USPS pays another $5.5 billion for future retiree health On Sept. 29, Congress adopted a “continuing resolution” (CR) that will fund the federal government through early December. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) worked tirelessly along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to include an NALC-backed provision in the Senate version of […]
From the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) e-Activist Network 9/24/10 Dear Supporter, Late Thursday afternoon, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) introduced legislation to address the CSRS pension overcharge as well as the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund (PSRHBF). The bill-S. 3831, the Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation (POST) Act of 2010-addresses the financial reforms […]
ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 13- Letter Carriers union President Fredric V. Rolando was elected by acclamation to a four-year term as head of the 295,000-member postal union by delegates to the 67th Biennial Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the union announced today. Rolando, who also is a vice president of the AFL-CIO, currently […]
President Rolando announced May 4 that the NALC and the Postal Service have reached an agreement on the next phase of a Joint Alternate Route Adjustment Process. However, the agreement makes it clear that finalizing a number of incomplete revisits of 2009 MIARAP adjustments must be given priority over the evaluation and adjustment of routes/zones […]
Statement of NALC President Fred Rolando on the GAO Report U.S. Postal Service: Strategies and Options to Facilitate Progress toward Financial Viability April 13, 2010 The Government Accountability Office was directed by the Congress in 2006 to produce a report by December 2011 “evaluating in-depth various options and strategies for the long-term structural and operational […]
Rolando says only Congress can authorize cutback NALC launches “5-Day is the Wrong Way” website to keep public informed WASHINGTON — The national president of the 295,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers union (NALC) today criticized the U.S. Postal Service for arrogantly lobbying the general public with a misleading Internet web site to win approval […]