Letter carrier union members approve five-year contract

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) announced the ratification of a new five-year collective bar­gaining agreement with the USPS. The new agreement will run through Nov. 20, 2011, and affects approximately 222,000 career employees who deliver mail to residences and businesses on city delivery routes.

The agreement is the third contract between the Postal Service and its four major unions from the 2006 negotia­tions. Contracts were ratified with the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the National Postal Mail Han­dlers Union (NPMHU) in January 2007. Members of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) failed to ratify a tentative agreement. The terms of that contract are currently scheduled to be resolved in interest arbitra­tion proceedings this fall.

USPS National Emergency HotlineIs your facility operating?Call 888-363-7462