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News Archive: Page 26
Action needed: Tell your Representative to repeal pre-funding mandate today!
Thousands of letter carriers and postal employees are joining together to call for the repeal of the burdensome mandate to pre-fund retiree health benefits.
Statement on Postal Service's 2019 Q3 Financial Report
Statement by President Rolando on the Postal Service's 2019 Quarter 3 financial report
Postal Facts: August 9th, 2019
President Rolando and Executive Vice President Renfroe are quoted in the Wall Street Journal and Weather Channel respectively
Postal Facts: July 19th, 2019
President Rolando quoted on History News Network
Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive a resounding success
The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, which took place on Saturday, May 11, collected 75.7 million pounds of food—third-highest total in the drive’s 27 years.
NALC Disaster Relief Foundation Member's Guide is now available
The NALC Disaster Relief Foundation Member's Guide is packed with useful information on what to do to prepare for an emergency and what to do after. Includes the basics on the Disaster Relief Foundation and the application form for a relief grant.
NALC, USPS formally open 2019 bargaining talks
The leaders of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service formally opened negotiations for a new collective-bargaining agreement today.
Statement on the opening of negotiations for a new collective-bargaining agreement
Statement by President Rolando on the opening of negotiations for a new collective-bargaining agreement
Louisiana letter carrier killed on his route
NALC is deeply saddened to learn that letter carrier Antonio Williams, a Shreveport, LA Branch 197 member, was shot and killed while delivering his route on Saturday, June 22.
Updated Postal Facts: June 21, 2019
President Rolando in the Morristown Citizen Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal
Letter Carrier Resource Guide is available online
The Letter Carrier Resource Guide combines the 2016 City Carrier Assistant Resource Guide and the 2014 Letter Carrier’s Guide into one new, improved, and updated publication. Valuable information for all letter carriers at every stage of their career.
House resolution supporting door delivery reaches majority of support
A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives has now cosponsored House Resolution 23, which expresses the sense that the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery.
2020 NALC Leadership Academy Application period is open
The application period for participation in the Leadership Academy in 2020 is now open. The application period ends on Aug. 31, 2019.
Statement on Postal Service’s 2019 Q2 Financial Report
Statement by President Rolando on the Postal Service’s 2019 Quarter 2 financial report
Branch Officers Training set for Cleveland, New Orleans
NALC Secretary-Treasurer Nicole Rhine has announced that two Branch Officers Training seminars will be held later this year. One session of Branch Officers Training is set for Aug. 26-29 in Cleveland, the other for Sept. 16-19 in New Orleans.
Thank a veteran
United Mine Workers of America of America President Cecil Roberts Jr. sent a video message encouraging NALC members and all Americans to take time to honor the men and women who served their country in the Vietnam War.
Bipartisan legislation introduced to repeal USPS pre-funding mandate
A bipartisan group of representatives 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.
NALC files two national level grievances
NALC files two national level grievances on the consolidated casing initiative and USPS non-compliance with CCA employment
New Mexico carrier killed on his route
Letter carrier Jose Hernandez, an Albuquerque, NM Branch 504 member, was shot and killed on his route Monday, April 22, after trying to defuse a dispute.
Misdiagnosis: A Review of the Report of the White House Task Force on the Postal Service
NALC analyzes the faulty foundations of the Task Force’s findings, explains the unexamined consequences of its recommendations and summarizes an alternative reform agenda that will position the Postal Service to thrive in the 21st Century.
Postal Facts: April 16, 2019
EVP Brian Renfroe quoted in Columbus Dispatch, Idaho State Pres. John Paige's letters in six newspapers
2018 NALC election results upheld by Department of Labor
The Labor Department has advised that it has completed its investigation of the election complaints and that the investigation did not provide a basis for any further action to set aside the results of the election. The election results are now final.
CVS Health joins NALC Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive as National Partner
CVS Health is the newest 2019 National Partner for the Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive
Customer and employee rights when USPS solicits customers to change the mode of mail delivery
NALC is aware of an effort by the Postal Service in different parts of the country to convince customers to agree to change their mode of mail delivery to cluster box or centralized delivery.
Join Team NALC Rolando for MDA
Join President Rolando on May 18th for the MDA Muscle Walk