My name is Dennis Ford Jr., and I’m a complaints and inquiry clerk at the Los Angeles Customer Care Center. I’ve been with the Postal Service for 13 years.
Today, NALC joins all Americans in honoring and celebrating Juneteenth, a meaningful holiday commemorating the final emancipation of enslaved Black Americans.
The award presented at the 2025 National Postal Forum (NPF) recognized Zebra for its support of a new USPS custodial initiative called "Eagle Clean," which is focused on the modernization of scheduling, tracking, approving, and reviewing custodial work.
Instead, workers are being asked to vote on a proposal drafted by the APWU and presented as if it were final—despite being subject to change at any time after ratification.
The Postal Service delivery units will be closed on July 4, Independence Day which is a Federal Holiday. Additionally, FedEx air shipments will not be available from July 3-7.
For Amanda Salen, working for the U.S. Postal Service wasn’t always part of the plan. But it’s quickly become more than just a job — it’s a calling that’s taken her from delivery routes to clerical roles, through career changes, and even into harm’s way.
We identified deficiencies in four of the five areas we reviewed that affected the efficiency of operations at the Charolotte RPDC. We also identified other issues related to safety.
Today, NALC President Brian L. Renfroe testified in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) informal rulemaking hearing for the proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings rule.
Last week, Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) and Scott Franklin (FL-18) introduced the Post Office Closure Accountability Act, a legislative proposal aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) operations
Provisions to increase the costs for unions to operate in the workplace—which charging them a fee for payroll withholding of members’ dues—amount to “retaliation against AFGE and other unions for successfully standing up for our members