Safety in cold temperatures The Postal Service has issued mandatory safety talks to be given to all employees regarding protection from cold temperatures. Don’t put yourself in danger: take precautions and know the signs of hypothermia and frostbite. Check out the “Extreme Temperatures” section of the Safety & Health web page for more information.
NALC – Jan 08, 2015 Some news outlets continue to report that the Postal Service is “hemorrhaging cash.” While that line may add drama to a story, it is incorrect. The fact of the matter is the that Postal Service has accumulated $6 billion of cash on its balance sheet. This reflects a nearly three-fold increase […]
NALC – 01.06.15 – The National Election Committee has received four appeals from unsuccessful candidates in the recent election of national officers. The Committee will meet on January 6, 2015 at national headquarters to begin its review of the appeals.
December 2014 – NALC President Fredric V. Rolando and the 27 other newly installed members of the union’s Executive Council took the oath of office on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in northwest Washington, DC. With President Emeritus William H. Young, the installing officer, leading them, the men and women chosen […]
In the 2014 mid-term elections, voters across the country resoundingly voted for increases in state or local minimum wages. As of New Year’s Day, 29 states and the District of Columbia (as well as a number of cities and smaller municipalities) will have minimum wages above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. At that […]
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 […]
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. […]
NALC – 12.16.14 – NALC continues to monitor the Postal Service’s response to the cyber breach in September that compromised Postal Service computers containing workers’ personal and employment information, including medical, injury compensation, banking, Social Security and other personally identifiable information. Current and former USPS workers whose information was compromised by the breach soon can […]
NALC – 12.11.14 – The Postal Service remains vital to the American economy and to American society. Six-days a week, year-round, homes and businesses in every American town, city and county depend on the Postal Service. And the holiday season is no different. This holiday season, U.S. employees will be working seven days a week […]
NALC election summary released In compliance with federal labor laws and NALC’s commitment to provide maximum information to the membership, NALC Secretary-Treasurer Jane E. Broendel has announced the publication of the official summary of results of the 2014 NALC Election. In October, NALC members cast ballots for national officers. Members selected four resident officers, three trustees […]