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2010
Leadership Academy applications now being accepted:
The form is posted
here and is available from your National Business
Agent. In order for candidates to be eligible for 2010
training, forms must be postmarked by September 30.
Application
NALC
and USPS agree to Modified Interim Alternate Route
Adjustment Process:
The NALC and the Postal Service have
entered into a Memorandum of Agreement on a Modified
Interim Alternate Route Adjustment Process for 2009.
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Bulletin article
Early
retirement offer will cover city carriers:
The Postal Service has informed President Young that
city letter carriers will be included in its new
Voluntary Early Retirement offer. See The Postal
Record report on last year’s VER
here, and the initial USPS announcement
here.
Budget won't
raise carriers' benefit contributions: President Young announced today
that the Obama administration will not pursue a proposal
to raise postal employees’ benefit contributions in the
2010 budget. Vice President Joseph Biden confirmed the
action when he met with President Young at the AFL-CIO
Executive Council meeting in Miami on Thursday.
“It’s a pleasure to work with a
friendly administration for a change,” President Young
said. “I look forward to working with the new
administration to find ways to strengthen the Postal
Service in the face of the current economic crisis.”
The cost-shift proposal was
conceived by the Office of Management and Budget during
the transition between the Bush and Obama
administrations. Once the NALC and other postal unions
pointed out that the proposal would infringe on the
collective bargaining rights of letter carriers and
other postal employees, it was withdrawn from
consideration.
President
Young applauds Obama election: "Letter carriers
have been on the front line all across America helping
to deliver votes to Senator Obama and we are excited and
inspired by his election and what it means for the
future of this nation," Young said.
Press Release
Layoff
report is false: A news story that asserts the
Postal Service is preparing to layoff 40,000 employees
is false. In a press release, national USPS spokesman
Gerald McKiernan said the story, originating from
Shreveport, LA is not accurate. McKiernan also said
3,685 employees have accepted the voluntary early
retirement (VERA) offer to reduce the USPS workforce.
USPS press release
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