NALC Branch 725


S.E. PA. Merged



617 W. MacDade Blvd. Milmont Park, PA 19033


Phone: 610-461-8333 Fax: 610-461-1283


email: Nalc725@gmail.com


Next Meeting

September 3, 2025

8 PM

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Updated​

July 12, 2025 3:00 PM​​



$30 Per Person



President's Report


Les Dillman



July 11, 2025


ODL Questions



The new overtime desired lists started on July 1, 2025. If you used the NALC lists for sign up, they included explanations on each list. If not, please call for any clarification. Attached please find another explanation of the list. Have a great weekend.



July 11, 2025


Ground Advantage



Received this from the Business Agent today.


Good afternoon,


Please find the attached USPS Correspondence 5236, dated June 12, 2025, regarding notification that on June 21, 2025, the Postal Service will implement a change in the Delivery Operations Information System (DOIS) to use a weight of two pounds when defining parcels in accordance with the M-41.


USPS states that since the launch of Ground Advantage (GA) last year, items have not been properly identified in DOIS as either a parcel or in the category of small parcels and rolls (SPRS). The M-41 Handbook, City Delivery Carriers Duties and Responsibilities, defines a parcel as a first or fourth-class package over two pounds in weight and/or larger than a shoe box.


Currently DOIS is using a weight of one pound to define a parcel.


Brian Thompson National Business Agent

4 Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 111

Trevose, PA 19053

Phone (215)-824-4826 Fax (267)-262-6222



July 11, 2025


PSHB Coding Errors and Letter of Demands



Another message from the Business Agent today.


Good afternoon,


Please find the attached USPS Correspondence 5238, dated June 16, 2025, regarding notification The Postal Service has identified inconsistencies with the collection of some employee payments to the Postal Service Health Benefits program. These inconsistencies occurred during the transition from Federal Employee Health Benefits to Postal Service Health Benefits. Various coding errors were discovered for specific issues that affected a minimal number of employees. The Postal Service has notified the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of the issues and is working closely with the OPM to mitigate problems caused by these errors.


The Postal Service has begun issuing invoices to employees affected by these errors and whose premiums for health benefits were not deducted for pay periods 02 through 10. These invoices contain instructions to the employee on how to reimburse the Postal Service for the employee portion of the benefits premiums, including the establishment of payment plans.


Brian Thompson National Business Agent

4 Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 111

Trevose, PA 19053

Phone (215)-824-4826 Fax (267)-262-6222



July 1, 2025


Customer Connect - Glenolden


Eric Jackson - Vice President



Today I stopped by the Glenolden Post Office with Jim O'Malley to explain the importance of Customer Connect. The leads you give increase the Postal Service's revenue and your job security.



July 1, 2025


Customer Connect - Upper Darby


Eric Jackson - Vice President



I visited Upper Darby along with Jim O'Malley to present a certificate of appreciation for a $100,000 lead. Great job Upper Darby!



July 1, 2025


Customer Connect - Havertown


Eric Jackson - Vice President



I visited Havertown Post Office on 6/30/25 to present a certificate of appreciation along with Jim O'Malley for a $300,000 lead. Great job Havertown!



July 2025


Branch Article In The Postal Record


Eric Jackson - Vice President



During our last meeting, Branch 725 President Les Dillman announced he was stepping down. But because we were having such an engaged meeting regarding a proposed national special meeting (convention), we forgot to inform the members that our branch always must be looking toward the future. A good leader first looks for his/her replacement and sets forth a plan for the future of the branch.


Branch 725 has been operating under this premise since initiated by former Branch President Don Coughlin. Next, Jim McCullough, then came Rhonda Massari, leading up to Les Dillman. I spoke in detail with these leaders while we were entrenched in this fight. We made plans while simultaneously doing everything in our power to benefit the lives and general welfare of letter carriers. Each president did their best. But the support given by each member allowed them to get us to this point.


Life is all about challenges. But the question becomes, are you ready for the challenge when it comes? Are you willing to do everything in your power to serve your brethren? I will be taking over as president of Branch 725 at the end of July. I am humbly honored yet thoroughly invigorated to meet the challenge surprisingly afforded me. Those who know me know I have only one speed. You get my best until there is no more to give (skip the B.S. (! But please remember, I recognize that there is no “I” in this thing! I endeavor to simply move this branch closer to all the goals that I have spoken about with my predecessors. Thank God for all the past presidents!


And as for Les Dillman, as we got caught up at the last meeting, I say (Rick Murphy voice), hip-hip…hooray!


#Blessings!



November 7, 2024


NALCA 913


Kris Vitucci



The Branch now has an Auxiliary. It was started by John Vitucci's wife Kris. Anyone interested in joining it should contact her for more information at KVnalcaux913@yahoo.com



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