It’s that time of year again! The 2026 color coded calendar has arrived, and is now available. If your station has not received them yet, please reach out to the branch office.
November 2025 General Wage Increased Scheduled For November 15
Starting tomorrow, November 15th, 2025, the third & final general wage increase of the 2023-2026 National Agreement will go into effect. This will be a 1.5% increase, and the NALC has released the pay chart, shown below.
Pictures From NALC Pennsylvania State Convention
Here are some images from the events during the Pennsylvania State Convention that took place in Lancaster earlier this month. Thank you to all of our branch representees that attended!
Pictures From BuxMont 920’s Golf Outing
The past Monday, members from BuxMont 920 gathered at The Bucks Club in Jamison, PA for a round of golf! A great big thank you goes out to Tom Bozarth for organizing the event!
Check out the images below!
Charlie Reed(Doylestown),
Jeff Semon, Johno Parker
Brian Rosenbaum (Hatboro) ,
Ian Carlin, Chris Gregg
Paul Keegan(920 Treasurer)
John Kahuila (Southampton)
Kevin Bates, Michael Croke
Sean Geackel (920 President),
Eli Geackel, Tom Hackendahl
Frankie Martinez, Rick Schultz,
Ricky Schultz( Southampton retiree)
Matt Nguyen,Trix Esguerra,
Richard Tran
Marc Tankel(Warminster),
Mario Buonanoce
Paul Defrain
Pat Kelly (4973 President),
Jason Dimmick, Chris Heineman
Ed Otterbein, Matthew Robinson,
Tim Harrington (Southampton)
Brandon Bailey,
Sean O’Neil (Southampton)
Nick Kiesling), Sean Mills,
Alex Kiesling
Kyle Adger (Doylestown),
Billy Rutledge,
Eric DeLuca (Doylestown
Charlie Wilson, Ken Murtha,
Dillon Shoemaker All Southampton
Two Memorandums of Understanding Agreed by the NALC and USPS
The NALC and the Postal Service have agreed to a memorandum of understanding Re: 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.
In addition, the national parties have agreed to a MOU Re: 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 work force career employees covered by the USPS-NALC National Agreement 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.
NALC Confirms Backpay Date
NALC has successfully secured the backpay for all carriers for the time between when the 2019-2023 contract ended, and the 2023-2026 contract was set this past April. The back pay for full-time carriers & PTFs will include:
| 1. First COLA—$978 at Step P: | 8/26/23 to 4/18/25 |
| 2. First General Increase—1.3 percent: | 11/18/23 to 4/18/25 |
| 3. Second COLA—$353 at Step P: | 3/9/24 to 4/18/25 |
| 4. Third COLA—$978 at Step P: | 9/7/24 to 4/18/25 |
| 5. Second General Increase—1.4 percent: | 11/16/24 to 4/18/25 |
| 6. Fourth COLA—$416 at Step P: | 3/8/25 to 4/18/25 |
And, for CCA’s, the backpay will include:
| 1. First General Increase—2.3 percent: | 11/18/23 to 4/18/25 |
| 2. Second General Increase—2.4 percent: | 11/16/24 to 4/18/25 |
The backpay will be included in the August 29 paycheck.
For the full article about the backpay, head on over to the NALC National Website.
Join NALC Branch 157 at the 38th Annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade
NALC Branch 157 has extended the invitation to any members of BuxMont 920 to join them at the Tri-State Labor Day Parade in Philadelphia. Members of the Region 12 staff, as well as NALC President Brian Renfroe will also be in attendance. See the attached flyer from Branch 157 for all the information!
Fifth Contractual COLA Set At $790
The fifth regular cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for career letter carriers 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 pay chart below, which is awaiting confirmation from the Postal Service. The increase will take effect Sept. 6.
All Branch 920 LMOUs Have Been Updated
All the branch LMOUs have been updated, and they are available to view or download now on our LMOU page. These will be in effect until a new National Contract is finalized after the expiring of the 2026 contract.
A big thank you goes out to all the members, stewards, and executive board that worked hard to get all of these updated this summer.
NALC President Brian Renfroe Testifies On Capitol Hill Today
NALC President Brian Renfroe will be on Captiol HIll to testify on behalf of more than 200,000 active letter carriers demanding action to protect those who deliver America’s mail.
“We can’t wait for another letter carrier to be murdered or more violent federal crimes against civil servants who serve the American people every day to decide it’s finally time for legislative action. The time is now.”
The hearing starts at 2pm today, and can be viewed at the Oversight Committees YouTube.
UPDATE: The full testimony is in the video below.
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