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Materials Reference System (MRS)

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The Materials Reference System or MRS is a collection of contract administration materials assembled by the NALC Headquarters’ Contract Administration Unit. It has been designed to assist all NALC representatives who enforce and administer the National Agreement. The MRS should be used as a supplement to the Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM) which is authoritative and controlling in the case of any ambiguities or contradictions.

The MRS contains summaries and, in some cases, the full text of many important national-level materials, including settlements of Step 4 Settlement, grievances, national-level Pre-arbitration settlements, Memorandums, USPS policy statements, NALC publications and more. The MRS also contains cross-references to significant national-level arbitration awards.

The MRS has been updated and has a new look and format. This will allow the NALC to continuously update the publication, and provides an easier search experience.

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MRS documents

Below are summaries of the latest MRS documents. Click a link to view the PDF document online, or right-click and choose “Save target as…” or “Save link as…” to download.M-02014 – September 5, 2025 – Memorandum of understanding Re: Annual Leave Carryover for Leave Year 2026 which allows regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-NALC National Agreement to carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave year 2025 to leave year 2026.  Provisions in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) regarding payment of accumulated leave are not changed as a result of this MOU, which expires December 31, 2026.

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