USPSNEWSLINK EXTRA
Tuesday | November 21, 2006
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS EXTENDED

USPS, Unions agree to continue efforts to reach settlement

The Postal Service and its four largest unions have agreed to extend contract negotiations in a continued effort to reach negotiated settlements. Contract negotiations have been extended until midnight Nov. 30 with the National Association of Letter Carriers, National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and National Postal Mail Handlers Union. Contract negotiations also have been extended for the American Postal Workers Union. Negotiations will resume Monday, Nov. 27.

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APWU: Contract Talks to Resume After Thanksgiving Weekend -”Because we are attempting to break new ground, the final pieces of an agreement pose difficult challenges,” he [Burrus]said. “Despite intense discussions today, agreement on all of the issues is still beyond our grasp.” 

NALC: “As long as there is any reasonable hope for a negotiated settlement,” President William Young remarked, “we will do everything in our power to achieve one.”

NPMHU Contract Update #15 - “With renewed energy, and perhaps even with a few new ideas, an overall deal is still possible,” said President [John] Hegarty.  “It therefore only makes sense to continue negotiations until the parties reach an agreement or reach an actual impasse.”