NALC President Fred Rolando is making it clear to the Postal Service and to Congress that ending six-day mail delivery to American households is unacceptable and this union will fight it with all the energy and power it can muster. “Termination of six-day delivery would open the floodgates to all other delivery services in America […]
Fredric V. Rolando assumed the presidency of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO) today, following the retirement of William H. Young after more than 6 1/2 years as head of the postal union. Rolando, 56, a member of Sarasota, Florida NALC Branch 2148, moved up from his position as the union’s executive vice […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards recent criminal enforcement data: On June 8, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Brian Brownlee, former Vice-President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) 2nd District (located in Hot Springs, Ark.), pled guilty to embezzling union funds in the amount of […]
NALC pressing USPS on Saturday delivery: NALC is pushing the Postal Service for a full briefing on USPS’ internal study on the feasibility of eliminating Saturday delivery. That briefing is expected to take place shortly. Regardless, NALC remains adamantly opposed to ending six-day delivery, said NALC President Bill Young. In response to the financial crisis […]
The subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia marked up H.R. 22 today and passed it by a unanimous vote. This legislation will allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants’ health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.I commend the […]
Message from NALC President William Young At a time of national economic crisis, rumors and misinformation can often take on lives of their own. NALC has received reports from North Carolina, New Jersey and other states that postal managers have been telling letter carriers and other postal employees that the PostalService has decided to drop […]
NALC President Young announces retirement: President William H. Young has officially announced his retirement date—July 3, 2009. He has served 43 years as a letter carrier and 30 years as an officer of the NALC. source: National Association of Letter Carriers
NALC Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2009 The president of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), today applauded the announcement by President Obama that he will nominate Rep. John M. McHugh (R-NY) to be the next Secretary of the Army. Letter Carriers’ union President William H. Young issued the following statement: […]
Grievant, Matthew Ackah is a Letter Carrier at the Diamond Farms Post Office. Mr. Ackah filed a grievance about an alleged incident that occurred on Saturday, August 30,2008 between Mr. Ackah and his Supervisor, Mr. Hugo Aldana. Grievant asserts that Mr. Aldana told him to go back and get a gun because that is what […]
Here is more info about USPS To Expand National Reassessment Process With New Pilot Program??] that PostalReporter posted back in March of this year: LIMITED DUTY CARRIERS SUFFER THE ULTIMATE HARM By: Ray Hill, Executive Vice-President NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS AFL-CIO Branch 2902 (Chatsworth, CA) I’m sure you are all at least somewhat familiar […]