Branch 920

BRANCH 920

20 South School Lane

Souderton, Pa. 18964

Phone 215-721-2232

Fax 215-721-2252

Contract 2006 - 2011

        DRT new address
       3190 South 70th St.
       Phila., Pa. 19153

Contract COLA: $1,498

The next regular cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) under the 2006-2011 National Agreement will be $1,498 annually, based on the Consumer Price Index for July. The COLA, effective the pay period beginning August 30 (pay date September 19), is the third of eight COLAs included in the 2006-2011 contract.

The new COLA is equivalent to 72 cents per hour, or $57.60 per pay period. - full story

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2009 Retiree COLA: 6.2%

The accumulation toward the 2009 retiree COLA was 6.2 percent in August following the release of the July Consumer Price Index.

The actual COLA will reflect the difference between the average Consumer Price Index for the third quarter of 2007 and the average CPI for the third quarter of 2008.

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2009 FECA COLA: 5.1%

The accumulation toward the 2008 FECA COLA was at 5.1 percent following the release in August of the July 2008 CPI.

The 2009 FECA COLA will be based on the increase in the CPI between December 2007 and December 2008 and will become effective on March 1, 2009.

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The US Postal Service has cut overtime expenses by close to a billion dollars in the first three quarters of its fiscal year. Reports filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission show that the USPS reduced overtime by over 28 million hours through pay period 14, which ended on July 4. The reduction translates to $923 million in overtime savings compared with the prior year. The year to date overtime rate for bargaining unit employees stood at 8.7%, down from 11.7% in 2007. In pay period 14 alone, overtime was 6.5%, compared with 10.2% in the same period last year.

The overtime savings were partially offset by an increase in straight time hours, which were up by 1.4 million hours. That number is somewhat misleading, since it includes almost 15 million straight time hours worked by new “transitional employees”, or TEs, in the letter carrier craft. Straight time hours for career bargaining unit employees were actually down by over 13 million hours.

The average hourly cost of a transitional employee, including benefits, is $23.24, compared with $39.47 for the average full time regular carrier. The increased use of lower cost straight time hours means that while the average bargaining unit employee has seen a 3.3% increase in hourly wages over 2007, the USPS’s average cost per hour increased by just 1.1%.

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Boston Convention comes to a close: With the banging of the gavel on Friday, July 25, the 2008 Boston Convention has come to a close.

updates here

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Committee approves study on ending Saturday mail delivery

Washington, Jun 25 -

The House Appropriations Committee today approved an amendment offered by Congressman Jack Kingston (R/GA-1) that would require the United States Postal Service to study the cost-effectiveness and fuel consumption of a five-day delivery system and consumer demand of Saturday postal delivery. - Full Story

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Your privacy under attack !! NALC files suit against OIG - full story

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T.E. Questions and Answers - Memorandums of Understandings

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NALC Activist - archives starting 1996 thru 2007 - current March 2008

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Contract Talk - NALC Postal Record

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Color Coded 2008 Calendar

How to read your pay stub

FMLA Basics

The Family and Medical Leave Act guarantees each letter carrier up to 12 weeks of leave each postal leave year, for:
A new child in the family—by birth, by adoption or by placement in foster care;
Caring for a family member with a serious health condition; or
The employee's own serious health condition that prevents him or her from performing the job.

NALC FMLA Guide

Weingarten rights

Letter Carrier Pay Chart

Effective March 15, 2008
The salary and rate schedule for all NALC-represented employees includes the $458 annual cost-of-living
adjustment effective March 15, 2008—the second of nine such increases provided by the 2006-2011 National Agreement. The next COLA will be payable in September 2008.

JCAM -

Contains Interpretations Endorsed by NALC and USPS: The JCAM contains the authoritative, agreed-upon interpretations of the National Agreement. The National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service have agreed at the national level that this is the definitive interpretation of the contract.
Is Binding on Both Parties: Postal managers and NALC representatives at all levels are required to follow the JCAM's interpretations of the contract.
Should Be Used to Settle Disputes: The JCAM should be used by the local parties to help resolve disputes and should be introduced in the expedited and regular arbitration forums.

Postal Record Contract Talk 2006

Buxmont newsletter

Military BuyBack info & Forms

Branch 920 Officers:

President…………………………… Kevin Gardner

Exec. Vice President………………..Tom Clarenbach

Vice President……………………….Russ Naylor

Financial Secretary/Editor…………..Jim Morrison

Recording Secretary

Treasurer…………………………….Ed Klaiss

Sergeant-at-Arms……………………George Fornash

Trustees……………………………...Ed Morehouse

Bill Hefferon

Ken Traynor

M.B.A………………………………..Ed Klaiss

Health Benefits Reps………………...Sam Rutherford

Dan Owarzani

Special Services……………………...Vacant

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last update 08/19/2008

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