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February Postal Record now available

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For Immediate Release: Dateline: Washington , DC Sunday, February 2, 2025   February 2025 The Postal Record , Vol. 138, No. 2 Cover story Letter Carrier Political Fund: Grow. Rise. Together. News and features DRF helping carriers affected by L.A. fires President Biden signs Social Security Fairness Act into law Anti-privatization resolution to be reintroduced in House, Senate Protect Our Letter Carriers Act scheduled for reintroduction Smishing, brushing and other postal-related scams Honoring heroic letter carriers Positive news items about letter carriers and the mail Monthly columns by national officers and staff members To download a pdf of any of the articles click on the list at the bottom of this page. Flippingbook FlippingBook allows  The Postal Record  to look like a real magazine right in your browser, on any device. You can read the issue, cover-to-cover,  here. Download the entire magazine  here . *DISCLAIMER* Please...

NO! NO! NO! The HOA Wants Me To Paint My House!!

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You have probably seen a phone company commercial featuring Ted Danson. In it, he’s on a step ladder painting a house orange. Along comes a straight-laced older woman, yelling at him, “Youhoo ! No  no no, no! You can’t do that — that’s against HOA rules.” We’ve all seen videos of HOA busybodies and nosey neighbors checking the height of mailboxes and challenging flag flying, and other community infringements and we laugh at it. HOA rules can’t be that bad or intrusive—or can they? After living in Southern California for 25 years, I reluctantly decided to sell my beautiful home and leave. The ever-increasing exorbitant taxes, the cost of water and electricity, and an intolerable political situation became too much for me. Even though I had solar on the roof and artificial turf on the ground, the expenses were just too much. When Gov. Newsom started to talk about giving reparations to descendants of slaves (California never had slaves), I knew it was time to go. Daughter Pat, he...

NALC statement regarding rejection of tentative collective bargaining agreement

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January 31, 2025 NALC statement regarding rejection of tentative collective bargaining agreement The active membership of the National Association of Letter Carriers has voted to reject the ratification of the tentative 2023-2026 National Agreement with the United States Postal Service. The vote to ratify was 63,680 to reject the agreement versus 26,304 to accept it, as reported by NALC’s Ballot Committee chairman Paul Roznowski of Royal Oak, MI Branch 3126. The fifteen-member Ballot Committee monitored and observed the dispatch, receipt, and tabulation of the Ratification Ballot conducted by independent companies, MOSAIC of Cheverly, MD, and Survey and Ballot Systems of Eden Prairie, MN. NALC President Brian L. Renfroe issued the following statement regarding the vote over the 2023-2026 National Agreement with the United States Postal Service (USPS). “NALC has notified the Postal Service of the result of the ratification balloting and our intent to reopen negotiations within fiv...