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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>OMB Responds to Rural Letter Carriers Petition To Save 6 Day Delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official Office of Management and Budget Response to Preserve 6 Day Mail Delivery A Balanced Approach to Reforming the Postal Service Thank you for signing a petition about the U.S. Postal Service. We appreciate your participation in the We the People platform on WhiteHouse.gov and your concerns about the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement from Rural Carriers Union On 21st Century Postal Service Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NRLCA President Jeanette Dwyer Issues Statement on 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011 Alexandria, VA, November 2, 2011—NRLCA President Jeanette P. Dwyer has issued the following statement responding to legislation introduced in the United States Senate, the “21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011.” The bill was introduced by Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRLCA Elects Jeanette P. Dwyer as First Female National President</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) &#8212; Jeanette P. Dwyer, a 30-year career postal employee, has been elected the first female national president in the 108-year history of the National Rural Letter Carriers&#8217; Association (NRLCA). The election was held during the union&#8217;s 107th National Convention in Savannah, GA. Dwyer, a native of Waccamaw, NC, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Supervisors will join unions September 27, 2011 in effort to save USPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leadership of the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) has agreed to join forces with the four postal unions representing employees of the Postal Service to designate September 27, 2011 as a day of action to Save America’s Postal Service. Together, NAPS, the American Postal Workers Union, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Unions Join Forces To Save America’s Postal Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rallies Set for Sept. 27 in Every Congressional District The APWU has joined forces with the three other postal unions to designate Sept. 27 as a day of action to Save America’s Postal Service. Together, the APWU and the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the National Rural Letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Rural Letter Carriers Union Passes New National Steward System</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From PostalReporter.com reader: Today at the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA)  national convention the delegation passed the proposed national steward system. Posted: 18 Aug 2011 at 4:25am Basically, State, Assistant state, and Area stewards will become employees of the national association and will be trained and paid by national. They will represent the postal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal-Postal Coalition Letter Urging President Obama To Reject Deficit Commission Proposals</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/01/13/federal-postal-coalition-letter-urging-president-obama-to-reject-deficit-commission-proposals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Federal News Radio reported today, a coalition of 15 Federal and Postal organizations sent a letter to President Obama calling on the White House to reject proposals by the Deficit Commission that would cut federal civilian retirement and health benefits, freeze federal pay and reduce the federal workforce by 10 percent.   National Deficit Commission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Letter Carriers and Mail Handlers Get Wage Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last general wage increase under the 2006 National Agreement for the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) became effective on November 20, 2010. NPMHU represented employees will receive a 1.2% increase. NALC represented employees will see a 1.85% raise in their  paychecks. Both raises will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Postal Service Labor Negotiations Fact Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/11/22/u-s-postal-service-labor-negotiations-fact-sheet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overview * The Postal Reorganization Act authorizes collective bargaining on wages and working conditions, generally under laws applying to private industry. As the Postal Service is an essential service to the nation’s economy, Congress mandated that employees represented by unions cannot strike. Impasses in collective bargaining negotiations may ultimately be resolved through arbitration. Current Operating [...]]]></description>
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