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On August 15, 2025, the NRLCA and USPS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreeing that regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-NRLCA Agreement may carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave year 2025 to leave year 2026, and from leave year 2026 to 2027.
On August 15, 2025, the NRLCA and the USPS signed an MOU to allow regular carriers to volunteer to work on Sundays and to volunteer to provide assistance on other routes in the office. No carrier will be required to perform either of these duties. All work performed in accordance with this MOU shall be paid at the overtime rate. This is similar … Read more
Florida Reps. Soto and Frost to Join National Union Presidents in Fight to Protect Postal Workers and the USPS ORLANDO, FL, UNITED STATES, August 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — On Monday, more than 500 rural letter carriers, other postal workers and their allies, will gather in Orlando to rally against misguided efforts to privatize the United … Read more
Pursuant to the release of the July 2025 Consumer Price Index – Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the third COLA adjustment of the 2024-2027 National Agreement will result in a $790.00 increase for eligible rural carriers. This COLA adjustment will be effective September 6, 2025, (PP 2025-20). … Read more
The Postal Service is slashing costs as its new leader aims to advance a controversial 10-year transformation plan. Nearly 10,500 U.S. Postal Service employees accepted the agency’s voluntary early retirement offer this year, according to its Q3 results for fiscal year 2025. The $15,000 payout per employee was available to eligible employees in crafts such as mail handler, clerk, … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued new guidance directing all federal agencies to eliminate any record of a federal employeeʼs COVID-19 vaccination status, prior noncompliance with vaccine mandates, or requests for exemptions from such mandates.
The Postal Service will launch 10 new sorting and delivery centers (S&DCs) serving the nation on September 6 and will launch one more on October 18. Five of these new S&DCs will open September 6 without additional 5-Digit ZIP Codes being moved into them and five S&DCs will open with additional 5-Digit ZIP Codes moving … Read more
According to legally-protected whistleblower disclosures provided to my office, the United States Postal Service (USPS) hired a registered sex offender as a mail carrier. The whistleblower disclosure noted that the employee disclosed his status as a registered sex offender on his job application. It’s been further alleged that instead of firing this individual, USPS placed … Read more
The Postal Service has notified the Postal Regulatory Commission of temporary price changes for some package services for the holiday shipping season. The planned adjustments, which the USPS governors approved Aug. 7, will affect prices on Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage and Parcel Select. No other products or services would be affected. … Read more
WASHINGTON — The below remarks are as prepared for delivery by Postmaster General and CEO David Steiner during the open session meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors on Aug. 7, 2025. Thank you, Chairwoman McReynolds, and thanks to those in attendance and listening today. Since this is my first open session of the … Read more