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MOU Allowing Regular Carriers to Volunteer to Work On Sundays and Other Routes
This MOU has been signed to be effective March 9th thru August 23, 2024. For more inforamtion visit NRLCA.org


Member of the Year
Don't forget to submit your nominations for Member of the Year. Nominations must be postmarked no later than 14 days prior to the opening of State Convention Click Here

Labor Relations Seminar
June 2, 2024
3pm-5pm
Join your Washington District Representative Renee Pitts and team for a presentation at the Centennial Hotel in Spokane. The seminar is open to members.

Annual County Unit meetings are being scheduled
Interested in attending? Check you county unit page, contact an officer or go to the Meetings page and look at the calendar. Annual meetings are your chance to elect county officers and State Convention delegates. Bring your proposed resolution and constitution changes and hear from a steward and a state board representative.

FEDERAL RETIREMENT FAIRNESS ACT (HR 5995/Rural Carrier "buy back" legislation)
The Federal Retirement Fairness Act has been introduced as H.R. 5995, this would allow carriers who worked as RCAs for several years to "buy back" those years of service. So what do we need to do? Contact your legislators and tell them to support this bill. Dont know what to say? NRLCA.org has form letters to help.

BECOME A PAC FAN!
JOIN WASHINGTON’S SUSTAINING DONOR CLUB! Currently Washington has 31 sustaining donors that contribute at least once a month to our National Political Action Committee. These funds assist our Director of Governmental Affairs when we need to speak with Congressional representatives regarding postal legislation. Anyone who signs up to be part of the SDS (Sustaining Donor Society) will receive an entry into a giveaway of a wonderful pulse massager worth over $200! Once our state hits a total of 75 sustaining donors, a drawing for all current members of the SDS will be held. To join the SDS you can either add a withholding from your biweekly check or do an EFT on the 5th of every month. To find out how, visit PAC

ANNUAL LEAVE CARRYOVER 2024
The NRLCA and USPS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreeing that for leave year 2024, regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-NRLCA Agreement may carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave year 2023 to leave year 2024. In all other respects, the ELM provisions for payment of accumulated leave are not changed because of this Memorandum. This MOU will expire December 31, 2024