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		<title>Letter Carriers mobilize to oppose FERS bill</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2012/02/06/letter-carriers-mobilize-to-oppose-fers-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 6, 2012 &#8212; On Jan. 24, Rep. Dennis Ross, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy, introduced H.R. 3813, the Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act. But it probably comes as little surprise that Ross’ measure, were it to become law, would in fact threaten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NALC Opens Its Archive For Research</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2012/01/30/nalc-opens-its-archive-for-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Letter Carriers has made its voluminous records archive available to the public at the Walter P. Reuther Library Collections at Wayne State University.  The records have now been catalogued and there are descriptions available for each part of the NALC Collection.HERE IS THE MASTER LIST OF NALC ARCHIVE RECORDS https://www.reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/13 The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate to Vote on Postal Bill: APWU Members Must Take Action NOW!</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2012/01/27/senate-to-vote-on-postal-bill-apwu-members-must-take-action-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The APWU has learned that the Senate will consider postal legislation very soon, and President Cliff Guffey is asking union members to contact their senators immediately and tell them that the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) is unacceptable in its current form. “The stakes couldn’t be higher,” Guffey said. As currently written, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America’s message to Congress: We want first-rate mail delivery service, six days a week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, NALC President Fredric Rolando formally welcomed members of both chambers of Congress back to Washington for the second session of the 112th Congress. Both the House and Senate have legislation pending before them that could shape the future of the United States Postal Service. The American people want Congress to take action to save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter and Rural Carriers Collect One Million Signatures to Save 6-Day Delivery</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2012/01/09/letter-and-rural-carriers-collect-one-million-signatures-to-save-6-day-delivery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, members of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Rural Letter Carriers&#8217; Association were asked to collect signatures in support of protecting the future of the United States Postal Service—and you have delivered. From active and retired letter carriers, from big cities to small towns, more than 1 million signatures have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS, Two Postal Unions Extend Contract Talks Again Until January 20, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outcome Critical to Postal Service, Employees, Future WASHINGTON — The Postal Service and two of its major unions have agreed to extend separate labor contract negotiations until Jan. 20, 2012. Contracts with the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO (NPMHU) expired at midnight Sun., Nov. 20, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NALC: Extension of payroll tax holiday should not be paid for on backs of federal workforce</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/12/13/nalc-extension-of-payroll-tax-holiday-should-not-be-paid-for-on-backs-of-federal-workforce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the House of Representatives prepares for a final vote on the payroll tax holiday extension later today, the Republican majority has once again turned to federal employees to foot the bill for it. NALC has weighed in over and over with Congress on the inappropriateness of treating federal workers as the cash cow or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NALC: Reduced delivery standards will harm USPS</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/12/05/nalc-reduced-delivery-standards-will-harm-usps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reduced delivery standards will harm USPS: NALC President Fredric Rolando responded to the Postal Service&#8217;s announcement that it plans to reduce delivery standards with the following statement. &#8220;We are very concerned about the proposal to reduce delivery standards. High-quality service is essential to preserving the value of our networks and to any future growth strategy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Letter Carriers deliver mail in the dark?</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/11/24/can-letter-carriers-deliver-mail-in-the-dark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/11/24/can-letter-carriers-deliver-mail-in-the-dark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From NALC Branch #1100 in California Well winter is here and it is getting dark early. Which means you could be expected to work in the dark. This causes issues every year. The rule to keep in mind is that if it is safe you are to deliver the mail. So what is safe? Safe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NALC President&#8217;s New Approach To Health Benefits Will Save USPS $20 Billion Over 10 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/11/21/nalc-presidents-new-approach-to-health-benefits-will-save-usps-20-billion-over-10-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/11/21/nalc-presidents-new-approach-to-health-benefits-will-save-usps-20-billion-over-10-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 21, 2011 &#8212; NALC President Fredric V. Rolando held a well-attended press conference today at the National Press Club in Washington. He announced a new approach to health benefits that would save the U.S. Postal Service $20 billion over a decade, and he also spoke more broadly about the need to develop a positive [...]]]></description>
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