NALC Branch 193

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Latest Local - National News

and Updates

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August 29, 2019

NALC files Lawsuit on Consolidated Casing Initiative

NALC today filed a lawsuit against the Postal Service in the federal district court in Washington D.C. The suit asks the court to issue an injunction stopping the Postal Service from continuing its Consolidated Casing Initiative until NALC’s pending national level grievance is resolved. The grievance over consolidated casing is presently scheduled for arbitration in December. Further developments will be reported as they occur.

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August 13, 2019

Seventh COLA set at $624

The seventh contract COLA was finalized at $624 annually with the release of the July 2019 CPI-W. This is the last COLA of the 2016-2019 National Agreement. For more information,

CLICK LINK BELOW:

https://www.nalc.org/news/research-and-economics/research

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2019 FEHB Open Season

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officially announced the dates for the 2019 Federal Benefits Open Season which will run from Monday, November 11 through Monday, December 9, 2019.

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August 17, 2019

USPS Fairness Act reaches bipartisan majority

The USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382), which would repeal the retiree health benefit pre-funding requirement, passed the threshold for bipartisan majority support in the House Of Representatives with 218 co-sponsors. However, more support is needed for this bill. With new House rules, legislation that reaches 290 or more co-sponsors can be scheduled directly for a floor vote. To see where this legislation and NALC's priority resolutions stand, and if your representatives are co-sponsors,

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August 29, 2019

NALC responds to Hurricane Dorian

To our brothers and sisters in the areas that will be impacted by Hurricane Dorian, we need your help to make sure that we are notified of the needs of our membership in this area. We seek your help in identifying those letter carriers who may be displaced from their homes once Hurricane Dorian hits, by providing the following information:

Please provide this information to the National Business Agent Lynne Pendleton’s office at 678-942-5295, for Region 9 (Florida & Georgia). You may also email one of the following, NBA, RAAs, the Disaster Foundation, the Foundation’s President or Vice President at:

Helping to account for each other's needs is the beginning point for assistance.

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