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!
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 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 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.
BuxMont 920 is sadden to learn of the passing of retired Lansdale City Carrier Cletus Burns on Sunday (7/20/25).
Born June 15, 1949, in Mount Carmel, Pa, he was a graduate of Mount Carmel High School in 1967 where he was an athletic star playing baseball, football, and basketball. After high school graduation, he proudly served our country in the Vietnam War in active combat duty in the 4th Infantry Division of the US Army.
Soon after his honorable discharge, he married the love of his life and his soul mate, Nancy, who he was married to for nearly 54 years. Clete spent 35 years working in the Lansdale Post Office where he made a lot of close friends who stuck together for life. In 2005, Clete had a second career at GlaxoSmithKline where he spent 10 years working in the shipping and receiving department. Again, Clete made close friends, a theme that would permeate his entire life.
In 2015, he retired to spend time with his beloved wife, children, and grandchildren. Clete enjoyed life to the fullest and the most important thing to him was his family. Clete established special relationships with all of his family members and close friends. He enjoyed shooting pool and was regarded as one of the best in the area. Going on vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC, with all of his family was a highlight every summer.
Clete enjoyed going to the VFW to spend quality time with his friends and fellow veterans. Clete was all about putting others first and did not have a selfish bone in his body. He leaves behind a legacy of caring deeply for others. As a Christian, he believed that doing for others was more important than doing for himself. This was evident in all of his relationships with friends, family, and co-workers. He was a very special person and will be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, his daughter, Amy (Mark), his son, Christopher (Monica), and his daughter, Erin (Mike fiancé), his six grandchildren: Kenna, Kiera (Justin fiancé), Ethan, Topher, Colin, and Taylor, and his sister Rosemary, brother-in law Stuart and lots of nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by his father, Cletus, in 1957, and by his mother, Mary, in 2012, and by his sister, Loretta (Church), in 2008.
The viewing for Clete will be held on Thursday evening, July 24, 2025, from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Simcox-McIlvaine Funeral Home, 532 E. Main Street, Lansdale, PA. There will be another viewing Friday morning July 25, 2025 from 9 AM to 9:45 AM at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 51 Lansdale Ave, Lansdale, PA 19446. The Funeral Mass will follow at Saint Stanislaus Church at 10:00 AM. Interment will be in Whitemarsh Memorial Park.
For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Lansdale VFW (VFW Post 32 | Associations & Organizations).
NALC and the Postal Service have released a jointly developed document with the national parties’ mutual understanding on specific sections of Article 8 of the 2023-2026 USPS/NALC National Agreement. The document, M-02011 in NALC’s Materials Reference System (MRS), answers commonly asked questions about recently implemented provisions of the contract.
Here is the memo released by the NALC on the 5th contracted COLA.
The United States Postal Service has informed the NALC that Table 2 Steps AA & A have been eliminated. Starting July 12, 2025, all carriers in those steps will be moved up to Step B, with a new 46 week period starting until the next step. Along with this action, a new pay table has been released, and attached below.
Also, USPS has confirmed that back pay calculations are still ongoing, and payments are expected to be a part of the August 29 paycheck. Back pay will include November 2023 & November 2024 general wage increases as well as the first 4 contracted COLA increases.
NALC Customer Connect Rep Jim O’Malley recognized Brian Wagner, a city carrier out of North Wales, Pennsylvania on Friday (7/11/2025) for securing at whopping $72,000 sale! Big congrats goes out to Brian.
For more on the Customer Connect program, check out the information at NALC.org.
Picture below is Brian with BuxMont 920’s Vice President Rick Kirkner, Customer Connect Rep Jim O’Malley, North Wales Postmaster Tom McMenamin, and the rest of the North Wales city carriers!
NALC and the Postal Service have released a jointly-developed document providing the mutual understanding of issues related to the New Employee Experience Retention and Mentoring Program (NEERMP). The program, which began on July 1, and is new for most of the country, was designed with the intent of improving communication between new letter carriers and their managers and co-workers, providing work experiences that give new letter carriers the ability to learn their jobs at a more moderate pace, and providing them with continuing education beyond the Carrier Academy and the on-the-job instruction stages. The document, M-02010 in NALC’s Materials Reference System (MRS), provides answers to commonly asked questions about the program. The document will be updated in the future if additional agreements are reached on matters related to the NEERMP.
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