2025 ROUTE INSPECTIONS

 

      We are currently going through six-day count route inspections in our Canton office zones 48187 and 48188. These inspections started Saturday September 06, 2025 and go through Friday September 19, 2025. President Walt McGregory has assigned Branch 2184 Route Inspection Officer Dave Reise to work there everyday of the inspections to make sure that the Canton carrier’s rights are enforced.

 

      We have received notice at the branch that the Lincoln Park Postmaster gave a service talk the week of September the 8th, 2025 through September 12, 2025, informing the Lincoln Park carriers that they were going to be inspected this fall. No specific dates were provided. When and if that happens, the branch will put on a route inspection class that brother Dave Reise, brother Erik Venzke and myself will teach at the hall.

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NO PENALTY TIME

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      It’s almost that time of year again. For the carriers that love to make that extra holiday money in December, as referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5 of the USPS-NALC National Agreement, this time consists of four consecutive service weeks.

 

      The December period begins Pay Period 26-2025, Week 1 (Nov. 29, 2025) and ends Pay Period 01- 2026, Week 2 (Dec. 26, 2025).

 

      Of note, the penalty overtime exclusion period does not affect the new provision bargained for and included in the 2023-2026 National Agreement outlined in Article 8, Section 4.G, which requires letter carriers to be paid at the rate of two and a half (2½) times their base hourly straight time rate for any hours worked beyond 12 hours in a service day or 60 hours in a service week. This requirement to compensate letter carriers at that rate of pay is unchanged during the December period. All hours worked in excess of 12 hours in a service day or 60 hours in a service week will still be paid at 2½ times the normal rate of pay.

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TWO NEW MEMOS SIGNED BY EMPLOYER AND NALC
 

      The first memo is the Monetization of Annual Leave M-02013 in which career employees covered under the NALC agreement may sell back up to eighty (80) hours of annual leave prior to the beginning of the leave year. To qualify for annual leave monetization, employees must meet two criteria: they must be at the maximum annual leave carryover limit at the start of the leave year and must have used fewer than seventy-five (75) hours of sick leave in the previous leave year. This is what was agreed to at the national level, so this is what we have to abide by brothers and sisters.

 

      The second memo is Annual Leave Carryover for Leave Year 2026 M-02014 which increases the maximum allowable annual leave carryover amounts outlined in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). For leave year 2026, regular career carriers; PTFs and full-time regulars, may carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave year 2025 to leave year 2026. The Memorandum, which does not change the provisions in the ELM for payment of accumulated leave, will expire with the conclusion of the 2026 Leave Year. Hopefully we can get this added to our contract permanently like our siter union APWU.

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CCA UNIFORM BANK

 

      The branch is in need for slightly used uniforms. There is a need for long sleeve shirts, winter pants, rain gear, winter coats, winter boots, winter jackets as we approach the upcoming winter months. If you would like to donate to the CCA Uniform Clothing Bank, just bring your bag of items to the post office and give to your steward. They will make sure to drop the donation off to the union hall. If you want to drop the donation off to the union hall yourself, stop by Monday through Friday 9:am to 5:PM, have a cup of coffee with the Branch officer on duty. Your name will appear in the next newsletter.

 

Fifth COLA is $790

 

      The fifth regular (COLA) for career letter carriers (PTFs and Full-Time regulars) under the 2023- 2026 National Agreement was $790 annually following the release of the July consumer price index (CPI). This increase was added to every step in Table 1 and Step P in Table 2, and then applied proportionately to Steps B through O in Table 2. The increase has been applied to the linked pay chart and will take effect Sept. 6.

 

CCAs, who do not receive COLAs under the contract, receive and additional 1% in their general wage increase.

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-- Jacqueline McGregory

Executive Vice President

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