Attention Mail Handler Retirees — See the attached letter from NALC President Fred Rolando regarding openings at the NALC retirement community located in Nalcrest, Florida. An application form is also attached. Click here for more information. source: NPMHU
As provided for in Article 9.1 of the NPMHU 2011 National Agreement, the wage scales for all Mail Handler employees will be adjusted upward effective November 16, 2013. This is the first of three guaranteed wage increases provided for in the 2011 contract. Specifically, with regard to career employees: “Effective November 16, 2013 – the […]
On September 18, 2013 President Hegarty notified Local Presidents of an unfair labor practice filed by the NPMHU against the United Stated Postal Service. Specifically, the Union asserts that the USPS violated Sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(2) of the Act through the unlawful formation and domination of labor organizations in the form of so-called Lean Mail […]
C-SPAN: Health care funding the focus of September 26, 2013 hearing on Postal Reform.
President Hegarty commented that the NPMHU with support from other postal union affiliates of the AFL-CIO have worked to build broad public coalitions to resist more damaging austerity in the Postal Service and to build support for sensible reform. Such reform has been proposed in Congress: The Postal Protection Act of 2013—S. 316 in the […]
On July 24, 2013, strictly by party lines, Congressman Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) postal reform legislation, H.R. 2748, was marked up and passed by the full Committee (Oversight and Government Reform). The vote was by a 22-17 margin. The mark-up process is used to formulate legislation by considering amendments to a draft bill. President Hegarty reached […]
The APWU and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union have announced plans to conduct a nationwide joint lobbying effort over the Congressional recess from Aug. 5 to Sept. 6 to urge senators and representatives to co-sponsor the Postal Service Protection Act (H.R. 630 in the House / S. 316 in the Senate) and the Protect […]
2010 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Set For Postal Workers (10/22/10) The December period referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5, of the National Agreement, during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable, consists of four consecutive service weeks. (See Why Is the Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Only 28 Days?) This year the period begins […]
Reed is often questioned about his secret to longevity and his answer is always the same: “Onion sandwiches. I eat one every day.” 95 year–old has not missed a day of work in 37 years What: Chester Reed, who proudly claims to be 95 ½ and is the nation’s oldest U.S. Postal Service employee, is […]
“The Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process (ERRP) reduces both the number and severity of musculoskeletal disorders, builds labor/management teams with ergonomic skills, and cultivates partnerships to identify and control ergonomic risk. These partnerships include OSHA, NPMHU, and APWU. Since its inception in 2003, 176 plants and 9 districts have implemented ERRP, with over 155,000 employees receiving […]