National Association of Letter Carriers

The application process for the 66th annual Massachusetts AFL-CIO Scholarship is here. This year, the deadline for registration in the program will be Friday, December 22, 2023. Testing will be in early February 2024. Please click here to begin the process.

Additionally, NALC gives out a number of their own scholarships. The deadline for several of these are Sunday, December 31, 2023. More info on the NALC programs can be found here.

Very best of luck to all of you who participate in these programs.

The USPS said in May that another 300 letter carriers were robbed on their routes so far in fiscal 2023 ...

The United States Postal Service and Postal Inspection Service continue to address security issues as this sad nationwide epidemic continues.

Please click here to read the Federal News Network’s recent story on the issue.

It’s been one year since the Postal Service Reform Act was signed into law. Hard to believe how time flies, isn’t it?

The Federal News Network offers up an overview, which can be yours for the price of one click.

“They did not ask us for our opinion on how long would it take to do this, but I have that deadline”.

Guy Cavallo - OPM Chief Information Officer

The Postal Service reform bill signed into law in 2022 will be moving postal employees and retirees into a separate health insurance marketplace from the rest of the federal workforce. For a look into the OPM’s role in these changes, please click here.

The good news is that a brother carrier from Branch 25 is unharmed and made it home to his family Wednesday night safe and sound. The bad news is that these mailbox key thefts have continued to epidemic levels across the nation.

Please click right here for a Channel 7 News report on the incident. And as always ... please stay aware & stay safe!

Three individuals will face federal charges in the tragic shooting death of brother carrier Aundre Cross, a member of NALC Branch 2. The 44-year old father of three was attacked while delivering his route back on December 9th.

For more info, check out CBS 58 in Milwaukee by clicking right here.