NALC News – 4/14/21 – On April 10, all city letter carriers began earning their new pay rates in accordance with the 2019 National Agreement. The new pay rates include the following: For career city carriers: 1.1% General Wage Increase effective November 23, 2019 $166 Cost of Living Adjustment effective February 29, 2020 $188 Cost […]
USPS worker is savagely beaten by two women ‘trying to get stimulus checks’ outside her badly dented postal van in broad daylight attack in Flint, Michigan A USPS mailwoman has been savagely beaten by two women who were accused of trying to rob stimulus checks from her van in Flint, Michigan. Footage shows the two women pounding the […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE)- 4/01/21 – Postal workers are protesting, saying they aren’t receiving basic worker’s rights, like being able to use their earned paid time off, being treated with respect, and being able to take sick days without being belittled for doing so. The Charlotte-area American Postal Workers Union president says the constant […]
NALC – 3/23/21 – Today the U. S. Postal Service released it long-term strategic business plan, which many in Congress have been demanding for years. There are many positive elements in the USPS Delivering for America Plan, including: its adoption of a credible growth strategy (worth $24 billion in revenues over 10 years) focused on […]
NALC – 3/15/21 – The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 signed into law on March 11, 2021, provides an important new leave benefit for letter carriers affected by COVID-19. Effective March 12, it establishes a new category of leave called Emergency Federal Employee Leave (EFEL). EFEL is available to all federal employees if they […]
NALC News – 3/10/21 – The House of Representatives once again passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (H.R. 1319), following Senate passage Saturday, by a vote of 221-211. The legislation is expected to be signed into law by President Biden this week to provide a fifth round of COVID-relief to the American people. […]
NALC News – 3/9/21 – Tonight, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 842), which seeks to restore protections that give workers the right to organize and bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions. H.R. 842 passed by a vote of 225-206 with five Republicans—Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick […]
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 […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — 3/4/21 – We’ve heard from several viewers who say packages are either late or never arrived. News 8 spoke with the woman who sent cake pops a month ago and the package is still sitting in Hartford. The Post Office message says Kim DiBlanda’s package was supposed to arrive in Tampa […]
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