August 2018
AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ISSUES STATEMENT OPPOSING PRIVATIZATION:
NO POSTAL SERVICE PRIVATIZATION
Recently, the White House Office of Management and Budget unveiled a plan for privatization of the Postal Service promoted by billionaire- and corporate-funded “think tanks” with powerful influence in the Trump administration and Congress. These corporate interests are not looking out for workers, communities or businesses who are currently well-served by the Postal Service as an independent establishment of the federal government.
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COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE MEETS ON LONG-TERM ISSUES
The NPMHU’s Committee on the Future was originally constituted in 1996, and for more than two decades has engaged in strategic planning over longterm issues that will confront the Union over the coming months and years. The Committee usually focuses on five key issues facing the NPMHU: privatization of the Postal Service; the NPMHU’s legislative relations program; USPS automation and other technological changes; financial planning, especially at the Local level; and membership recruitment.
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$645 COLA EFFECTIVE IN SEPTEMBER 2018
Effective Pay Period 19, September 01, 2018, career Mail Handler craft employees are scheduled to receive the fifth of seven possible cost-of-living (COLA) adjustments as outlined in Article 9.3 of the 2016 National Agreement.
RETIREMENT, PROMOTION AND APPOINTMENTS IN NPMHU Contract Administration Department
