New Member Sponsor Form (PDF Version)

Organizing Campaign Brochure (PDF Version)

An Invitation to all Mail Handler Non-Members (Text Version)

NPMHU Nationwide Organizing Campaign

Join the Union – Join the Fight

It’s a Career Decision!

Although the National Postal Mail Handlers Union enjoys a high rate of membership across the country, there remain some mail handler craft employees who are not yet members of the NPMHU.  Since all mail handlers share in the rewards and benefits that are provided by the NPMHU -- through its work in collective bargaining, and through its efforts to represent craft workers in various other forums -- we’re sure you will agree that all Mail Handlers should do the right thing, and join the ranks of the NPMHU.

In an effort to unify our membership during these difficult and uncertain times, and to increase the collective strength of our great Union, the NPMHU Committee on the Future has initiated a nationwide organizing campaign.  The theme of this campaign is “Join the Union, Join the Fight – It’s a Career Decision!”  There are some who take for granted the hard-fought salary and benefit package that Mail Handlers enjoy.  Many of those individuals do not recognize and value the hard work that NPMHU representatives provide, day in and day out, to secure and maintain the postal careers that we have in place.  It’s very important that we all work together to make the non-member hold-outs understand that they have their mail handler positions only because of the strength and commitment of the NPMHU – and that the time has come for them to join and support the National Postal Mail Handlers Union.

As a special incentive, the National Executive Board has reinstituted, for a limited time, a program wherein the National Union will pay a $50 “bounty” to each Mail Handler member responsible for signing up a non-member, consistent with the following provisions:  To qualify for payment, the current member, steward, or officer must (1) sign up a mail handler who was hired prior to September 1, 2013 (signing up newer employees – those hired since September 1, 2013 will not qualify for payment), and that non-member may not have already had a signed Form 1187 dues deduction authorization pending processing; and (2) send in the newly-developed New Member Sponsor Form to the National Office no later than April 15, 2014.  The National Office will monitor the dues check-off report, and will send a $50 check to the existing member/organizer once the eligible new member appears on dues check-off.  Remember, a separate $50 bounty will be paid for each recruited eligible non-member, consistent with the provisions detailed above, and therefore members who are effective organizers can earn multiple payments.

The National Office has distributed to the Local Unions updated reports that list the names of all non-members across the country who will qualify for payment under the bounty program.  We encourage all members to contact one of their facility union representatives to review the listing, and to use the online organizing materials during discussions with non-members.  The National Union also will be sending a direct mailing from the National Officers encouraging all non-members to join us in our fight to preserve, and build upon, the hard-won benefits currently enjoyed by all members of the NPMHU.

So urge all mail handlers to Join the Union, Join the Fight – It’s a Career Decision!