On Aug. 30, NALC President Fredric Rolando signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Re: Residual Vacancies – City Letter Carrier Craft, M-01824. The MOU puts in place a procedure for filling residual vacancies that includes assignment of unassigned regulars, transfers, and part- time flexible (PTF) and city carrier assistant (CCA) conversions. To read more about […]
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe issued a video message on Aug. 14 that was played on the workroom floor. The video provided an assessment of developments in Washington on the legislative front and addressed the subject of a separate Postal Service health plan. “In both cases, what the PMG did not say was more important than […]
NALC and the Postal Service have entered into the Memorandum of Understanding Re: Residual Vacancies – City Letter Carrier Craft (M-01824), which establishes a process for filling residual vacancies not under a proper Article 12 withholding order. Vacancies will be filled by a number of steps including assignment of unassigned regulars, part-time flexible conversions to […]
The 2011-2016 National Agreement NALC and the Postal Service have finalized the 2011-2016 National Agreement set by the Das interest arbitration award. The PDF version is now available. The PDF includes bookmarks and hyperlinks to make navigating the document easier. To download the agreement, click here. The document is in the process of being printed […]
August 9, 2013 – Statement from Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, about today’s Postal Service financial report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2013: The Postal Service’s latest quarterly report makes clear that its finances are rebounding strongly as the U.S. economy improves. Although it reported a loss of […]
Late on Thursday [08-01-2013], the leaders of the Senate Homeland and Government Affairs Committee, Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Tom Coburn (R-OK), introduced a postal reform bill, S. 1486. The NALC is reviewing the text of it in detail now, but at first glance we find that there are major problems with this proposed bill. […]
Before introducing his bill, Issa holds postal reform hearing July 22, 2013—On July 17, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, held a full committee hearing to discuss his discussion draft of a possible postal reform bill. This was the second House hearing on postal reform held this year. […]
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has scheduled a hearing on postal reform for Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. Click here to review the hearing’s web page. Click here to read the NALC response to the discussion draft of Issa’s proposed postal reform legislation, and click here for our response to a […]
Questions regarding the food drive should be directed to NALC Director of Community Services Pam Donato at 202-662-2489 or at donato@nalc.org. With the NALC’s 21st annual National Food Drive now just a few short weeks away, the pace of the behind-the-scenes work to make it go as smoothly as possible is reaching a fever pitch […]
April 17, 2013 — NALC President Fredric Rolando was among those called to testify today on Capitol Hill before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service’s financial situation. The hearing began with several representatives accusing Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Mickey Barnett of backing away from USPS’s announced plan […]