TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM H. YOUNG ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding USPS Five-Day Delivery Request: My name is William H. Young. I submit this testimony on behalf of Intervenor National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (“NALC”), which serves as the collective bargaining representative of […]
USPS has notified a Local California APWU President of its intent ( it appears that the assignment has already been posted) to post a “combined full-time assignment” , consisting of six (6) hours of carrier duties and two (2) hours of clerk duties. The Postal Service has proposed to post this job as a City […]
Letter carriers union says fixing pension errors will solve USPS’ financial woes WASHINGTON – NALC President Fredric V. Rolando issued the following statement today in response to proposed measures to solve the USPS’ budget deficit, including rate increases and cutting Saturday delivery: “What is at stake here is finding a long-term, common sense solution to […]
On April 28, 2010, in the 60th District Court of Muskegon County, Michigan, a misdemeanor complaint was filed charging Jamie Nielsen, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 13 (located in Muskegon, Mich.), with one count of embezzlement of $200 or more but less than $1,000. The charge follows an investigation by […]
Despite Lingering Effects of Economic Recession Citizens Boost Donations to ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ Increases 18-year Total to More Than 1 Billion Pounds WASHINGTON, June 1 – Americans donated a record 77.1 million pounds of non-perishable food to help ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ in their communities this year in the annual Letter Carriers’ National Food Drive, the National […]
APWU News The APWU and National Association of Letters Carriers (NALC) reached a settlement [PDF] with the Postal Service on May 20, 2010, ending a 2008 lawsuit in which the unions charged the USPS with “systematic and widespread intrusions” into members’ medical records. The settlement requires the Postal Service, agents of the USPS Office of Inspector […]
President Rolando announced May 4 that the NALC and the Postal Service have reached an agreement on the next phase of a Joint Alternate Route Adjustment Process. However, the agreement makes it clear that finalizing a number of incomplete revisits of 2009 MIARAP adjustments must be given priority over the evaluation and adjustment of routes/zones […]
Valpak Sponsors National Association of Letter Carriers’ Food Drive for Seventh Consecutive Year, Helping Combat Nation’s Growing Hunger Problem LARGO, Fla., April 20 — /PRNewswire/ — For the seventh year in a row, Valpak announces its support of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger food drive, the nation’s largest one-day effort […]
Statement of NALC President Fred Rolando on the GAO Report U.S. Postal Service: Strategies and Options to Facilitate Progress toward Financial Viability April 13, 2010 The Government Accountability Office was directed by the Congress in 2006 to produce a report by December 2011 “evaluating in-depth various options and strategies for the long-term structural and operational […]
Illinois Letter Carrier fired for failing to report income earned playing bass guitar for a rock band called BANG! Truhlar sued the Postal Service and NALC Branch. TRUHLAR v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE KENNETH T. TRUHLAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 09-1652. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued December […]