Following marathon bargaining sessions in the days leading up to the contract expiration, both sides now have agreed to continue talks in an attempt to reach agreement over the terms of the 2011 National Agreement. The deadline for negotiations – initially set at midnight on Sunday, November 20, 2011 – has been mutually extended by […]
In addition to the recent Finance Presentation discussed in last week’s update, the Postal Service has provided the NPMHU bargaining team with an Operations Presentation. During this meeting, the Postal Service highlighted key changes that the agency wants to make to the current operating model in order to reduce costs.
Facing a projected loss of $8 billion loss this year and a need to reduce workforce numbers by 220,000 by 2015, the Postal Service has begun contract negotiations with the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC). Contract talks with the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) begin Aug. 30. The two unions represent 247,000 […]