December 24, 2025 Dear Brothers and Sisters, This year proved something we already know- solidarity works. Across the United States and Canada, LIUNA members built the projects that keep communities moving and power our future. Through Laborers Rising, we brought more workers into the union, served our communities, and connected more meaningfully with our LIUNA brothers and sisters. We fought for good jobs, stronger benefits, and real protections, scoring historic wins that p

2025 No. 12 – December 12, 2025 (pdf) You are reading the twelfth Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course of 2025 negotiations. These updates, along with the Union’s magazine and monthly bulletins, will keep mail handlers throughout the country informed and involved in the issues raised during this round of bargaining. Discussions on economic issues between Deputy Postmaster General Douglas Tulino, National President Paul Hogrogian, and Nationa

2025 No. 11 – December 5, 2025 (pdf) You are reading the eleventh Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course of 2025 negotiations. These updates, along with the Union’s magazine and monthly bulletins, will keep mail handlers throughout the country informed and involved in the issues raised during this round of bargaining. Since the contract negotiation deadline has been extended, discussions about economics between Deputy Postmaster General Dougla

November 26, 2025 Being part of LIUNA is something we are thankful for every day. But Thanksgiving gives us an opportunity to reflect, and this year, we are more grateful than ever for this union. We are thankful for the strength and solidarity we have built together. There has been plenty of chaos and uncertainty across the country this year, but Laborers have kept showing up, kept building, and kept holding the line for working people. Through all the noise, we proved what

Recently, members of Congress who previously served in the military and the intelligence community issued a joint statement reminding those currently serving that they do not have to and should not follow illegal orders. These comments on the need to protect the American people against foreign and domestic enemies were met with accusations of sedition and death threats. Our country has seen a drastic increase in political violence, on all sides of the ideological spectrum. It

NPMHU ARTHUR S. VALLONE NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR The National Postal Mail Handlers Union is pleased to offer the opportunity for career craft members of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, and members of their immediate families, to apply for scholarship assistance from the NPMHU Arthur S. Vallone National Scholarship Program.  Specific eligibility requirements for the program are detailed below.  This scholarship program has been providing assi

We are enclosing a copy of National Arbitrator Maggie Brogan's decision in the RI-399 dispute concerning application of paragraph 10(a) - the "unless'' clause - of the 2018 Update MOU. Click here for PDF. By way of background, in 2018, the NPMHU, the APWU, and the Postal Service concluded negotiations on an "Update'' to the RI-399 procedures. One of the primary goals of the Update MOU was to alleviate what the parties have referred to as the "black hole" of pending national a

In our continued effort to educate and support our membership, the NPMHU Women's Committee has established a website to help combat the...

You are reading the tenth Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course of 2025 negotiations. These updates,...

2025 No. 9 – September 21, 2025 You are reading the ninth Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course of 2025...

2025 No. 8 – September 19, 2025 (pdf) You are reading the eighth Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course...

Dear Brother and Sisters: Please attached PDF of the above-reference NPMHU Bidding Procedures. Attached is a letter from the Postal...

2025 No. 7 – September 17, 2025 (pdf) You are reading the seventh Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course...

Brothers and Sisters, Please find attached the National Determination on the Parallel Induction Linear Sorter (PILS) (pdf) awarding all...

2025 No. 6 – September 05, 2025 (pdf) You are reading the sixth Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Labor Day is more than a holiday, it’s a reminder of what we’ve fought for and what we’ve won: the 8-hour...

2025 No. 5 – August 28, 2025 (pdf) You are reading the fifth Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course of...

Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) set at $790 Effective September 6, 2025 (PP 20-2025) all career Mail Handler craft employees are...

2025 No. 4 – August 11, 2025 (pdf) You are reading the fourth Contract Update produced and distributed by the NPMHU during the course of...