signatures demanding that the Social Security Administration reopen field offices. The agency recently closed offices nationwide. APWU retiree and Alliance for Retired Americans activist Ken Pease […]
12.18.14 – Plant Manager Gary Kaiser says, “We more than double the amount of letters that we cancel and Christmas cards and things. Our priority mail this year has absolutely exploded. We’re over 20 percent what we did last year every single day, doing upwards of 50,000 plus priority packages everyday.” In a way, the […]
Carriers light up Hollywood Christmas Parade Southern California letter carriers took part in the recent Hollywood Christmas Parade. 12.18.14 – Despite a heavy downpour, a dozen Southern California letter carriers marched in this year’s Hollywood Christmas Parade. The carriers held Priority Mail Flat Rate holiday boxes and satchels filled with wrapped gifts. Los Angeles District […]
SACAMRAMENTO (CBS13) – December 2014 – Wednesday was the busiest delivery day of the year. This holiday season, package deliveries are up by about 12 percent, but also on the rise are package thefts. A lot of people are asking the question: How can you protect yourself from delivery theft? CBS13’s Anjali Hemphill has answers. Read […]
Custodian TL 5 Implementation Schedule (11/22/14) 12/17/2014 – The USPS and APWU agreed to implement the MS-47 TL-5 dated June 27, 2014, and its cleaning procedures at no more than 15 facilities during Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 (for purposes of this MOU only, a “facility” is a single site or location which has its own […]
APWU – 12/17/2014 – Before Congress adjourned on Dec. 16, senators and representatives approved a government spending bill that also weakens restrictions on the big banks that crashed the economy in 2008, allows mega-donors to make substantially bigger contributions to political candidates, and reduces pensions for some current retirees. But Congress fled the capital without addressing urgent […]
APWU President Mark Dimondstein sounded the alarm on The Ed Show on Dec. 17, telling viewers, “Our Christmas seasons will never be the same,” if service standards are lowered on Jan. 5 and 82 mail processing centers are closed. Read more
NALC 12.17.14 Active letter carrier COLA Following the Dec. 17 release of the November 2014 Consumer Price Index (CPI), the accumulation toward the fifth cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2011-2016 National Agreement was $0 annually. This COLA will be based on the increase in the CPI between July 2014 and January 2015. […]
The Postal Service Already Provides Financial Services to the Unbanked 12/16/2014 – By APWU President Mark Dimondstein A response to “The Case Against Postal Banking,” posted by Kevin Drum on Nov. 12, 2014 Kevin Drum should do his homework. His blog post about postal banking reveals a fundamental lack of understanding about the needs of the “unbanked” population, the services […]