BRANCH 210

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

NEW TENTATIVE NATIONAL AGREEMENT

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This office has just been notified that National has agreed to a tentative contract, which now will be sent out to the membership for ratification. I will outline the particulars of the agreement that we have been informed about.


5 year Agreement

Pay
1.4 % 11/25/2006 retroactive
1.8 % 11/24/2007
1.9 % 11/22/2008
1.9 % 11/21/2009
1.8 % 11/20/2010

COLA

$686.00 retroactive COLA from July 2006 through May 2007.

Regular COLA’s through the life of the contract

Temporary Workforce

The tentative contract calls for the elimination of all casual employees
The Tentative agreement allows the hiring of Transitional workforce that are covered by the National Agreement and allows those workers to be Union members. Initially the contract allows the hiring of 8,000 transitional employees to cover Flat sorter implementation, after that period, Transitional employment is limited in the same manner as Casual employment is now but these new transitional employees are paid higher and can retain membership in the NALC.

Subcontracting

In Facilities that are all City delivery there will be NO CONTACTING OUT of letter Carrier work, in facilities with a mix of City and Rural there will be a six month hold on Contracting while a task force is convened to work the issue out.

Health Benefits

Currently the Postal Service pays 85% and the employee pays 15% of your Health Insurance. The new agreement increases your portion 2% in 2009, 1% in 2010, 1% in 2011 and 1% in 2012. By the end of the contract the Postal Services portion will be 80% and your portion will be 20%.

There have also been agreements reached on other issues as well. Dois, 3rd bundle, Cor, Flat Sorter implementation, and moo mail have all been negotiated. I do not have any information regarding what the agreement says on these issues I only know they have reached a settlement.

Based on the information provided to you I am convening the Officers to discuss this tentative agreement and make a recommendation to the membership. At the conclusion of that meeting I will notify the membership at the August Union meeting. Currently the August meeting is an Executive Branch meeting, therefore I am changing this meeting to a general membership meeting and I hope to have more answers to questions you or your members might have.



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