Mail Count and More

As many of you have already heard we will be having a national mail count the last 2 weeks of September 2011.  Here are some important dates.  Count starts Sept, 17th and ends Sept.30th.  Precount conferences have to be done … Continue reading

Preserve Six Day Delivery

If you click the link below, you will find the ad for preserving 6 day delivery. The file was provided to me by the NDRLCA President, Gary Thompson, and will be available for all to access.  It is a PDF, … Continue reading

URGENT: We Need Your Help, Now!

Today we learned Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA)  is requesting that the House Rules Committee rule in favor of stripping the language included every year in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee bill that maintains Six Day Delivery, based on jurisdictional and … Continue reading

Postal Service “Overpayment” – Myth v. Fact

Washington, Jun 24 - Highlights from the OPM Report on the United States Postal Service – OPM- “Of great concern to us is the fact that during the course of our research, we did not find any viable projections indicating that … Continue reading

Clifford Dailing, NRLCA Secretary-Treasurer Responds to the Recent Announcement by the USPS to Suspend the Employer’s Contributions to the Defined Benefit Portion of FERS

The NRLCA is sensitive to the dire financial condition of the USPS, but it is imperative that we, as a union, protect our member’s pension rights now and for the future. The Postal Service’s obligation to continue contributing to the … Continue reading

New EMA Rate

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May 2011 CPI. Based on changes in the private transportation index, the Equipment Maintenance Allowance (EMA) will increase by 6.5¢ to 73.5¢ per mile. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of Article 9, … Continue reading