Mail Handlers and postal workers from around the country continue to courageously perform essential federal service under the extraordinary circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. When I last reported to you regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) on April 28, 2020, there were1,234 postal workers who were confirmed to be COVID-19 positive and 847 employees presumed to […]
Please read and follow the instructions below and in the attached Stand-Up Talk that you should be receiving today. Your safety is important as we continue to deliver on our essential mission for the American people. To reduce health risks, USPS is temporarily modifying customer signature capture procedures for the MDD sign-on-glass feature, PS Form […]
The National Rural Letter Carriers (NRLCA) and USPS have agreed to allow regular rural carriers to volunteer for Sunday work during the Christmas period: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION In order to fulfill our service commitments to our customers during the 2019 holiday […]
Five members of USPS Board of Governors will pick new Postmaster General The prospect of Postmaster General Megan Brennan’s retirement early next year is alarming some postal union leaders, who are concerned that talk of privatizing the service comes at a time when only one of the four major postal unions has a labor contract […]
Few things have been as important to the development of a strong middle class in America as the labor union. In their heyday, labor unions were an essential piece of the social fabric that helped ensure that workers could have a strong voice in getting paid fair wages, securing important benefits and ensuring safe working […]
SUBJECT: Sunday Work for Regular Rural Carriers The U.S. Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association have signed the attached memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow regular rural carriers to volunteer to work on the following four (4) Sundays: December 2, December 9, December 16, and December 23, 2018. These volunteer regular rural […]
Update on Trump executive orders attacking federal employees On May 25, President Trump issued three executive orders designed to strip federal employee unions of long-established rights to workplace representation and to undermine their ability to negotiate collective bargaining agreement with their agencies. NALC posted the executive orders and requested a legal analysis from its outside […]
On Tuesday, June 6, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, joined by Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard, Manager of Negotiation Support and Special Projects Phil Tabbita, along with other APWU representatives, met with the White House Task Force on the Postal Service. The task force was presented with a series of union recommendations and supporting materials […]
June 5, 2018 In a meeting with the White House today, NALC President Fred Rolando delivered policy recommendations to the White House Task Force on the Postal Service. The Task Force, comprised of the heads of OPM, OMB and the Department of the Treasury, was established in April via executive order from President Trump. It […]
2/7/17 NALC President Fredric Rolando was among those called to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the recently introduced postal bill, The Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). Rolando along with USPS Postmaster General Megan Brennan, Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Chairman Robert Taub, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Director […]