USPS pays another $5.5 billion for future retiree health On Sept. 29, Congress adopted a “continuing resolution” (CR) that will fund the federal government through early December. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) worked tirelessly along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to include an NALC-backed provision in the Senate version of […]
Commission backs NALC on definition of exigent circumstances,faults USPS case PRC rejects exigent rate increase, punts financial crisis to Congress Noting that the U.S. Postal Service and its employees had successfully adapted to the adverse effects of the Great Recession—cutting costs enough to more than offset the loss in mail revenue due to the recession—the […]
September 29, 2010 — On Tuesday, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked a proposal from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to provide a $4 billion reduction in the $5.5 billion retiree health payment due September 30 under the grossly unfair prefunding provision mandated by Congress in 2006. Reid’s proposal would have deferred the $4 billion payment to […]
From the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) e-Activist Network 9/24/10 Dear Supporter, Late Thursday afternoon, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) introduced legislation to address the CSRS pension overcharge as well as the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund (PSRHBF). The bill-S. 3831, the Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation (POST) Act of 2010-addresses the financial reforms […]
In recent days, the nation’s postal workers have been subjected to some misleading attacks in the news media. From NALC President Fred Rolando: Last Thursday, for example, a panel of conservative guests on the Fox Business Network’s “Money Rocks” program trotted out the notion that the United States Postal Service is no longer relevant and […]
REPLY OF INTERVENOR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO TO COMMENTS OF AFFORDABLE MAIL ALLIANCE AND SENATOR COLLINS The AMA argues that the price-cap regulatory system established by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (“PAEA”) will be “dead” if the Commission interprets the exigency clause in 39 U.S.C. §3622(d)(1)(E) to apply to the circumstances currently […]
ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 13- Letter Carriers union President Fredric V. Rolando was elected by acclamation to a four-year term as head of the 295,000-member postal union by delegates to the 67th Biennial Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the union announced today. Rolando, who also is a vice president of the AFL-CIO, currently […]
Confessions of a Former Station Manager: Letter to President Barack Obama, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Elton Gallegly US Postal Service and The National Assocation of Letter Carriers 1. It has become clear that a wide chasm is being formed between the workers and the rulers in America. This is true, also, […]
NALC Press Release Rolando Pledges Increased Letter Carriers’ Push to Retain Nationwide Saturday Mail Delivery ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 9 – Letter Carriers union President Fredric V. Rolando opened the 67th biennial convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) today, pledging to continue to fight the U.S. Postal Service’s “extremely unwise and dangerous plan” […]
Saving 5-Day Mail Delivery Highlights Agenda WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 – Over 8,700 letter carriers are set to convene in Anaheim, California August 9 to 13 as elected delegates to the 67th Biennial National Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers — the largest convention among AFL-CIO affiliated unions. The week-long event at the Anaheim […]