Jan 10, 2022 · NRLCA-USPS 2021-2024 Tentative Agreement Highlights. WEBSITE STATEMENT. COPYRIGHT© 2012 – 2019 NORTH CAROLINA RURAL LETTER CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NOTICE: The information on this site may not be copied or reproduced without the express written consent of the NC RLCA State Board. Disclaimer. Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment.Jan 31, 2020 · Well-known member. Jan 31, 2020. #4. The NRLCA has been notified by USPS that all of the retroactive salary increases included in the 2018-2021 National Agreement will be delayed and are now to be included in the paychecks for PP06-2020 (March 20, 2020). This adjustment will include all eligible rural carriers and all retroactive salary changes ... Overview View Online Download. 2021-2024 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Changes agreed to by the parties, from the previous CBA, are in bold type. Document Type: APWU Contract. Tags: 2021-2024 Contract.o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022. PSEs’ Additional 50 cents per hour. o Effective: April 9, 2022. o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022. New pay rates for Grade 11 Employees. o Effective: September 21, 2021.Effective July 9, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising section 541.4 of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities, to include additional compensation for DPS flats and a formal process for conducting quality reviews. * * * * * Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities * * * * * 5 Inspection, Count, and ...Carrier National Rural Letter Vol. 119, No. 3a Special Contract Edition 2020 NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural LetterGeneral Annual Wage Increases and Cost of Living Allowances (COLA) 1.3% November 20, 2021 (Will be Retroactive) 1.3% November 19, 2022. 1.3% November 18, 2023. Six (6) Cost of Living Allowances (COLA) for career employees (March and September of each year) with no change to the current formula based on the July 2021 CPI-W.Overview View Online Download. 2021-2024 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Changes agreed to by the parties, from the previous CBA, are in bold type. Document Type: APWU Contract. Tags: 2021-2024 Contract.Feb 10, 2016 · “The terms of the new Rural Carrier contract continue the trend of providing the Postal Service the tools necessary to meet customer needs and acknowledge our employees for their commitment and dedication.” The tentative agreement is subject to a ratification vote by the union membership, a process that will take 6-8 weeks. The new contract says rural carriers will be getting 1.3% general wage increase for each year of the agreement. How is this true if all 3 years you want to give us $792 each year? 79. Did the Union propose Thri Savings Plan participation for RCAs with matching funds from USPS? 81. DISTRICT #38 TO MEET. September 21 @ 6:00 pm - September 21 @ 9:00 pm Sep 21. Mecklenburg District #38 will hold its fall booster meeting on September 21, 2023, at River Buffet & Grill. Guest speakers are Elaine Althoff, NCRLCA Vice-President, and Cliff Workman, NRLCA ADR. […] Feb 23, 2021 · Feb. 23, 2021 at 3:04 p.m. The NGDVs will include air conditioning and heating, increased cargo capacity and advanced vehicle technology. The Postal Service has awarded a 10-year contract to Oshkosh Defense to manufacture a new generation of U.S.-built delivery vehicles that will drive the most dramatic modernization of the USPS fleet in three ... Follow the step-by-step instructions below to design your NRL contract PDF: Select the document you want to sign and click Upload. Choose My Signature. Decide on what kind of signature to create. There are three variants; a typed, drawn or uploaded signature. Create your signature and click Ok. Press Done.Under M-01854 (Feb. 4, 2015), NALC and the Postal Service have settled national-level case Q11N-4Q-C 14278874 concerning the compensability of time spent and costs incurred by city carrier assistants (CCAs) when obtaining fingerprints for the background investigation required for conversion to career status by agreeing that reasonable and ...We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.“Overall, this contract results in continued restraint of rural carrier labor costs while giving the parties the opportunity to focus on implementing new engineered work standards for rural carrier employees,” said Labor Relations Vice President Doug Tulino. The new agreement runs through May 20, 2021.The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and the United States Postal Service have negotiated a Tentative Agreement to cover the 3-year period from May 21, 2021 to May 20, 2024. This Tentative Agreement must be ratified by a majority of the voting membership of the NRLCA to become effective.2024 FECA COLA Projection: 3.0% as of August 2023. Based on the release of the July 2023 CPI-W (1982-84=100), the 2024 FECA COLA projection is 3.0%. The July 2023 CPI-W of 299.899 was 3.0% above the December 2022 base index (291.051). The 2024 FECA COLA calculation will be finalized when the December 2023 CPI-W is published during the month of ...When a PTF (part‐time flexible rural carrier) assignment is posted in accordance with Article 30.2.A.3, eligible substitute rural carriers and RCAs are simply bidding to be converted to a career status PTF. The specific route assignments are not to be included on the posting notice.National Rural Letter Carriers' Association 1630 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3467 Phone: 703-684-5545. {1} Letter Carrier Pay Schedule City Carrier Wage Schedule: Effective June 19, 2021 The following salary and rate schedule is for all NALC-represented employees. Table 1: City Carrier Schedule RSC Q (NALC) This schedule applies to all carriers with a career appointment date prior to Jan. 12, 2013. Basic Annual Salaries Postal Service (PS) Schedule Part-Time Flexible Hourly Basic Rates Effective February 27, 2021 RSCs C, K, P (APWU) Pay GradeNew episode of You Are the Current Resident: The Delivery Operations Information System (DOIS) NALC President Brian L. Renfroe and Assistant to the President Ed Morgan discuss the Delivery Operations Information System (DOIS), a time-projection tool used in many locations by management to estimate the daily workload of city carriers. Aug 24, 2023. Jan 2024 No rebase Article 9.1.F and 9.1.I. ALL RCAs receive 1% increase each year in lieu of COLA Goes into effect with GWI increases-retroactive MOU Non-Career Health Plan for RCAsNew episode of You Are the Current Resident: The Delivery Operations Information System (DOIS) NALC President Brian L. Renfroe and Assistant to the President Ed Morgan discuss the Delivery Operations Information System (DOIS), a time-projection tool used in many locations by management to estimate the daily workload of city carriers. Aug 24, 2023. National Rural Letter Carriers' Association 1630 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3467 Phone: 703-684-5545. {1}The purpose of this Carrier Letter is to transmit the attachments to all carriers in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. Attachment 1: 2019 Plan Performance Assessment Procedure Manual (PDF file) Attachment 2: 2019 CAHPS Carrier Subcode List (PDF file) 2018-13. 8/22/2018. National Rural Letter Carriers' Association 1630 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3467 Phone: 703-684-5545. {1} NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association 2021 - 2024 The NOTE TO MEMBERS: This special contract edition of the magazine represents the com- plete, current National Agreement between the USPS and the NRLCA. Are you a member contributing to this? If not, click here click here Compensation for Additional Trips On June 2, 2023, the USPS and NRLCA agreed to modify two pre-arbitration settlements,specifically case #C95R-4C-C98023318, which involves compensation for rural carriers when required to perform anadditional trip to the street due tomail that could not beaccommodated on Apr 11, 2022 · Well-known member. Apr 11, 2022. #8. gotstamps said: Actually, with the new pay schedule released as “effective February 2022, February is the cut off for the August 2021 & November 2021 Backpay calculation. The Backpay cutoff will be when they make current pay up to date. That could still be a paycheck or two away. 2021-2024 APWU Tentative Agreement Available to Download. February 7, 2022. READ FULL ARTICLE AT » American Postal Workers Union. All ballots/ratification packets have been mailed to eligible voters. Non-members of the union have also been mailed a ratification packet and a ballot that includes a PS-Form 1187 to join the union.As a result of the rise in index level, the following COLA adjustment will be applied to each step of the basic annual salary for all full-time employees covered under the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement effective August 26, 2023 (pay period 19-2023, pay date September 15, 2023).Dec 8, 2021 · In some cases, carriers say the Postal Service owes them money because it hasn’t updated the time it takes to deliver mail on all rural routes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a sharp spike in online shopping and a deluge of packages to deliver. Most rural carriers are paid by how many hours it usually takes to deliver ... Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment.$416 Cost of Living Adjustment effective February 27, 2021 *Cost of living increases referenced above are paid proportionally to city carriers in Table 2 in accordance with Article 9.3.E of the National Agreement. For City Carrier Assistants: 1.1% General Wage Increase and additional 1.0% increase effective November 23, 2019NEW: Update on Retro Pay Adjustment. 09/27/2022. As you know, the Postal Service (USPS) and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) ratified and signed a new collective bargaining agreement on March 23, 2022, approximately 6 months ago. The new ratified agreement covers the period May 21, 2021 through May 20, 2024, and provides ...Apr 11, 2022 · Well-known member. Apr 11, 2022. #8. gotstamps said: Actually, with the new pay schedule released as “effective February 2022, February is the cut off for the August 2021 & November 2021 Backpay calculation. The Backpay cutoff will be when they make current pay up to date. That could still be a paycheck or two away. Apr 11, 2022 · Well-known member. Apr 11, 2022. #8. gotstamps said: Actually, with the new pay schedule released as “effective February 2022, February is the cut off for the August 2021 & November 2021 Backpay calculation. The Backpay cutoff will be when they make current pay up to date. That could still be a paycheck or two away. Carrier National Rural Letter Vol. 121, No. 6a Special Contract Edition 2022 NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter In accordance with the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 93 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective August 28, 2021. The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). It will appear in paychecks dated September 17, 2021 (Pay Period 19-2021).The value of the COLA for full-time employees in ...We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. USPS Phone numbers. Unscheduled Leave Number. 1-877-477-3273. USPS Emergency Hotline. 1-888-363-7462. Pay/Benefit Help. 1-877-477-3273. Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment.The purpose of this Carrier Letter is to transmit the attachments to all carriers in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. Attachment 1: 2019 Plan Performance Assessment Procedure Manual (PDF file) Attachment 2: 2019 CAHPS Carrier Subcode List (PDF file) 2018-13. 8/22/2018.USPS US Federal Government Politics. 22 comments. Top. shitshatshatted • 1 yr. ago. I highly recommend reading the proposed contract. They are barely giving a proper COLA increase for regulars, and only a 1.3% raise yearly starting retroactively for last year. RCA’s are getting royally screwed because they are only offering a 1% raise in ... Postal Service (PS) Schedule Part-Time Flexible Hourly Basic Rates Effective February 27, 2021 RSCs C, K, P (APWU) Pay GradeDec 12, 2021. #13. Skierstmoritz said: 1.3% per year is unacceptable. Inflation is at 1982 levels, and to those of you who weren't around then, mortgage rates were 16-18% per year. At 1.3%/ year we are locked in for 3 years to 3.9% over the life of the contract.We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.March 17, 2022 The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association membership has ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Postal Service. The contract covers more than 132,000 rural carriers represented by the union. Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, semiannual cost-of-living adjustments, measures designed to stabilize work schedules, increased ...The basic requirements as applied to rural carriers, are as follows: 1. Employee shall be employed on an annual basis at a guaranteed annual wage. 2. The guarantee must be a minimum of 1840 and a maximum of 2080 hours. 3.We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Letter Carrier Pay Schedule City Carrier Wage Schedule: Effective June 19, 2021 The following salary and rate schedule is for all NALC-represented employees. Table 1: City Carrier Schedule RSC Q (NALC) This schedule applies to all carriers with a career appointment date prior to Jan. 12, 2013. Basic Annual Salaries The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) expresses its deepest sympathies and condolences to the victims and communities affected by the devastating wildfires that have swept through Maui. Our thoughts are with those who have lost their homes, belongings, and loved ones in this tragic event.When a PTF (part‐time flexible rural carrier) assignment is posted in accordance with Article 30.2.A.3, eligible substitute rural carriers and RCAs are simply bidding to be converted to a career status PTF. The specific route assignments are not to be included on the posting notice.Follow the step-by-step instructions below to design your NRL contract PDF: Select the document you want to sign and click Upload. Choose My Signature. Decide on what kind of signature to create. There are three variants; a typed, drawn or uploaded signature. Create your signature and click Ok. Press Done.518.51 Rural Carriers. Rural carriers are not required to report to post offices for any purpose on legal holidays. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is observed. Rural carriers are not permitted to substitute any other day. 518.52 Substitute Rural Carriers. When the holiday falls on a service day for a triweekly route, the ...NRLCA—National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: rural letter carriers. NALC and unions representing these other postal crafts all negotiated together and executed joint National Agreements with the U.S. Postal Service covering the periods 1971-73 and 1973-75. The NRLCA bar-gained separately for its 1975-78 Agreement. In 1978, 1981, 1984,518.51 Rural Carriers. Rural carriers are not required to report to post offices for any purpose on legal holidays. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is observed. Rural carriers are not permitted to substitute any other day. 518.52 Substitute Rural Carriers. When the holiday falls on a service day for a triweekly route, the ...o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022. PSEs’ Additional 50 cents per hour. o Effective: April 9, 2022. o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022. New pay rates for Grade 11 Employees. o Effective: September 21, 2021.Aug 18, 2021 · Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to design your NRL contract PDF: Select the document you want to sign and click Upload. Choose My Signature. Decide on what kind of signature to create. There are three variants; a typed, drawn or uploaded signature. Create your signature and click Ok. Press Done. The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts; Lou Gotts on “It is beyond toxic. The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts; Liz on New Scanner functions – 08/18/2023Jun 24, 2022 · The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement has been completed. The linked PDF is being made available for immediate use. The file is fully searchable and bookmarked. Files have been sent over to the printer and the printing has begun on the hard-copy version of the contract. Mar 15, 2021 · The 2019-2023 NALC-USPS National Agreement is now available online by clicking here. The PDF includes bookmarks and hyperlinks to make navigating the document easier. Printed copies will be available in the coming weeks. RSS Tweet. New episode of You Are the Current Resident: The Delivery Operations Information System (DOIS) NALC President Brian L. Renfroe and Assistant to the President Ed Morgan discuss the Delivery Operations Information System (DOIS), a time-projection tool used in many locations by management to estimate the daily workload of city carriers. Aug 24, 2023. May 21, 2021 · May 21, 2021 The Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) have agreed to extend contract negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement. Although the contract with the NRLCA expired at midnight on May 20, USPS and the union have mutually decided to extend the negotiations. The NRLCA represents approximately 133,000 rural We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.The basic requirements as applied to rural carriers, are as follows: 1. Employee shall be employed on an annual basis at a guaranteed annual wage. 2. The guarantee must be a minimum of 1840 and a maximum of 2080 hours. 3.2019-2023 NALC-USPS National Agreement. The 2019-2023 NALC-USPS National Agreement is now available online by clicking here. The PDF includes bookmarks and hyperlinks to make navigating the document easier. Printed copies will be available in the coming weeks. RSS Tweet.Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment.Mar 17, 2022 · o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022. PSEs’ Additional 50 cents per hour. o Effective: April 9, 2022. o Scheduled Implementation: June 4, 2022 (Pay Period 13-2022) o Pay Check Date June 24, 2022. New pay rates for Grade 11 Employees. o Effective: September 21, 2021. Dec 12, 2021 · Dec 12, 2021. #1. Not Rural Carriers but Clerks. The APWU settled on terms with the USPS (still to be ratified) The basics are. It's 3 years and retains 6 COLA's. It also offers a general wage increase of 1.3% for each of the 3 years. UPDATE: NRLCA and USPS Sign MOU Allowing Regular Rural Carriers to Volunteer to Work on Sundays and Provide Assistance on other Rural Routes Due to continued staffing challenges in rural delivery operations, the Postal Service and the NRLCA have signed the attached MOU ...We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Aug 18, 2021 · Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment. Overview View Online Download. 2021-2024 APWU/USPS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Changes agreed to by the parties, from the previous CBA, are in bold type. Document Type: APWU Contract. Tags: 2021-2024 Contract. return to Contract Database. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.Under M-01854 (Feb. 4, 2015), NALC and the Postal Service have settled national-level case Q11N-4Q-C 14278874 concerning the compensability of time spent and costs incurred by city carrier assistants (CCAs) when obtaining fingerprints for the background investigation required for conversion to career status by agreeing that reasonable and ...Washington Rural Carrier — Winter 2022 4 Tentative Agreement 2021-2024 • Article 38 o 3-Year Contract o May 2021-May 2024 • Article 9.1.A. General Wage Increases o 1.3% November 2021-retroactively applied o 1.3% November 2022 o 1.3% November 2023 • Article 9.1.E. COLA o Retain same formula and frequencyPursuant to the release of the July 2023 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the fifth COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $999.00 increase for eligible rural carriers. Jan 31, 2020 · Well-known member. Jan 31, 2020. #4. The NRLCA has been notified by USPS that all of the retroactive salary increases included in the 2018-2021 National Agreement will be delayed and are now to be included in the paychecks for PP06-2020 (March 20, 2020). This adjustment will include all eligible rural carriers and all retroactive salary changes ... General Annual Wage Increases and Cost of Living Allowances (COLA) 1.3% November 20, 2021 (Will be Retroactive) 1.3% November 19, 2022. 1.3% November 18, 2023. Six (6) Cost of Living Allowances (COLA) for career employees (March and September of each year) with no change to the current formula based on the July 2021 CPI-W.We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 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Created Date: 3/8/2021 2:32:37 PMRural Carrier Duties and ResponsibilitiesTransmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 September 2013 Transmittal Letter A. Explanation. This is a revision of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. Revisions are made to part 535, Mail Count Forms. B. Online Availability. This handbook is available on the Postal Service™ intranet asThe official and final version of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement has been completed. The linked PDF is being made available for immediate use. The file is fully searchable and bookmarked. Files have been sent over to the printer and the printing has begun on the hard-copy version of the contract.08/25/2023. NRLCA National President Don Maston said in an interview Friday that the union had “gone to extreme measures” by repeatedly delaying the implementation of the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS). “I understand that they’re angry, those that have lost hours, and they’re angry at the system,” Maston said.New Rural Carrier Salary Charts Released Effective August 27, 2022. Updated salary schedules reflecting the $2,454 COLA increase for eligible rural carriers are available for download here. The salary increases are effective August 27, 2022 and should appear in paychecks dated September 16, 2022.Apr 11, 2022 · Updated Rural Carrier Salary Charts Released. The salary schedules below reflect a retroactive $1,935 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective August 28, 2021, a retroactive 1.3% General Wage Increase (GWI) effective November 20, 2021, and a $1,311 COLA effective February 26, 2022. The PTF hourly rates reflect the recalculation due to the ... Pursuant to the release of the July 2023 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the fifth COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $999.00 increase for eligible rural carriers.Carrier National Rural Letter Vol. 121, No. 6a Special Contract Edition 2022 NATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural LetterNATIONAL AGREEMENT between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association 2021 - 2024 The NOTE TO MEMBERS: This special contract edition of the magazine represents the com- plete, current National Agreement between the USPS and the NRLCA.We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Apr 11, 2022 · Well-known member. Apr 11, 2022. #8. gotstamps said: Actually, with the new pay schedule released as “effective February 2022, February is the cut off for the August 2021 & November 2021 Backpay calculation. The Backpay cutoff will be when they make current pay up to date. That could still be a paycheck or two away. “The terms of the new Rural Carrier contract continue the trend of providing the Postal Service the tools necessary to meet customer needs and acknowledge our employees for their commitment and dedication.” The tentative agreement is subject to a ratification vote by the union membership, a process that will take 6-8 weeks.The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts; Lou Gotts on “It is beyond toxic. The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts; Liz on New Scanner functions – 08/18/2023 Rural Carrier Duties and ResponsibilitiesTransmittal Letter Handbook PO-603 September 2013 Transmittal Letter A. Explanation. This is a revision of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. Revisions are made to part 535, Mail Count Forms. B. Online Availability. This handbook is available on the Postal Service™ intranet as We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.Most eligible city letter carriers will receive retroactive pay pursuant to the 2019-2023 National Agreement on their August 20 paychecks. Backpay for some former city carrier assistants that were converted to career status between November 23, 2019 and April 9, 2021 must be calculated manually, resulting in a delay in payment..