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Minimum wage increases effective Jan. 1
In the 2014 mid-term elections, voters across the country resoundingly voted for increases in state or local minimum wages.
Rolando, Executive Council installed
NALC President Fredric V. Rolando and the 27 other newly installed members of the union’s Executive Council took the oath of office on Saturday, Dec. 13, in Washington, DC.
NALC Legislative Update: Dec. 19, 2014
113th Congress adjourns; Cromni-cromnibus-omnibus: FY 2015 government funding approved; Senate committee assignments announced; Senate introduces companion ‘wounded warriors’ act; House holds hearing on pension processing
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Nov. 21, 2014
Committee leadership taking shape for incoming Congress; Lame-duck agenda; House committee holds hearing on USPS data breach; Messaging to members of Congress on proposed service cuts
NALC Legislative Update: Sept. 12, 2014
Welcome back, Congress. Now hurry up and go!; In other related news…; Door delivery resolution
Legislative Update: August 1, 2014
Senate considers Postal Board of Governors nominations; Postal banking bill introduced in House; ‘Wounded warriors’ bill introduced in House; One hurdle remains for Sombrotto Post Office naming; Recess is the best!
NALC Legislative Update: July 11, 2014
Update: House floor activity on FSGG next week; Sombrotto Post Office
NALC Legislative Update: June 27, 2014
6-day language makes it into House appropriations bill; 6-day language already in Senate appropriations bill; Bipartisan support for 6-day mail grows; Wrong by half
NALC Legislative Update: June 20, 2014
House leadership shelves Highway Trust Fund—USPS offset; House subcommittee introduces appropriations measure without six-day language; House and Senate mark-ups next week; Shakeup in House leadership;
NALC Legislative Update: June 6, 2014
Highway Trust Fund update; Appropriations update
NALC Legislative Update: April 11, 2014
Budget discussions continue in the House; House holds hearing on Postal Service, budget reform; An increasing number of house lawmakers continues to support six-day delivery; Recess call to action
Legislative Update, May 23, 2014
House committee moves door delivery elimination bill; House subcommittee holds innovation hearing; Senate advances tax delinquency bill; Update on Sombrotto post office designation
Cost-of-living adjustment update
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published the Consumer Price Index for November 2014.
ECONOMICS BLOG: U.S. package deliveries hit their peak
During the holidays, the Postal Service expects to deliver at least 50 million packages on peak delivery days—five times its daily average package volume. See how that stacks up against UPS and FedEx.
POSTAL FACTS: Dec. 16, 2014 (updated)
NALC President Rolando’s op-ed in Sunday’s Idaho State Journal; Rolando quoted in The Baltimore Sun; Missouri’s Springfield News-Leader reports on efforts to gain a moratorium on postal proposal to close 82 mail processing plants.
2015 calendar card
Due to a printing error, the 2015 calendar card was not included in many editions of the December Postal Record. It will be included in the January 2015 magazine, and you may also download it now.
2015 Food Drive partner/sponsor solicitation materials
To help branch Food Drive coordinators build local relationships and to grow their local drives, the NALC has created a print brochure and DVD for use in soliciting local drive sponsors.
Robert Buntz, retired NALC HBP director, dies at 93
Retired NALC Health Benefit Plan Director Robert Buntz Sr. died on Sunday, Dec. 7, in Hiawatha, IA, following a brief illness. He was 93.
Customer, employee rights when USPS solicits customers to change to centralized delivery
NALC has been made aware of an effort by the Postal Service in different parts of the country to convince customers to agree to change their mode of delivery to cluster box or centralized delivery.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Dec. 5, 2014
Today we’re reading about senators supporting USPS…and why labor isn’t getting the media attention it deserves.
POSTAL FACTS: Dec. 4, 2014 (updated)
NALC President Fredric Rolando had a letter in the Dec. 2 edition of The Kansas City Star, Missouri’s largest newspaper, and in Dec. 3 The New Orleans Advocate, one of Louisiana’s two largest papers.
Tester, Sanders and Baldwin speak about USPS
Sen. Jon Tester, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Tammy Baldwin spoke on the Senate floor today in support of preserving the Postal Service and of a moratorium on postal facility closures.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Dec. 3, 2014
Today we’re reading about how congressional inaction threatens postal decision-making…a senatorial push for a moratorium on facilities closures…how postal banking can be “innovative”…and what you can (and can’t!) mail.
ECONOMICS BLOG: Fiscal Year 2014 First-Class Mail
Last year, USPS forecast First-Class Mail volume and revenue would decline. But in 2014, First-Class Mail volume actually declined by only about half the USPS forecast—and First-Class Mail revenue rose.