NEW OVERTIME RULES

 

      As of July 1st, 2025, full time carriers could sign the ODL indicating their wanting to work up to 12 hours on regularly scheduled days. In our Branch, your NS Days would be Sunday and one rotating day off in the week. Full Time carriers also have an option to sign the 8 hours NS Day only overtime list. This means that a full-time carrier only wanted to come into work on their NS (nonscheduled day) and work 8 hours. If a full-time carrier signed both the 12 hours ODL and the NS Day list, then that full time carrier is indicating that they were willing to work up to 12 hours each day of the week. The Work Assignment provisions didn’t change from our previous contract to this current contract. All full-time carriers should’ve signed the new overtime list because of the new Article 8 rules during the two-week sign-up period prior to the beginning of this overtime quarter. As always, if you have any questions regarding the new OT rules, don’t hesitate to give us a call at the hall.

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New Employee Experience Retention and Mentoring Program

 

      All Branch 2184 titled stewards and alternate stewards received training for the New Employee Experience Retention and Mentoring Program (NEERMP) on July 8th, July 9th, July 10th, July 11th, July 18th, July 22nd, July 23rd and July 24th, 2025.

      The NEERMP is now apart of our contract with the USPS. This program focuses on improving the experience of new city letter carriers. Some specific elements of the NEERMP include:

 

• Creating and posting weekly defined work schedules for city carrier assistants (CCAs) and part-time flexible letter carriers (PTFs)

• Limiting work hours and work locations for new city letter carriers to allow them to become accustomed to the duties of a city letter carrier:

• Weeks 1-8: Restricted to working only in their employing office

• Weeks 1-4: Limited to 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week

• Weeks 5-8: Limited to 10 hours per day and 56 hours per week

• Weeks 9-11: Limited to 11.5 hours per day and 60 hours per week

• Week 12 and beyond: Limited to 11.5 hours per day

• A guarantee that all CCAs and PTFs will receive at least one non-scheduled day each service week, except during the penalty overtime exclusion period

• Improving new city letter carriers’ introduction into the delivery unit

• Providing new city letter carriers with a new Postal Service branded satchel, vest, and hat

• Consistent developmental feedback and progress reviews

• Voluntary participation in a mentorship program

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      Our PTFs and CCAs now have more rights that we as contract enforcers can enforce on their behalf and help making the work environment a more pleasant place to work. Hopefully this will help retain our brothers and sisters working at the USPS.

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KIM TRAINING

 

      The Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan (KIM) Train ing for NALC Region 6 will be conducted October 11-13, 2025, in Covington, KY this year. It will be held at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center over the Columbus Day Holiday weekend. President Walt McGregory has selected the attendees of your Branch 2184 officers and stewards (Contract Enforcers) to participate in this training that will be put on by the Region 6 NBA office. Some of the classes are, Joint Statement of Violence & Behavior, OWCP/ ECOMP, OWCP 2/DOL Correspondence, Better Case File, OWCP 1/ECOMP, Retirement, NBA Story Time, Interviews/Statements, ll/PDI, Formal Step A Remedies and RCI Process/271-G.

 

 

Stay Safe brothers and sisters!

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-- Jacqueline McGregory

Executive Vice President