NALC Branch 181 Austin TX
National Association of Letter Carriers
H.R. 5746 marked-up
Today, by a margin of 8 to 1, H.R. 5746 was approved by the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia.
After a brief debate, a voice-vote was called. Chairman Lynch (MA-7), Del. Norton (DC), and Reps. Davis (IL-7), Cummings (MD-7), Kucinich (OH-10), Clay (MO-1) and Connolly (VA-11) voted in support of the legislation; Rep. Chaffetz (UT-3) voted against it; and Rep. Bilbray (CA-50) was not present.
H.R. 5746 has now been referred to the full Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where it will need majority support before it can be considered on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Postal Service financial reform legislation introduced
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, introduced legislation Thursday night designed to address the Postal Service's financial problems.
The legislation, the first of its kind, is a huge step in the right direction, as it implements many of the recommendations of the Postal Regulatory Commission. NALC legislative staff and legal counsel are currently reviewing the details of the bill and hope to call upon NALC activists early next week to aggressively seek co-sponsors for H.R. 5746.
A markup session on this legislation could come as early as Wednesday.
Below is an open letter to all letter carriers
To learn more about the NALCA (National Association of Letter Carrier Auxiliary go to their page or http://www.nalc.org/nalc/auxil/index.html
AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL LETTER CARRIERS
Dear Letter Carriers,
You may have heard of us, you may have seen us at the Letter Carrier food drives, MDA functions or coordinating the Letter Carrier children’s Christmas parties, but do you really know who we are? We are your spouses, significant others, and family members over the age of 16 who care very much about you and the fate of the Letter Carrier. We are your auxiliaries.
You have heard what Postmaster Potter and others would like to do to your jobs. Six-day delivery goes to five day with having Saturday off. I am sure that sounds good to your family. Beware, once that happens how long will it take to eliminate Tuesdays. Not only is overtime eliminated but now it is a part time job. Most people will have to work those precious Saturdays at another job just to make ends meet. The sad thing is that none of this has to happen. The Post Office could have been in the black without the outrageous pre-funding of retiree’s health benefits at an unfair inflated rate.
What does this have to do with the auxiliary, you may ask. It has everything to do with us. We are your family. What happens to your job will greatly affect us. Why wouldn’t you ask your partner in life, your parents and your children to help you in this fight for your livelihood? By joining the auxiliary they can help. Our numbers alone can speak volumes when we are communicating with our Senators and Congressmen. We have been making our voices heard for 105 years and we are not about to stop now. Have them join our team and help.
Yours in Union and Auxiliary Activism,
The NALC Auxiliary
PRC Report Finds $50 Billion Discrepancy
June 30, 2010
Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission today submitted to Congress, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the United States Postal Service, an independent actuarial report on the allocation of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) benefits paid to former Post Office Department employees. The Postal Service asked for an independent review of current allocations. The Commission report finds that an adjustment of $50-$55 billion in favor of the Postal Service would be equitable. "The Commission is pleased to provide this expert and timely perspective to assist Congress and OPM as they work to resolve an issue that has far-reaching consequences for the financial health and viability of the Nation’s universal mail system," said Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway. By law, OPM, which is responsible for calculating the Postal Service’s CSRS pension liability, must now reconsider its calculation of the Postal Service’s pension assets in light of this report, and submit the results of its reconsideration to the Commission, the Postal Service, and Congress. The Commission finds that the report, prepared by The Segal Company, provides a persuasive statement of how generally accepted accounting principles should be used to develop the current postal pension assets. The Commission suggests that Congress may wish to alter the schedule established in the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) for potential transfers from the Postal Service Retirement Fund to its Retiree Health Benefit Fund. Currently, such transfers may not take place before September 30, 2015. The full report, Civil Service Retirement System Cost and Benefit Allocation Principles, is available on the Commission web site, www.prc.gov.
House Resolution 173 Now has 236 co-sponsers - Eddie Burnice Johnson TX 30, Chet Edwards TX 17, Silvestre Reyes, TX16, Charlie Gonzales TX 20 among the latest to sign on
Whereas the United States Postal Service has announced that it may need to reduce the frequency of its mail delivery service from 6 days a week to 5 days a week;
Whereas 6-day mail delivery service is an essential service that the American people have relied on since 1912, particularly working families that depend on the Postal Service for the timely delivery of their paychecks;
Whereas Social Security is the primary or sole source of income for many senior citizens, and any delay in the delivery of their Social Security checks would make it difficult for them to purchase even essential items, such as food and medicine; and
Whereas reducing mail delivery service to 5 days a week would inevitably cause not only delays in the delivery of mail, but higher postal costs, due to the many hours of additional overtime that the Postal Service would require in order to handle the resulting back-up of mail: Now, therefore, be it
- Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.
Branch 181 in Washington DC
Within 30 minutes after he was asked by Branch 181 members Congressman Lloyd Doggett became a co-sponsor of House Resolution 173. Congratulations the the entire delegation. See more photos in the Photo Gallery.
As of 5/25/10 there are now 9 Texas members of Congress signed on as co-sponsors of House Resolution 173 for a total of 192. .
PRC meeting in Dallas TX 5/17/10
Here is our chance - let your views be known The POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION is asking for our opinion
Dear Member of the Public, your comments are invited:
The Commission is inviting public comments on a Postal Service proposal to end carrier street address delivery, collection at blue collection boxes and incoming mail processing on Saturdays in the United States. This is one of the most significant changes the Postal Service has ever presented to the Commission. The Postal Service is required to ask the Commission for an Advisory Opinion on any change in nationwide service that it proposes.
Among key questions to be answered are: “Will the savings the Postal Service anticipates be as significant as they estimate? Will mail volume decline more than the Postal Service anticipates? Will businesses and citizens have service that remains adequate to meet their needs? And will the national economic impact of service reductions offset or add to the savings that are proposed?
You may participate in this proceeding in two ways. You may informally share your views via the Commission web site, www.prc.gov, by clicking the “contact PRC” tab to access a convenient online customer service form. By participating in this manner your comments will be an informal expression of your views on the Postal Service’s plan.
To participate more formally in the process and to file documents to be included in the online public record, you must file a notice of intervention and follow the Commission’s rules of practice and procedure. The notice of intervention only requires a simple statement of your interest in the case, intent to intervene, along with your name, address, and contact information. To file a notice of intervention and other relevant documents, interested persons should click the “Filing Online” tab and follow the appropriate instructions.
If you would like to know more information about how to intervene, and the procedures that the Commission must follow in this case, please follow the link at the bottom of the page titled “Commission Rules of Practice” and select subchapter 3001 to view the rules of practice and procedure.
On behalf of the Commission, I thank you in advance for your input and support as we consider this very important change in the Nation’s fundamental communications infrastructure.
Ruth Y. Goldway
Chairman
Watch this video!!!!!!
On April 15, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing entitled “Continuing to Deliver: An Examination of the Postal Service’s Current Financial Crisis and Its Future Viability.” The hearing was held to examine three recently issued reports, each addressing the problems facing the USPS as well as potential solutions.
http://groc.edgeboss.net/wmedia/groc/fullcommittee/2010/04.15.10.fc.postalservice.wvx
Watch This!!!
RUTH GOLDWAY, POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION, CHAIRMAN
http://cspan.org/Watch/Media/2010/04/01/WJE/A/31314/Ruth+Goldway+Postal+Regulatory+Commission+Chairman.aspx
Postmaster General says correcting CSRS overcharge would end efforts to cut back mail service, ease Postal Service financial crisis
“If that were to happen, we wouldn’t have to go...to five-day delivery.”
—Postmaster General John Potter, on the effect of returning $75 billion in CSRS overcharges to the U.S. Postal Service
On March 18, 2010, Postmaster General John E. Potter testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. Responding to questions from subcommittee Chairman Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Potter said returning $75 billion in Civil Service retirement funds owed to the Postal Service would eliminate any need to cut mail service. Here is the exchange:
Sen. Durbin: The Inspector General says you have overpaid $75 billion into the Civil Service Retirement System. If this is accurate, could you use this as a source for retiree health benefits and some of the other economic issues you’re facing?
PMG Potter: Yes, sir.
Sen. Durbin: ...Are you trying to recover the $75 billion?
PMG Potter: ...We are working and have appealed to OPM and OMB to re-open this very matter. If it were to happen, it would literally, I think, we would be almost fully funded on our retiree health benefits trust fund.... It would take a lot of pressure off. If that were to happen, we wouldn’t have to go to six-, to five-day delivery.
Sen. Durbin: ...You’re saying that if the $75 billion is found, you wouldn’t have to cut the frequency of service?
PMG Potter: Right.
Note on NALC policy on six-day delivery: Reforming the law and correcting computational errors related to the Postal Service’s pension liabilities and provisions requiring the USPS to pre-fund future retiree health benefits would remove any justification for eliminating Saturday collections and deliveries. However, even if such reforms and correctionsare not adopted, NALC is strongly opposed to the elimination of six-day deliver y. Such a step would be shortsighted and counterproductive, since reduced service and lower quality would drive more mailers to abandon the postal system.
This is USPS web site information. Read it and understand USPS is serious about 5 day delivery!!!!!! Please note this is NOT the position of NALC!!!!!
Why is five-day delivery needed?
The Postal Service is facing unprecedented volume declines and a projected $238 billion shortfall during the next decade. To ensure that America continues to have a viable Postal Service, the Postmaster General has introduced a comprehensive plan including cost cutting, increased productivity and seven legislative and regulatory changes that form the necessary foundation for a leaner, more flexible Postal Service
Five-day delivery is one of the fundamental changes that will help USPS compete more effectively in the marketplace and better respond to changing customer needs.
How will five-day delivery work?
Simply put, our five-day delivery plan calls for five days of delivery to street addresses and six days of service at Post Offices and P.O. Boxes.
Under five-day delivery, there will no longer be delivery of mail to street addresses — residences or businesses — on Saturday. Post Offices will remain open on Saturdays, continuing to provide normal customer services, including the sale of stamps and other postal products. Mail addressed to P.O. Boxes will continue to be available Saturday.
What will change?
- There will be no regular Saturday mail delivery to street addresses.
- Priority Mail for street addresses will be delivered Monday through Friday.
- There will be no scheduled collection of mail from blue collection boxes or retail offices on Saturday. Mail accepted across a retail counter will be processed on Monday.
- Street-addressed local firm holdout mail will be available for pickup Monday through Friday, but not Saturday.
What will stay the same?
- Express Mail will be delivered seven days a week, 365 days a year. Express Mail will be collected from dedicated Express Mail boxes on Saturday. Express Mail will continue to be processed on the day it is accepted, including Saturday and Sunday.
- Post Offices will remain open on Saturday. No Post Office will be closed as a result of the change to five-day delivery.
- P.O. Box-addressed mail will be delivered Saturday.
- Remittance mail addressed to P.O. boxes will be available for pickup seven days a week.
- Mailers can still drop-ship enter destinating or incoming mail at plants and delivery units.
- Service standard rules will remain the same.
When will five-day delivery happen?
The Postal Service must file a request for a non-binding advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission. If Congress does not enact legislation barring it from doing so, the Postal Service plans to implement five-day delivery in fiscal year 2011 (Oct. 1, 2010, to Sept. 30, 2011). More information on when five-day delivery will be implemented will be provided well in advance of the start of five-day delivery.
Skepticism greets plan to overhaul mail service, drop Saturdays
Skepticism greets plan to overhaul mail service, drop Saturdays
He ran into deep skepticism from Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
"Over and over again, the postmaster general has promised that if only Congress would allow the U.S. Postal Service relief from its financial obligations and take other actions, it would be on a solid financial footing," Collins said at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing today. "But time and time again, I have been disappointed in the results after I have agreed to these requests."
The USPS "will have to present a compelling case that reduced delivery will not further decrease volume, setting off a death spiral," Collins said.
This month, the Postal Service released a 10-year forecast that showed projected losses of $238 billion and plummeting mail volume as consumers and businesses conduct more transactions on the Internet.
A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released Tuesday found that a majority of respondents said they would be willing to lose a day of delivery to save the Postal Service. Federal law requires six-day mail delivery to every household and business in the country.
The Postal Service receives no government funding, but Congress must approve all rate increases and major changes. The Postal Service has borrowed about $10 billion from the U.S. Treasury and expects to borrow more this year.
Postal Service Inspector General David Williams testified that the post office is "moving in the right direction" but not quickly enough "to avoid an economic catastrophe that will severely challenge its viability."
He recommended Congress fix laws requiring the Postal Service to pre-pay its retiree benefit funds, saying the overpayments add up to $7 billion each year.
"I am not aware of a business in the world that could forfeit $7 billion annual, before it opens its doors, and survive. Benefit prefunding overcharges should be fixed," he told the committee.
The Postal Service must pare down its large network of post offices, plants and administration and retool its workforce to give it more flexibility to respond to the fluctuating mail flow, he said.
Reducing delivery from six days to five might help balance costs, Williams said, but the Postal Service needs to "weigh potential savings against possible decreases in revenue and loss of its competitive advantage, since other companies charge premiums for Saturday delivery."
(Posted by Michael Winter)
What's Happening to the Post Office?
Andy Rooney Has Gotten Wind of Potential Changes to the Postal Service and He's Not a Fan
(CBS/AP)
(CBS) This segment was first broadcast Oct. 4, 2009.
I got an e-mail from a friend I never heard of the other day suggesting I do a story about the trouble that our U.S. Postal Service is in - that's what the post office calls itself, the U.S. Postal Service. I don't take suggestions gracefully, but they're thinking about closing post offices to save money and I think it's crazy.
According to them, there are 37,000 post offices in the United States and if they closed 10 percent of them they could save $3 billion a year. They're also talking about reducing mail delivery from six to five days a week and naturally they thought about raising the price of stamps again, too. Most of us don't like any of these solutions to the post office's problem.
The best mail is the letter from a friend or a relative. It's sad to say that very little of what most of us get these days is that kind of mail.
The postal service is a government agency but it's supposed to operate like a business. Most people don't realize that - I know I didn't realize it - but the post office doesn't get tax money. It has to pay for itself.
In 1900, there were 77,000 post offices around the country. Today with four times as many people, there are only 37,000 post offices - 40,000 fewer post offices for 230 million more Americans. No wonder it wasn't in the mail. We have a lot of things that need cutting, but post offices are not among them.
There's something special about a letter. We all like to get one. An e-mail, on the other hand, has all the charm of a freight train. When I was growing up we all knew when the mailman was coming and we waited for him even though we hardly ever got a letter.
People actually wrote letters to each other though, which they don't do as much anymore. They e-mail each other.
I would rather have a mailman or woman deliver junk mail to me, than to get an e-mail.
Written by Andy Rooney
NALC Battles USPS Plan To End Six-Day Delivery
Rolando Responds to ‘Plan for the Future’;
Says Proposal Would Worsen Bottom Line
Thousands of Letter Carrier Jobs in Jeopardy
The NALC reacted quickly when Postmaster General John E. Potter released the Postal Service’s seven-point “action plan for the future” in Washington March 3, making sure that Congress, the Obama administration, large mailers and the general public know the disastrous consequences of ending Saturday mail delivery.
Many of the ideas outlined in the action plan — such as repealing the retiree health prefunding requirement by fixing the USPS’s overfunding of CSRS pensions and liberating the Postal Service to offer new products and allow pricing flexibility — are ones that NALC embraces. “Unfortunately, the plan also endorses the elimination of Saturday mail delivery, which the NALC believes is unnecessary and counterproductive,” Rolando said. “Reducing the scope and quality of service will not restore the Postal Service to health — it is likely to drive mailers away and therefore worsen, not improve, the Postal Service’s bottom line.” Rolando noted that many American businesses, such as those that distribute mail order prescription drugs, DVDs and weekly magazines, rely on six-day delivery. The plan also threatens to unnecessarily eliminate thousands of letter carrier jobs at a time when the country faces a severe unemployment crisis.
In a statement to the press immediately after Potter’s announcement, Rolando noted that a January report released by the postal Inspector General showed that the USPS was overcharged by $75 billion for postal pension costs and urged Congress to take immediate steps to correct the error. “If Congress takes such action, the Postal Service will have the financial breathing room needed to develop a more successful plan,” Rolando said.
The PMG’s plan received a cool reception from several of the most important lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Congress Skeptical
In Maine, the Associated Press reported that Sen. Susan Collins, ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction over postal matters, expressed skepticism about Potter’s proposal.
“The Postal Service should focus on serving the customers better, attracting new customers and increasing volume — not on cutting services,” Collins said, according to the AP. She added that businesses will seek other alternatives if mailing days are cut, further eroding the Postal Service’s shrinking mail volume and leading to more severe financial problems.
“Those are serious changes,” warned Rep. Marcy Kaptur,(D-OH). “There may be businesses that are harmed. There may be hospitals that are harmed (without) Saturday delivery.” She said she would keep an open mind until congressional hearings are held. The Potter plan, entitled “Ensuring a Viable Postal Service for America,” was put together with the assistance of two consulting companies, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and McKinsey and Company. BCG produced a forecast of future mail volume that predicts a continued decline from 177 billion pieces in 2009 to 150 billion pieces in 2020, while McKinsey helped the USPS analyze various business strategies and develop its plan.
After the report came out, NALC issued a press release and engaged the news media to defend universal, six-day delivery and the interests of letter carriers and the general public they serve.
“It is deeply disturbing that the Postal Service appears to be committed to eliminating Saturday service, though Congress would have to approve such a change,” Rolando said. “NALC will fiercely resist this proposal on Capitol Hill.”
To be successful, the union will need the help of every active and retired letter carrier in the nation. Those who have already signed up as e-Activists will be kept abreast of strategies and plans on a regular basis. Those who have not yet signed up, should do so immediately!
“Don’t put this off for a single day. There is no tomorrow. Today is the time we all must act to save the Postal Service for the American public and to save jobs for letter carriers this year and for decades to come,” Rolando said.
Map Out Strategy
Later in March, the union will hold its annual legislative conference in Washington for all state NALC leaders and a strategy will be mapped out to make sure every lawmaker and all Americans know what is at stake in this ill-conceived proposal. Some parts of the Postal Service’s plan — concerning “workforce flexibility” — will require negotiation with the NALC and the other postal unions at the bargaining table. NALC fully expects to engage the Postal Service in the months and years ahead to find win-win solutions through negotiations.
“We have proven over the past 18 months that we are capable of adapting and responding
to the crisis,” Rolando said. “But we will insist on protecting good quality jobs and Congress
must do its part to help stabilize the Postal Service by addressing the pre-funding issue.”
On March 24, the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, the Postal Service and the District of Columbia will hold a hearing on the Office of Inspector General’s report on the postal pension surplus. If correctly calculated and transferred to the Postal Service Retiree Health Fund, the surplus postal funds in the CSRS could significantly reduce or eliminate the prefunding payments altogether.
NALC is working around the clock with allies in Congress and in the Obama administration to address the financial crisis facing the USPS. The First Step!
Congress Must Act to End the Obscene $75 Billion Pension Overcharge on USPS
The proposal by the Postal Service that six-day delivery be eliminated so that the Service can get back to a healthy financial status highlights one glaring point: the gross inequity that Congress and the past administration imposed on USPS regarding retiree health benefits.
“This union is a strong as any in its determination to protect every employee’s future retiree health benefits,” said President Rolando. “But this continuing $5 billion a year pre-funding requirement makes no sense when surplus pension funds could be used to entirely pre-fund these benefits. It is an unconscionable albatross that could lead to the death of the Postal Service as we know it. Congress must immediately terminate this burden and let the Postal Service begin to regain its financial health.”
A special report by the USPS Office of Inspector General strengthens the case NALC has made over the past three years that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) badly miscalculated the postal surplus in the Civil Service Retirement Fund. The OIG’s investigative research unit report shows USPS was overcharged an astounding $75 billion for pension liabilities that should have been paid for by the U.S. Treasury, since they relate to service performed before USPS was created in 1971. This means the onerous pre-funding schedule included in the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act is grossly inflated, since OPM shortchanged the Postal Service Retiree Health Fund in 2007, when the agency transferred the surplus into the fund.
Go to www.nalc.org for a fact sheet and links to the full OIG report.
Letter carriers union opposes cutback in mail service;urges Congress to give USPS ‘financial breathing room’
ORLANDO, FL—The president of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) today opposed the proposal by Postmaster General John E. Potter to eliminate Saturday delivery to American homes and businesses, and urged Congress instead to take steps that would provide “financial breathing room” while a better plan can be developed.
NALC President Fredric V. Rolando, in this city for the mid-winter meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, said such a drastic move is both unnecessary and counter-productive and that other steps should be taken to bolster the Postal Service's financial situation while all stakeholders examine viable long-term changes that will assure continued universal service throughout the country.
“I do not believe that weakening our commitment of six-day service to the public will enhance the long-term position of the Postal Service as a critical element in our nation's economic infrastructure,” Rolando said. “In view of the January report released by the postal Inspector General that showed that the USPS was overcharged by $75 billion for postal pension costs, Congress instead should take immediate steps to correct the error.”
“If Congress takes such action, the Postal Service will have the financial breathing room needed to develop a more successful plan,” Rolando added. “The NALC stands ready to join in discussions with other principal stakeholders to develop a comprehensive strategy for the long-term viability of the Postal Service and continued high-quality service to the American people.”
Words of Wisdom - March 3, 2010 - Please Read
Yesterday Postmaster General Jack Potter released a seven-point "action plan for the future" at a conference in Washington, DC. The plan, entitled Ensuring a Viable Postal Service for America, was put together by the Postal Service with the assistance of two consulting companies, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and McKinsey and Company. BCG produced a forecast of future mail volume that predicts a continued decline from 177 billion pieces in 2009 to 150 billion pieces in 2020 while McKinsey helped the USPS analyze various business strategies and develop its plan. Many of the ideas outlined in the action plan -- such as repealing the retiree health prefunding requirement by fixing the USPS's overfunding of CSRS pensions and liberating the Postal Service to offer new products and to price their existing ones more flexibly -- are ones that NALC embraces. Unfortunately, the plan also endorses the elimination of Saturday mail delivery that NALC believes is unnecessary and counterproductive. Reducing the scope and quality of service will not restore the Postal Service to health -- it is likely to drive mailers away and therefore worsen, not improve the Postal Service's bottom line. Too many American businesses such as those that distribute mail order prescription drugs, DVDs and weekly magazines rely on six-day delivery. The plan also threatens to eliminate 25,000 letter carrier jobs, though the PMG insists that the job cuts could be achieved through attrition. After the report came out, I issued a press release and engaged the news media to defend universal, six-day delivery and the interests of letter carriers. It is deeply disturbing that the Postal Service appears to be committed to eliminating Saturday service, though Congress would have to approve such a change. NALC will fiercely resist this proposal on Copitol Hill. In this effort, I will need the help of activists like you. Later this month, we will hold our annual state legislative conference in Washington to map out our strategy. Other parts of the Postal Service's plan -- concerning "workforce flexibility" -- will require the agreement of the NALC and the other postal unions at the bargaining table. We fully expect to engage with the Postal Service in the months and years ahead to find win-win solutions through negotiations. We have proven over the past 18 months that we are capable of adapting and responding to the crisis. But we will insist on protecting good quality jobs and Congress must do its part to help stabilize the Postal Service by addressing the prefunding issue. On March 24, the House Sub-Committee on the Federal Workforce, the Postal Service and the District of Columbia will hold a hearing on the Office of Inspector General's report in January on the postal pension surplus. If correctly calculated and transferred to the Postal Service Retiree Health Fund, the surplus postal funds in the CSRS could significantly reduce or eliminate the prefunding payments altogether. NALC is working around the clock with allies in Congress and in the Obama administration to address the financial crisis facing the USPS. See the website and the NALC's publications for more details on the USPS plan and the union's views on its components. In solidarity, |
Winner of $1,000 American Express Card
Brother Warren Thomas Stevens, Br.181, Austin, TX., is the winner of the COLCPE contest of Branches 1000 to 1999 members. COLCPE committee members congratulate and present Brother Stevens with a $1,000 American Express Card. Pictured are (from L) Br. 181 President Bob Bishop, committee member Frank Arldt, Br.181 COLCPE Coordinator Les Doss, Brother Stevens and committee member Bennie Lloyd.
National COLCPE Contest
1,000 to 1,999 members
Austin, TX Br. 181 15.41%
Nashville, TN Br. 4 7.36%
Louisville, KY Br. 14 7.17%
Portland, OR Br. 82 6.16%
MA Northeast Merged Br. 25 5.94%
Branch 181 has won the National COLCPE contest for 2009 in the 1000-2000 member branches. The details will be announced at a later date concerning the winner of the $1,000 (to be determined by National).
Branch 181 was the only branch in our division to be in double digits (over 15%). The next branch (Nashville TN) was at a little over 7%. So speaking honestly, we smoked them.
About this site
This site is NOT the official website of
Branch 181, Austin Texas,
National Association of Letter Carriers.
It, however, was created to be of
assistance to any NALC member
and for information purposes.
This site is a work in progress.
We hope all members of Branch 181
will contribute and enjoy the site.
2009 Gold Card Members Branch 181
National officer Brian Hellman, Dir. of Safety and Health, assisted by Region 10 RAA Ken Claxton, recently honored Austin, TX. Br. 181 retirees with their 50 & 60 year Gold Card membership, along with other honorees,
BRANCH 181 MEMBERS AT SECRETARY/TREASURER TRAINING IN CHICAGO
Karrie Blough - Secretary, William (Bill) Moody - Treasurer, and newly appointed TSALC Treasurer Bennie Lloyd in the "Windy City" Chicago for the NALC training seminar for Secretary/Treasurer.
BRANCH MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON
Bob Bishop, Ken Claxton, Frank Arldt, Congressman Lloyd Doggett,
Bennie Lloyd, Les Doss, Emre Edwards, Judy Arldt
Bob Bishop and Jane E. Broendel, Secretary-Treasurer
Emre Ewards and George C. Mignosi, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Bennie Lloyd with one of the Legislative Aides
