The projected accumulation toward the ninth and final contract COLA under the 2006-2011 National Agreement stands at $832 following the May 13 release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March. This final COLA of the National Agreement will be based on the July 2011 CPI. 2012 Retiree COLA: 2.9% The projected accumulation for the […]
From NALC: Ninth contract COLA: $561 The projected accumulation toward the ninth and final contract COLA under the 2006-2011 National Agreement stands at $561 following the April 15 release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March. This final COLA of the National Agreement will be based on the July 2011 CPI. 2012 Retiree COLA: […]
USPS to use video recordings of carriers in upcoming NALC contract talks and possibly interest arbitration In a letter dated April 8, 2011 from USPS Labor Relations to NALC President Fred Rolando: This is notification that the Postal Service will conduct a review of city letter carrier office activities beginning April 25. The review will […]
“Keeping politics out of postal bargaining has served the parties, the American people and the mailing public very well for 40 years” April 7, 2011: This week’s unprecedented congressional hearing on a negotiated agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and one of its craft unions shows just what letter carriers and the rest of the […]
Note: USPS Board Of Governor James C. Miller (whose term expired in December 2010) was invited as a Board member but he chose to present his ‘personal’ views on the Postal Service. NALC Activist Alert Given that its focus was the tentative National Agreement between the Postal Service and the APWU, Tuesday’s hearing represented a […]
NALC and USPS agree to new JARAP The National Association of Letter Carriers has entered into a new Joint Alternate Route Adjustment Process (JARAP) with the United States Postal Service for 2011. There are three documents that must be read in conjunction to fully understand the JARAP 2011 process. The memorandum of understanding M-01746, the […]
Anti-union forces are using every angle they can find in their attempts to weaken the labor movement—even counting votes that don’t exist. This week, Rep. John Mica (R-FL) quietly slipped an amendment into a routine Federal Aviation Administration bill that would turn back the clock on union rights. Mica’s amendment would count any railroad or […]
A New Joint Alternate Route Adjustment Process (JARAP) is coming out. The JARAP is an agreement between USPS and NALC to jointly evaluate and adjust routes to as near as eight hours as possible. A few highlights of the meeting: A new agreement will be announced on Wednesday. It will be called JARAP 2011. It […]
Commission’s findings bolster the NALC campaign to save Saturday service March 24, 2011 — The Postal Regulatory Commission, an independent federal agency charged with overseeing USPS operations, issued an opinion today sharply critical of key aspects of the Postal Service’s proposal to eliminate Saturday delivery. The Commission embraced many of the criticisms of the plan […]
March 24, 2011: The National Association of Letter Carriers is gratified by the Postal Regulatory Commission’s decision not to recommend a shift to five-day-a-week mail delivery. Such a drastic move would inconvenience millions of Americans, including many who count on being able to get prescription medicines on Saturday; it would damage small businesses for which […]