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Rolando advances union's stance on postal finances, six-day delivery: NALC President Rolando delivered a statement to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Federal Service and General Government in response to the Postal Service's seven-point "Envisioning America's Future Postal Service." Rolando forcefully presented the NALC's position-that Congress holds the keys to keeping the Service solvent by fixing the "unreasonable and unworkable" formula for pre-funding the retiree health benefits fund and by acting to preserve universal service with six-day delivery. Press release | Statement (PDF) |
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| Holding on to six-day: NALC reacted quickly when PMG Potter released USPS' "action plan,” making sure everyone knows how disastrous ending Saturday mail delivery would be. Many of the plan's ideas are ones NALC embraces. “Unfortunately, it also endorses eliminating Saturday delivery, which we believe is unnecessary and counterproductive,” said NALC President Rolando. Bulletin | Postal Record | Press release | ||||
OIG: $75 billion over-charge for pension liabilities: USPS' Office of Inspector General strengthens the NALC's case that OPM badly miscalculated—by $75 billion—the postal surplus in the Civil Service Retirement Fund. More | Report | Bulletin |
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| Three steps to ease USPS financial burden: Congress can take three steps to put the Postal Service back in the black. A new NALC fact sheet explains how. More | ||||
| Reaction to editorials: Rolando recently responded to New York Times and Washington Post editorials endorsing Potter’s call for elimination of six-day delivery and other aspects of USPS' plan. Although the editorials were slightly different in scope, Rolando addressed the key points in both responses. Bulletin | ||||
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Material Reference System (MRS) available online: This prime resource for NBAs, RAAs, branch officers and shop stewards in their duties enforcing the National Agreement can be found here. |
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| 2009 JCAM: NALC and USPS have agreed to publish the 2009 Joint Contract Administration Manual. Get it online here. | ||||
| Change your address? Make sure your union can stay in touch with you. Call or write the Membership Department if your address changes. | ||||
| Contract-related or work rule question? Carriers who need information and assistance should contact the national business agent in their region. Locate your NBA here. | ||||
| COR Powerpoint: Joint NALC/USPS presentation and notes on Carrier Optimal Routing (COR) in the Modified Interim Alternate Route Adjustment Process (MIARAP) is available here. | ||||
The latest Route Inspection Kit is available here. A Route Inspection Kit for Windows Vista is available here. |
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| The branch merger application is available here. | ||||
| Route protection materials online are available here. | ||||
| Online form for bylaw changes is available here. | ||||
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Representing city letter carriers
of the United States Postal Service |
NALC is affiliated with the AFL-CIO and with UNI, an international alliance of communications unions.
Updated March 19, 2010
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