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Going Postal: A photo journal of post offices and places across the United States

Answering the lies that privatization zealots and FedEx are peddling

The Post Office is not broke--and it hasn't taken any of our tax money since 1971

Postal mismanagement leads to D.C. closings

Shock Doctrine at U.S. Postal Service: Is a Manufactured Crisis Behind Push Toward Privatization?

Without Unions, the Middle Class Withers

National Assessment of City Delivery Efficiency 2011 – Office Performance OIG Report .pdf

Converting and Assigning Delivery Points to More Cost-Effective Delivery Modes .pdf

Mail Volume Measurement for City Delivery Carriers – Greater Indiana District .pdf

USPS "Route Optimization" "Concept Paper" Regarding 100% Delivery Routes .PDF

GAO report endorses cuts in U.S. Postal Service GAO Report Highlights FULL GAO Report

USPS 5-Day Delivery Plan

PRC Chairman Goldway: USPS $238 Billion Loss Proclamation Is an Unsubstantiated Figure With No Connection
to Reality

Another USPS Workplace Tragedy

Beyond Going Postal: A Disappointing and Sad Postscript

Congressman To USPS OIG: New Documents Show Wage Theft In New Hampshire Post Offices Continues

For example, workers may not report a work-related injury or illness because they fear job loss or other disciplinary action, or fear jeopardizing rewards based on having low injury and illness rates .pdf

Management Advisory – Management of City Letter Carriers’ Street Performance (PDF) An OIG Report Covering DOIS Reports, Evaluated Routes and GPS Devices

Annapolis, Maryland injured carrier discovers video camera attached to a utility pole outside his home.

A close-up of the camera and a shot of the camera attached to the pole. We were informed that this camera has been removed. The author of this story believes that this "publicity" may have expedited the removal process.

Read an e-mail we received from former National NALC President, 1968-1977, Jim Rademacher.

Video of picketing at USPS Headquarters, L'Enfant Plaza, April 16, 2007.

April 16, 2007 video of marchers staging on the mall and the march to USPS headquarters.

Member Resources......

Branch 3825 Information:

Arbitration, Step A & B Decisions

Branch 3825 Postal Record Scribe Articles

Grievance Summaries

UNITY the Branch 3825 Newsletter	Calendar of Branch Events & Meetings	Union Meeting Minutes Branch 3825
Branch 3825 By-Laws	Rockville Local Agreement	Labor/Management Meeting Minutes
Germantown Local Agreement	Damascus Local Agreement	Gaithersburg Local Agreement
Map to NALC Br. 3825 Rockville Union Office	Br. 3825 Post Office Phone Numbers	Union Meeting Notice
Useful Forms	Useful Websites	Useful Publications & Manuals
2012 Rotating Days-Off Calendar 2011 Rotating Days-Off Calendar	NALC Web Site	2006-2011 National Agreement

2012 Pay Periods 2011 Pay Periods	USPS Salary Search	The NALC Postal Record
Leave Slip, PS Form 3971	PostalMag.com	The USPS POSTAL Bulletin
Weingarten Rights Article From Br. 43 Weingarten Card	Postal Employee Network-NEWS	Retirement Information FERS CSRS
Entering Information in the ETC for Assistance You Provide to Other Routes Download Copy	American Postal Workers Union-APWU	More Retirement Information & Forms
The Latest Carrier Pay Chart	Federal Times Paper	Carrier Training Manual
Proof of Employment & Income	Postal News
USPS Flexible Spending Account FSA Claim Form	NALC Health Benefit Plan
PS Form 3996	Postal Reporter	FMLA & Disability

Reasons for Overtime, Form 3996 More Reasons	Search Routes by Zip Code Click the Route Number to View Street Map	Instructions for Submitting FMLA Documentation
Standard (SF) Forms	Thrift Savings Plan-TSP	Dept. of Labor FMLA Forms Employee Family Member
Sign up for the NALC e-Activist	What is COLCPE? from NALC Region 2	Dept. of labor Form WH-381 Notice of Eligibility, Rights and Responsibilities FMLA
How to Read your Pay Stub	Give to COLCPE Online	Law Firm Explanation of Disability Retirement

PS Form 1571 Undelivered MailReport	PostalEASE	NALC Guide to FMLA
Request for Temporary Light Duty	LiteBlue USPS Employee Web Site	Documentation for Disability Retirement
PS Form 3074, Request for Waiver of Claim for Erroneous Payment of Pay	USPS Web Site	Information on Disability Retirement-CSRS
Give to COLCPE by Phone	NALC Branch Web Sites Posted by NALC Branch 38	Information on Disability Retirement-FERS
Postal Record Article: Waiver of Claim...Erroneous Payment	Give to COLCPE through Electronic Debit	OWCP Bill Payment Inquiry
PS Form 1260 Nontransactor Card	Sign-Up for e-Activist Network	Fitness For Duty Examinations
PS, SF, CA, TSP, FMLA Forms, NALC Br. 38	Zip Code Maps	OWCP Forms CA-16 Authorization for Treatment
Carrier HOLD sheet	NALC Br. 214 San Francisco	OWCP Injury Claim Forms
Delivery Notices HOLD Notice MOVE Notice MSP Notice	NALC Br. 3 Buffalo, New York	Family and Medical Leave Basics The Law and FMLA January 16, 2009 Revised FMLA

Weingarten Rights & Requesting Union Representation	NALC Br. 38 Merged New Jersey	Carrier Work Description
2012-2020 Federal Holiday Dates	NALC Br. 100 Ohio	Carrier Job Description
	letter carrier network	Carrier Duties
	Letter Carrier Connection	Medical Release Certificate
	Zip Code Maps
	Retirement Information	Safety & Health

Route Inspections

Additional Information

Dog Bite Awareness

The Route Inspection Process

TE Questions & Answers

Montgomery County MD Animal Control

Route Inspection Form 1838-C	Branch Communication and Newsletters From Around the Country	SL Requested-Diagnosis NOT Required
Minor Route Adjustment Memorandum, August 1, 2008	Quotes in Support of Organized Labor	Fitness For Duty Examinations

NALC Route Inspection Handbook	Creating a New USPS Personal Identification Number...PIN	Bereavement Leave
Carrier Casing Standards	Carrier Pay Chart March 2011	Safety and Health Publications
Minor Route Adjustment NALC White Paper		Accident Report Form 1769
Special Inspections		What a Federal Employee Should do When Injured on the Job

Steward Resources........

Grievance Forms	Steward Forms	Contract Enforcement & Defending Discipline
Grievance Form 8190 Word.doc	Request for Steward Time Form	Grievance Investigation
Dispute Resolution Time Line	Forms Numbers and List	Defense to Discipline
Grievance Form 8190 .pdf	Grievance Checklist NALC Br. 38	Region 13 Steward Guide
Formal A Settlement	Br. 3825 Grievance Forms	Employee Labor Relations Forms

Informal A Settlement	Overtime Desired List	Department of Labor
Time Limit Extension Time Limits Fillable	Grievance Log	NALC Guide to Local Negotiations
Dispute Resolution Process Questions & Answers	Tools & Research, NALC Br. 38	Potter Letter, Contract Compliance
USPS Manuals & Papers	PDI Recording Form	The Legal Rights of Stewards
City Carrier Duties & Responsibilities M-41	Overtime Offered and Declined	National Labor Relations Board NLRB
Management of Delivery Services M-39	Pre-Arbitration Settlement Form
Joint Contract Administrative Manual JCAM April 2009	USPS Work & Time Forms	Materials Reference System MRS September 2009

Supervisor's Guide to Handling Grievances EL-921	DOIS Reports An Explanation of DOIS Reports	Addressing Contract Violations and Defending Against Discipline
Pivoting City Delivery	MODS Operation Codes	PS, SF, CA, TSP, FMLA Forms, NALC Br. 38
AM & PM Unit Review	DOIS: What You Should Know	Contract Talk, Activist & White Papers
Supervisor's CA-1 Checklist	TACS Forms Descritions	APWU Grievance Investigation Manual
TACS Exception Reports Guide	MODS & TACS Codes	Time to Vote
Employee and Labor Relations Manual ELM-28 July 2011	Contract Enforcement & Defending Discipline	Attendance Checklist for Grievance
	Curtailing Mail More than 2 Days	Additional Attendance Checklist
	Branch 38 Steward Tutorial	Region 2 JCAM Black Book
	Steward "Just Cause" Training	Tom Gates Reference Book
	"Unsatisfactory Performance"	Supervisor's Questionnaire of Considerations
	Carrier Route Mail Service Talk	Weingarten MEMO
		Weingarten & Kalkines Warnings

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Postal Record Scribe Article June 2012	UNITY The newsletter of Branch 3825 March 2012
Monthly Branch Meeting Minutes May 2012	NALC Bulletin May 2, 2012

7 Reasons the Jury Is Still Out on Flats Sequencing

The Unofficial Guide to Flats Sequencing

FSS Machines Shuffled Again -- But Do They Work?

US Postal Service to close 140 mail processing centers
The List of Facilities

USPS managers reach salary agreement

Can Part-Time Retirement Save USPS?

USPS offers buyouts to postmasters, drops plan to close post offices

Letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe – It Is Time to Resign

2011 Voice of the Employee Results Show No Confidence in Postal Management
Letter to Postmaster General Donahoe 5-3-12

Senate bill gives Postal Service best chance to prosper

The truth about postal reform

Northrop Grumman sues USPS in bitter contract dispute

Federal Diary: Postal workers are luke-warm to Senate proposal

Postal watchdog keeps an eye on potential closure

Senators plead for grace period on shuttering post office

Postal union report slams 'shrink to survive' proposals

USPS closures would crush small shoemaker in competition with Amazon, Zappos

U.S. Postal Service Unveils Self-Service Parcel Locker

GAO urges Congress, USPS to solve ‘dire financial situation’

The Postman Rings Every So Often
The end of Saturday mail is coming—and Friday mail might be next.

GAO warns Congress again about Postal Service

GAO Report, PDF

One Year Later, Every Door Direct Mail is Shattering USPS Sales Forecasts and Benefiting Small Businesses All Over The United States

NALC’s President Rolando: Postal Executives Have Thrown in the Towel

USPS Planning Retirement Incentives To Help Downsizing, Donahoe Testifies

Democrats skeptical of USPS push to sponsor own healthcare program

U.S. Postal Service's crippling structure

Expert: USPS pullout would jeopardize federal health insurance program

USPS plan to set up own health plan faces lawmakers' skepticism

Postal Service steers attention away from 'flawed' revenue study

USPS supporter in Senate criticizes postmaster general