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Postal Facts: January 22, 2020
Chief of Staff Jim Sauber is quoted in American Prospect Magazine; former President of the Idaho State Association John Paige’s letters in four newspapers
Houston letter carrier shot on his route
NALC is saddened to learn that letter carrier Adrian Jackson, a member of Branch 283 in Houston, Texas, was shot multiple times on his route December 28.
PRC publishes revised notice of proposed rulemaking
In early December, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued a revised proposed rulemaking for the system that regulates the rates and classes of the Postal Service’s Market Dominant products.
Senate Introduces Companion Repeal Bill, House Bill Reaches Critical Mass
Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the USPS Fairness Act (S. 2965), a bill to repeal the mandate to prefund postal retiree health benefits. The bill is identical to House legislation.
Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period
Information for 2019
Update on Contract Negotiations
Update on the 2019 contract negotiations
Postal Facts: November 20, 2019
President Rolando was quoted in a number of articles covering the FY 2019 USPS financial report and the various factors involved.
Statement of NALC President Fredric Rolando On USPS Financial Results for FY 2019
The large loss posted by the U.S. Postal Service in Fiscal Year 2019 ($8.8 billion) is largely the result of external factors, not the normal operations of the agency.
Decision in Pay Consolidation Case
The arbitrator rejected NALC’s position that this change meant that employees from other crafts in grades equivalent to the former City Carrier Grade 1 could no longer be excessed into the letter carrier craft under Article 12 of the National Agreement.
Case Consolidation Lawsuit Dismissed
U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg concluded that the court lacked jurisdiction to issue the preliminary injunction that NALC requested, which would have halted the Initiative pending the outcome of the national-level arbitration.