{"id":26506,"date":"2019-05-31T09:40:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26506"},"modified":"2019-05-31T09:43:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:43:37","slug":"nrlca-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-usps-for-three-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/05\/31\/nrlca-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-usps-for-three-year-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"NRLCA Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS for Three-Year Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Rural Letter Carriers\u2019 Association and the United States Postal Service have negotiated a Tentative Agreement to cover the 3-year period from May 21,\u00a02018\u00a0to May 20, 2021. This Tentative Agreement must be ratified by a majority of the voting membership of the NRLCA to become effective. The highlights of the Tentative Agreement are outlined below. A more detailed explanation of the changes will be presented in a special Tentative Agreement edition of the\u00a0<em>National Rural Letter Carrier<\/em>\u00a0magazine and via\u00a0ratification\u00a0meetings to be held in every state in accordance with Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution of the National Rural Letter Carriers\u2019 Association. The required ratification meetings will be held throughout the month of July 2019; the time and place of each meeting will be published in the special Tentative Agreement edition of the\u00a0<em>National Rural Letter Carrier<\/em>\u00a0Magazine and posted on the NRLCA National Website.<\/p>\n<p>The NRLCA National Board believes this is a fair and reasonable agreement that is in the best interest of the 131,000 hardworking rural letter carriers across the country providing for substantial gains in wages and benefits for all classifications of rural carriers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TENTATIVE AGREEMENT 2018-2021<br \/>\nUNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE<br \/>\nAND THE<br \/>\nNATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS\u2019 ASSOCIATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Article 38<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>3-Year Contract<\/li>\n<li>May 2018-May 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 9.1.A.<\/strong>\u00a0General Wage Increases\n<ul>\n<li>1.3% November 24, 2018-retroactively applied<\/li>\n<li>1.1% November 23, 2019<\/li>\n<li>1.0% November 21, 2020<\/li>\n<li>0.8% Additional\u00a0increase\u00a0November 21, 2020<\/li>\n<li>4.2% Total Compensation Increase term of the Agreement<\/li>\n<li>Includes RCAs and ARCs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 9.1.E.<\/strong>\u00a0COLA\n<ul>\n<li>Retain COLA, same formula and frequency<\/li>\n<li>July 2018-retroactive<\/li>\n<li>Jan 2019-retroactive<\/li>\n<li>July 2019<\/li>\n<li>Jan 2020<\/li>\n<li>July 2020<\/li>\n<li>Jan 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 9.1.F and 9.1.I.<\/strong>\u00a0All RCAs and ARCs\n<ul>\n<li>Tables 3 and 4 receive\u00a0additional\u00a01% wage increase each year in lieu of COLA<\/li>\n<li>Goes into effect with GWI increases-retroactive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 9.1.D.<\/strong>\u00a0Top Step of Table Two raised to match top step of Table One\n<ul>\n<li>2 additional steps added to table 2<\/li>\n<li>Proportional COLA applied to lower steps in Table Two going forward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 21.1.B.<\/strong>\u00a0Beginning 2020 employer contribution to FEHB plan premiums changes from 73% to 72%<\/li>\n<li><strong>MOU<\/strong>\u00a0Non-Career Health Plan for RCAs\n<ul>\n<li>Will be available to all RCAs from date of hire<\/li>\n<li>USPS continues to pay $125 per pay period toward Self Only premium<\/li>\n<li>USPS to pay 65%\u00a0of\u00a0Family or Self Plus One premiums during\u00a0first\u00a0year of employment<\/li>\n<li>USPS to pay 75%\u00a0of\u00a0Family or Self Plus One premiums after one year of employment<\/li>\n<li>Special Open Season will be offered as soon as administratively possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 9.2.C.3.a.1 and 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Mail Counts\n<ul>\n<li>Parties agree to discuss\u00a0interim\u00a0method for evaluating routes in lieu of national mail counts<\/li>\n<li>USPS retains right to call for a National Count in September<\/li>\n<li>All special count provisions remain in effect<\/li>\n<li>Traditional mail counts not necessary if RRECS is implemented<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 30.2.D.4.<\/strong>\u00a0Utilization of RCAs\n<ul>\n<li>RCAs from another office within local commuting distance may be used before regular carriers\u00a0not\u00a0on the RDWL<\/li>\n<li>Mileage over normal commute will be compensated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>MOU<\/strong>\u00a0Task Force to address RCA hiring and retention<\/li>\n<li><strong>MOU<\/strong>\u00a0Rural Joint Workplace Improvement Process<\/li>\n<li><strong>MOU<\/strong>\u00a0Implementation of\u00a0RRECS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rural-carriers-300x168.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rural-carriers-300x168.gif 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rural-carriers-123x70.gif 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rural-carriers.gif 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Rural Letter Carriers\u2019 Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>From USPS News Link<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"link-subhead-full\">USPS, union reach tentative agreement<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"entry-date\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2019-05-30T14:00:44-04:00\">May 30 at 2 p.m.<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content full\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/nrlcaUpdate_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/nrlcaUpdate_large-story.jpg 500w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/nrlcaUpdate_large-story-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/nrlcaUpdate_large-story-71x85.jpg 71w\" alt=\"USPS delivery vehicle moves along rural road\" width=\"316\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-caption\">USPS and NRLCA have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers\u2019 Association (NRLCA) have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year labor contract that covers approximately 131,000 employees represented by the union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement is responsible, fair to our employees and in the best interest of the organization and our customers,\u201d said Labor Relations Vice President Doug Tulino. \u201cThis agreement will provide the Postal Service the tools necessary to meet customer needs while acknowledging the commitment and dedication of our employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tentative agreement is subject to a ratification vote by the NRLCA membership, a process that will take several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Upon ratification, the contract will run through May 20, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Rural Letter Carriers\u2019 Association and the United States Postal Service have negotiated a Tentative Agreement to cover the 3-year period from May 21,\u00a02018\u00a0to May 20, 2021. This Tentative Agreement must be ratified by a majority of the voting membership of the NRLCA to become effective. The highlights of the Tentative Agreement are outlined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26506"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26508,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26506\/revisions\/26508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}