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Union Meeting is held every 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00pm
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President Report

Aren’t you glad you work for the USPS?  Who else besides our upper management could take a job this good and make most of us hate it?  Great job guys!  Most of today’s issues deal with office and street times and we have discussed these many times, but I still get a lot of questions.  You do not have an established leave time, you are not required to case mail at 18 and 8, or 15 minutes a foot more

Members News

New Member:  Lester Earl Williams.

Retired:  Bill Anderson 

Agapito (Pete) Lopez     

Secretary Report

The Regular Branch Meeting of NALC Branch 2589, Lubbock, Texas, was called to order by Vice President, Juan Baca, at 7:06 P.M.  The invocation was given by R. Estrada. The membership then said the Pledge of Allegiance.  The roll call of officers was taken. All officers were present except J. Burton and M. Terral. E. Odle and C. Peterman were added to the attendance list for tonight due to medical reasons.  J. Baca read the attendance list for the April Executive Board and Steward meetings.   more


Proud TO SERVE

Proud to Serve is a semi-regular compilation of heroic stories about letter carriers in their communities.  If you know about a hero in your branch, contact us as soon as possible at 202-662-2851 or postalrecord@nalc.org. We’ll follow up with you to obtain news clippings, photos or other information.

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LUBBOCK, TX BRANCH 2589 MEMBER Roy Estrada noticed smoke coming from the fence between two houses on his route on May 15. One house was unoccupied, so he rushed to the other house and knocked on the door. The resident, A.O. Ferguson, answered and handed the carrier a water hose as he called 911 and grabbed another hose from the back yard. Flames had already started to reach the eaves of Ferguson’s home by the time Estrada noticed the blaze. The two men were able to control the fire until firefighters arrived. College students had left a fire pit burning nearby, which had caused the grass to catch fire and spread. Ferguson thanked Estrada for helping to save both homes. (taken from the March 2012 Postal Record)


 

The NALC's 68th Biennial Convention next summer will take place in Minneapolis    July 23-27. Click here for more Information for delegates regarding hotels in "The City of Lakes."

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USA TodayPOSTAL FACTS: NALC President Fredric Rolando’s letter to the editor of USA Today, in response to an earlier editorial, appeared in the paper’s May 14 edition. Click here to read more in POSTAL FACTS.
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Delivering mail—and so much more: On the AFL-CIO website under "In Our Communities" is a story about how letter carriers—besides delivering mail to every American community six days a week—serve as our neighborhoods' eyes and ears, collect food for our hungry customers through the annual food drive, and raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Click here to read the story.


USPS announcement reinforces NALC’s view of the financial situation and how it can be fixed: The Postal Service reports that 96 percent of its losses—$3.05 billion out of $3.18 billion—have nothing to do with mail delivery expenses, but rather result from the congressional mandate to pre-fund its future retiree health benefits. The report follows on last quarter’s financial statement by the Postal Service, which reflected a similar pattern. Click here to read NALC President Fredric Rolando's statement on the report.


Contract update: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director National AgreementGeorge Cohen announced Feb. 13 that he has appointed attorney Joshua Javits as mediator to assist NALC and USPS in reaching a new collective-bargaining agreement. An impasse was declared after USPS declined on Jan. 20 to extend talks toward a contract. Click here to find out more about the mediation process.


 

NALC’s response to closings announcement: The postmaster general announced on Thursday, May 17, that he would move forward with the closing of hundreds of mail-processing plants. That followed his announcement on Wednesday, May 9, that rather than proceed with post office closings he would sharply reduce hours in thousands of rural post offices. In response to the latest announcement, NALC President Fredric Rolando said: “Since $3.1 billion of the reported $3.2 billion loss in the most recent fiscal quarter stems from pre-funding future retiree health benefits—which no other entity in America is compelled to do—the USPS and congressional response ought to address the actual problem. Moreover, what’s lacking is a business plan for the future that takes advantage of opportunities to meet the needs of an evolving society. Dismantling the network and reducing services to Americans and their businesses is not a business plan.”


Steve Boyle, Lincoln NE Br 8Thanks for helping us ‘Stamp Out Hunger’: Saturday was the NALC’s 20th Annual National Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Thank you to all who helped out—active and retired letter carriers, family members, friends, volunteers and sponsors. America’s hungry appreciate your hard work, dedication and muscle aches. Collection totals, photos and news accounts continue to stream into NALC Headquarters. Check back for further updates.


NALC disappointed, but determined, as Senate passes S. 1789: The Senate adopted a deeply flawed postal reform bill on Wednesday, voting for S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, by a vote of 62 to 37. “We’re disappointed, but we are determined to fight on,” NALC President Fredric Rolando said after the vote. He reminded letter carriers that the legislative process is far from over. “It may take months to get a bill through the House of Representatives,” he said, “but we will not rest in this struggle to defend a strong and viable Postal Service.” Click here to read the statement.


New data indicates proposed cuts could mean greater losses in volume, revenue: The proposed cuts in service sought by the U.S. Postal Service could result in a far-greater loss of mail volume – and thus of revenue – than postal authorities previously have disclosed, new testimony indicates. In fact, the losses – outlined in a preliminary study commissioned by the USPS but which the agency has since kept under wraps – could outweigh any savings realized by the cuts. Click here to read more.



House-approved budget amounts to a 5% pay cut: The Republican-controlled House of Representatives, on a mostly party-line vote, approved a budget measure Thursday that would require federal employees in both the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to contribute 5 percent more of salary toward their pensions—in effect, a 5 percent cut in pay phased in for current workers over five years. Click here to read more.


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PMG supports ‘practically everything’ in H.R. 2309: Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, during a House subcommittee hearing, told members that he supports “practically everything” in H.R. 2309, the draconian Issa-Ross (so-called) postal reform bill. Click here to read more.


H.R. 2309 Would dismantle the USPS:  GOP-controlled House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed a radical and partisan postal reform bill by its chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA).  It now waits for a full House vote.  Click here to read more.


 

House of RepresentativesH.Res. 1351:
229
co-sponsors

Pressing for reform:  Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) has introduced H.R. 1351, the USPS Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act Is your representative a co-sponsor?   Right now, 229 House members are on the list.  Click here to find out if yours is one of them. If not, click here to look up members' contact information and ask yours to sign on. Fact sheet

House of RepresentativesH.Res. 137:
222
co-sponsors

Preserving six-day mail delivery: Right now, 222 House members have signed on as co-sponsors of H.Res. 137, which expresses the sense of the House that the USPS should take "all appropriate measures" to ensure continuation of six-day delivery. Click here to find out if your representative has signed on as a co-sponsor, and click here to find representatives' contact information.



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