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Rolando: Results reconfirm the steady improvement in USPS’ finances

Following today’s release of the U.S. Postal Service’s financial statement for the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2014, which covers January, February and March, NALC President Fredric Rolando released a statement.

Unions send letter to leaders of House committee with USPS oversight

The presidents of the four postal employee unions wrote a letter to House Oversight and Government Reform leaders to share the unions’ views on President Obama’s budget proposals for 2015.

Buffalo letter carrier dies on duty

Buffalo-Western New York Branch 3 letter carrier Leo Sucharski, 76, died on Sunday, March 9, following an injury he sustained while on duty.

Rolando: Postal Service needs real reform

Following today’s House hearing on the Obama administration’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget request for the USPS, NALC President Fredric Rolando released the following statement.

NALC urges committee to vote ‘no’ on phase-out of door delivery

Rolando: Lawmakers should fix what they broke, not break what’s working

Parton homicide investigation: 9 arrests to date

On April 3, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service arrested two men in connection with the 2010 murder of South Florida Branch 1071 letter carrier Bruce Parton.

Combined Federal Campaign underway

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is under way, giving federal and postal employees the opportunity to make a charitable donation to one—or several—charities through payroll deduction.

Rolando: House GOP plan to aid transportation fund by degrading postal services would damage economy

NALC President Fredric Rolando said the proposal by House Republican leaders to temporarily fund highway construction by degrading postal services would damage the economy while failing to achieve desired transportation goals.

The facts on McCarthy’s ‘Setting the Record Straight’ memo

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) issued a memo on June 9 to defend the Cantor-McCarthy gimmick to fund highway spending. Rather than “Setting the Record Straight,” McCarthy’s memo continues to confuse and mislead on a number of key issues.

NALC blasts PMG for endorsing highway budget scam, misleading Congress

Earlier this week, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe recklessly endorsed the House of Representative’ leadership’s outrageous ploy to use massive job and service cuts in the Postal Service to “pay for” a short-term extension of the Highway Trust Fund.

Fact-checking The Washington Post’s ‘Fact Checker’

The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker,” Glenn Kessler, has challenged on his blog the statement by NALC that the Postal Service’s plan to end Saturday would eliminate 80,000 jobs. Sadly, Kessler has made a hash of it.

Successful results for 2014 Food Drive

The NALC’s annual Letter Carriers’ Food Drive collected almost 73 million pounds of food to help restock food banks, pantries and shelters around the country.

Say it ain’t so, Joe: USPS CFO tries to bamboozle WSJ

The chart that the Postal Service’s CFO provided The Wall Street Journal was designed to fool readers into buying USPS’ plan to continue to dismantle the nation’s invaluable postal networks.

6-day language makes it into House appropriations bill

Language mandating six-day mail delivery was successfully reinserted into the measure that was approved on Wednesday.

Staples/USPS plan: Bad for customers, employees

The NALC’s Executive Council has voted to endorse the boycott of the Staples office supplies chain because of the USPS’s plan to set up knock-off post offices in Staples stores staffed by store employees, not USPS employees sworn to safeguard the mail.

2014 NALC Heroes honored

On Sept. 10, NALC President Fredric Rolando served as master of ceremonies for the 2014 National Heroes of the Year Awards.

Application deadline for 2015 Leadership Academy approaching

The Aug. 31 application deadline for the 2015 NALC Leadership Academy is days away.

Six-day mail clears major hurdle

The full House of Representatives voted Wednesday to preserve six-day mail delivery appropriations language by passing H.R. 5016, the Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill.

Congress needs to preserve and strengthen USPS while fixing pre-funding

Statement from National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric V. Rolando, on today’s U.S. Postal Service report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2014.

National Election Committee reviews nominations, sets election dates

The National Election Committee, appointed at the Philadelphia Convention to conduct the election of national officers for the NALC, met on Aug. 15 in Washington, DC, to set the rules and procedures for the election.

Postal unions form alliance

Declaring that “the U.S. Postal Service is under unprecedented attack,” the four postal unions have formed an alliance to fight back to preserve America's postal service for the benefit of the public.

Obama’s 2015 budget follows PMG’s misguided lead on Saturday delivery

The Obama administration’s budget proposal for 2015 defers to the misguided wishes of the PMG by calling for the end of Saturday mail delivery and for allowing the Postal Service to “begin shifting to centralized and curbside delivery where appropriate.”

Rolando appoints Drass as VP, Renfroe as city delivery director

NALC President Fredric Rolando has appointed Lew Drass of Huntsville, AL Branch 462 as national vice president and Brian Renfroe of Hattiesburg, MS Branch 938 as national director of city delivery.

Cost-of-living adjustment news

There will be no third cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2011-2016 National Agreement.