27th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive – Saturday, May 11, 2019
Specific questions regarding the Food Drive should be directed to NALC Director of Community Services at 202-662-2489 Source: NALC
Bipartisan legislation introduced to repeal USPS pre-funding mandate
NALC – 4/30/19 – On April 28, Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Tom Reed (R-NY), Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382) which would repeal the mandate that USPS “pre-fund” decades’ worth of health benefits for its future retirees, enacted through the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) […]
NALC files two national level grievances – consolidated casing initiative scheduled to begin in May and City Carrier Assistants (CCAs) Staffing
NALC – 4/25/19 – NALC has filed a national level grievance regarding the Postal Service’s unilateral implementation of the consolidated casing initiative scheduled to begin in the Annandale, VA Post Office in May. The Postal Service plans to expand the initiative to over 200 additional locations this summer. The letter initiating this grievance and NALC’s […]
NALC Says Misdiagnosis: A Review of the Report of the White House Task Force on the Postal Service
NALC – 4/24/19 – In April 2018, President Trump issued an executive order creating a task force to evaluate the operations and finances of the U.S. Postal Service and to make recommendations for policy changes to ensure a sustainable future for the agency. The White House Task Force, comprised of the Secretary of Treasury and […]
USPS expands Wounded Warriors Leave
NALC News – USPS recently updated the Wound Warriors Leave policy effective January 5, 2019. Eligible military veterans will be credited with 104 hours of Wounded Warriors Leave each leave year going forward. This is a significant improvement over the previous policy which provided this benefit as a one-time occurrence only. The Postal Service released an updated Management […]
Postal Carriers Union Releases Statement Regarding Postal Task Force Report
NALC 12/04/18 – Today, the Trump administration’s task force released its report evaluating USPS finances and operations, United States Postal Service: A Sustainable Path Forward (viewable here). Due to the White House on August 10, the administration sat on the report for nearly four months, leaving both the Postal Service and Congress to delay meaningful action on addressing […]
NALC: Carriers to Receive Upgrade/Pay Schedule Consolidation
Link to Article NALC – 11/19/18 – In accordance with the MOU Re: Pay Schedule Consolidation, all career and non-career (CCA) grade 1 city letter carriers will be upgraded to their equivalent step in grade 2 effective Nov. 24. Carrier technicians will receive an additional 2.1 percent compensation of their applicable hourly wage for all […]
NALC President’s Statement Regarding The USPS 2018 Fiscal Year Financial Report Statement
NALC – 11/14/18 – The Postal Service’s 2018 Fiscal Year financial report shows the Postal Service’s underlying business strength while also indicating the need to address external matters beyond USPS control. Despite a solid 1.5 percent rise in revenue compared to last year, USPS reported an operating loss of $1.951 billion. This shows the need […]
NALC opposes State Department decision to leave UPU
Statement from NALC President Fredric Rolando: NALC Opposes State Department Decision to Leave UPU The U.S. State Department’s announced last week that the U.S. will withdraw from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) after a special meeting of the UPU failed to adopt pricing policies (so-called terminal dues) advocated by the United States at the urging […]
NALC President Statement: U.S. Mail: Not For Sale Nationwide Rallies
NALC 10/15/18 – On Monday, October 8th, thousands of letter carriers and other postal employees held rallies in over 150 cities to publicly send a message to Washington that we will not accept Postal Privatization. The NALC and its allies from the other unions said loud and clear: The U.S. Mail is Not for Sale. […]