The term of our new 36-month agreement covers the period of May 21, 2023, through May 22, 2026. The 36-month contract was a result of a final and binding interest arbitration award issued by Arbitrator Dennis R. Nolan on March 21, 2025.

      As of April 19, 2025, the new pay chart will be in effect. President Brian Renfroe has reported that he believes that back pay will made to letter carriers by August of 2025.

 

Here is a list of the general wage increases:

• Effective Nov. 18, 2023- 1.3% paid retroactively

• Effective Nov. 16, 2024- 1.4% paid retroactively

• Effective Nov. 15, 2025- 1.5%

 

      Career Carriers (Part Time Flexibles, Full Time Flexibles, and Full Time Regulars) will receive Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs). And they are as follows:

 

• The first full COLA will be $978 annually effective August 26, 2023, paid retroactively

• The second full COLA will be $353 annually effective March 9, 2024, paid retroactively

• The third COLA will be $978 annually effective September 7, 2024, paid retroactively

• The fourth COLA will be $416 annually effective March 8, 2025, paid retroactively

• The fifth COLA will be effective in September 2025

• The sixth COLA will be effective in March 2026

 

      Our brother and sister CCAs don’t receive a COLA, instead CCAs will receive three additional 1.0 percent increases for cumulative general wage increases of 2.3 percent in November 2023 (paid retroactively), 2.4 percent in November 2024 (paid retroactively), and 2.5 percent in November 2025. Within 180 days of the date of the arbitration award, CCAs will receive an additional $0.50 per hour pay increase. This increase is in addition to their cumulative general increases.

 

      The Nolan Arbitration Award will give the following to all letter carriers for uniform allowances:

 

• May 21, 2025: $536 plus an additional $125 for a newly eligible carrier

• May 21, 2026: $549 plus an additional $128 for a newly eligible carrier

 

      The Article 8 provisions will for now remain the same until the parties announce an implementation date to be determined in the future.

 

      Of note, Cost of living increases referenced above are adjusted and paid proportionally to each step’s percentage of Step P for city carriers in Table 2, in accordance with Article 9.3.D of the National Agreement.

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COMMITTEE OF PRESIDENTS

 

      I recently attended the Committee of Presidents meeting in Pasadena, California on April 7 and 8, 2025, where Presidents and designees from around the country came together to get answers on behalf of the membership relating to different things affecting letter carriers from across the country. President Brian Renfroe spoke about the “Fight Like Hell” rallies that are going on across the country that he started in hopes of getting the message out to the public about how important the USPS is to the businesses and people of America.

 

      President Renfroe took multiple questions from different presidents about Arbitrator Nolan’s Award and his part in setting the terms of the Nolan Award. President Renfroe defended his actions and said that he acted with the best interest of letter carriers as the chief and sole negotiator on behalf of NALC. So many presidents including me were very upset with President Renfroe regarding his actions with this new contract. A fellow president in California, Ricardo Guzman of Branch 70, told president Renfroe that his carriers won’t forget the poor leadership Renfroe has shown, when it is time to vote for national president in 2026. I asked President Renfroe “will he allow NALC the executive council to assist him in the next contract negotiations?” President Renfroe claims he will, but that remains to be seen. Most of the presidents left there angrier with Renfroe than they were prior than arriving to the COP.

 

FIGHT LIKE HELL RALLY

 

      On Sunday March 23, 2025, 1 attended a “Fight Like Hell rally sponsored by Ann Arbor Branch 434. The rally took place located at 200 E Liberty Street in Ann Arbor, beginning at 1:00 PM. There were about 130 letter carriers and supporters that showed up to educate the public about how important the United States Postal Service is to the American public. Some other Branch 2184 members went downtown to the main post office on Fort Street in Detroit and rallied on behalf of the USPS.

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-- Walt McGregory

President