March-April 2026 Issue

Greater East Bay Branch 1111 News Volume 45 Number 504

March/April 2026

The Letter Carrier Political Fund Needs YOU!

Retiree Peggy Kaiser of Vallejo is our biggest LCPF 2025 contributor.

All of our top contributors are listed on page 9. Sign up info on Page 8.

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BRANCH PAPER DEADLINE The deadline for copy for Branch 1111 News is the 5th of each month. News stories, articles, letters, drawings, or cartoons, as well as photographs -- either recent or historical -should be submitted to the Branch office. Short notices of personal or shop floor interest are especially welcome. The Editor and Assistant Editor retain the right to edit, delete, or reject articles and artwork for the good of the Branch.

BRANCH 1111 OFFICERS Edward P. Fletcher, President Narciso Paderanga, Executive Vice President Mary Abante, First Vice President Eddie Murphy, Second Vice President April Patrick, Third Vice President Jimmie Braden Jr, Fourth Vice President Mary Phelps, Secretary-Treasurer John Ferreira, Asst. Sec-Treasurer Jose L. Corral, Sgt-at-Arms Jacob Morgan, Insurance Officer Rickie Cox, Trustee Ron Jones, Trustee Jeffrey Valentine, Trustee

Greater East Bay Branch 1111 News Branch 1111 News is the official bimonthly publication of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), Greater East Bay Branch 1111. Circulation 3,000 Offices Served:

Alameda, Alamo, Antioch, Benicia, Berkeley, Brentwood, Clayton, Concord, Crockett, Danville, El Cerrito, Fairfield, Fremont, Lafayette, Livermore, Martinez, Moraga, Oakland, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasanton, Richmond, Rodeo-Hercules, San Lorenzo, San Ramon, Suisun City, Union City, Vallejo, Walnut Creek

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Elizabeth Corriea, Marisela Fletcher, Irene Hernandez Joshua Pearl, Ché Perez, Frances Swint, Ka Moon Yi

BRANCH 1111 OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday: 8 am to 5 pm 402 – 37th Street Richmond, Ca. 94805- 2134 510-237-5111, Fax 510-237-5181

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/nalcbranch1111 WEBSITE: www.Branch1111.org Meetings are held every fourth Tuesday of the month except in December

BRANCH 1111 NEWS STAFF Editor - Joshua Pearl: joshpbranch1111@gmail.com

Assistant Editor – John Jekabson: jjbranch1111@gmail.com

Contributors -- Ed Fletcher, Eddie Murphy, John Ferreira, Narciso Paderanga, Mary Abante, Jimmie Braden, Liz Corriea, Ron Jones, Shana Lum, Mary Phelps, Ariel Uribe, Jacob Morgan, April Patrick, Elizabete Tavares, Views expressed in Branch 1111 News do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor, Assistant Editor, Branch Officers, or members of National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 1111

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HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU The following letter carriers have recently retired: Jovenheire Delgado of Concord; Liz Liu, Glenn Byrd Tonya Joseph, Guadalupe Rivas of Oakland; Jimmie Braden Jr. of Walnut Creek; Michael Aragon of El Cerrito; Elvin Turner, Andy Mai of Vallejo; Romuel Gaugai of Alameda; and Yuh Tsai of Union City. We wish them all many years of rewarding leisure.

MDA 50/50 DRAWING Starting this March there will be more prizes to win through the MDA Drawing. We will have San Francisco Giants tickets and also tickets to the Golden State Valkyrie games. They are the exciting women’s basketball team making a big splash on the Bay Area sports scene. Make sure to try your luck at the next meeting, and also help our MDA charity. The winner of the February MDA cash prize of $35 was Mary Phelps.

COLA SET FOR MARCH

Michael Aragon’s last day in El Cerrito after 40 years of service

The last Cost of Living Adjustment increase under our current Contract is $250 and is due to be added to our paychecks this March. The amount was determined at the end of January. The current NALC-USPS Contract expires in May and negotiations for a new contract have started. Hopefully the new agreement will be more favorable to the carrier craft.

2026 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Mark your calendars!

Branch Picnic; El Sobrante, Sunday, June 7 NALC National Convention, Los Angelos; August 3-7 Retirees Dinner; Branch Office, Tuesday, August 25 Stewards Recognition Fete: Sunday, Sept 13, UC Berkeley

BRANCH HISTORY CELEBRATION This year marks 45 years since the founding of Greater East Bay Branch 1111. We will be celebrating the history of our union at the August 25th Retiree Dinner with a slide show and also archival photos and vintage copies of Branch 1111 News which will be available as suveniers.

Members who were present at the birth of our grand union are especialy encouraged to attend and personaly recall the jubilant and hopefull spirit of that time.

Walnut Creek carrier and current 4th VP, Jimmie Braden receives his retirement plaque from President Ed Fletcher after 32 years of distinguished service

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Knowing and Enforcing Your Rights

By Edward P. Fletcher, President

It is important that every letter carrier know what their rights are under the National Agreement, USPS handbooks and manuals as well as all applicable Federal Laws. Such Laws as but not limited to, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). If you don’t know or are unsure of your rights, always ask to see your Shop Steward. It has been said that knowing your rights is half the battle. Enforcing your rights is the other equally important half that completes the process of protecting our rights in the workplace. So, my brothers and sisters, we must stay united and committed in learning, knowing and enforcing our rights.

Protecting Your Rights to be Properly Paid It has been suggested that letter carriers keep track of all hours and/or overtime hours worked every day. You could use a pocket calendar, the calendar on your phone, monitor your virtual time on Liteblue or check your pay stubs to ensure you are paid properly. In fact, the FLSA states that you have a right to be paid for every hour and fraction of an hour that you work. When taking leave, COP (for traumatic injuries), or any other leave type, submit a PS Form 3971. Management is required to provide you with a fully completed copy of your PS Form 3971.

Management is responsible for accurately entering your time in TACS. Purposely altering or entering false clock rings or moves is falsification of official USPS time records in TACS. It is a serious violation of the USPS Codes of Conduct.

If management failed to pay you the correct leave requested or you are missing work or overtime hours, please immediately request to see your Shop Steward and provide them with a detailed statement. If management asks you to sign PS Form 1260’s after the fact to change your actual work and/or overtime hours, or to place you on an “Operational Move” that you were not performing, that is a red flag. It is also a red flag if management deletes any overtime hours that you worked. Management is required to complete a PS Form 1017-A for all time that was deleted and notify the employee. Please immediately ask to see your Shop Steward on all pay issues to protect your rights to be paid properly.

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Working Off the Clock is Prohibited Article 41.3.K of the National Agreement clearly states, “Supervisors shall not require, nor permit, employees to work off the clock.” No employee should work off the clock for any reason, nor should any supervisor, manager or Postmaster allow any employees to work of the clock. Working off the clock is not only a violation of Article 41.3.K of the CBA/J-CAM, but also the FLSA Law. Stewards must file class-action grievances when management allows employees to work off the clock and get them paid.

When you skip or reduce: your breaks, lunchtime, vehicle inspection time, case, sort, or deliver mail off the clock, it falsely shows your assignment to be evaluated at less time than actual. How does that affect you and your office? For example, if an office that has 40 routes and those 40 carriers averaged working 15 minutes off the clock each day that would equal 10 hours. You will lose 2 full-time routes. In Addition, management will add those 10 hours to the routes left to make them all over 8 hours a day.

That does not include the additional times they cheated letter carriers out of during the route inspections by falsely showing carrier routes to be further under 8 hours. I have seen it many times. But, be not dismayed. We have a strong union that will fight with you and for you. I simply ask that no letter carriers ever work off the clock.

Not only do you lose pay, but it affects everyone and every route in the entire office.

Unscrupulous Behavior If there wasn’t enough bad behavior from management’s continued actions to egregiously violate and/or attempt to circumvent the provisions of our National Agreement, they are now being more unscrupulous. In some offices, management is covertly mailing discipline to employees’ home addresses instead of giving it to them in person. Please be advised that any employee who receives discipline only has 14 days to file a grievance from the date of receipt and should immediately notify the union. By our Contract, management must notify the employees in the discipline issued of their grievance appeal rights. It is important that you change your address of record with the Post Office anytime you move. No matter what unscrupulous things management does, we will fight to protect your rights and hold management accountable for violations of our contract.

Stand strong. Remain focused. And stay united in our cause.

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ROUTE INSPECTIONS COMING, BE PREPARED!

By Narciso Paderanga IV, Executive Vice President

On my last article, I discussed and touched on some of the basic rules and procedures of route evaluation and inspections as enumerated on Section 2 of the M-39. Since then, the Service has completed two weeks of inspections which covered three zip codes or units in one of the stations I represent.

Some of the things I observed are as follows. Clearly, the mail volume dramatically dropped during the weeks of inspections. I am talking about the volume of flats, letters and parcels. I saw it with my own eyes. When the volume of mail didn’t show up during the two weeks of inspections, they of course appeared during the week immediately after they were done with inspections. Coincidental, I think not. I believe it was more intentional.

When the stewards interviewed the carriers for the grievances Branch 1111 filed, the carriers stated that during the weeks of inspection, they had clerks from other stations getting the mail ready during the weeks of inspection. Again, this was not normal. Also, some carriers stated that the inspectors were walking (faster) in front of them while delivering mail. This tactic is to try to pace the carriers in their performance of their duties, which is in violation of “conduct of the examiner”. Some carriers stated that the inspectors were opening the doors for them to get into buildings, another violation of “conduct of the examiner”.

Additionally, some carriers were being told different instructions by the inspectors when they instructed them not to sort their undeliverable mail while on the street and to do it in the office when they got back, but when the carriers were sorting them in the office after delivery, they were told they weren’t allowed to do that.

These are just some of the things these route inspectors did and I’m sure there are other things they tried to do and will try to do in order not to conduct a fair evaluation as required by Section 2 of the M-39. Management’s intent is to eliminate as many routes as they can and try to support their action with bogus information.

Another thing to remember is when you first clock in, they will have a stand-up talk, have you start filling out forms and assign you an inspector for the day. Remember that the time it takes for them to conduct this stand-up talk will not count towards your route. We are used to leaving at a certain time without having these meetings. So however long it takes for them to finish, you should add that time to your normal leaving time.

Be mindful, take notes of all of these things (although not during your performance of duties, but maybe during your breaks or even after the day is over) and tell your stewards

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when he or she interviews you during the processing of the grievances.

I highly recommend you attend the zoom meeting that the Branch will provide the week before you are scheduled to have these route inspections in your office. Make sure you have all the knowledge and information going into these unilateral route counts.

In solidarity, Narciso Paderanga, IV -------------------------------------------------

HOW IS YOUR POST OFFICE RUN?

By Berkeley Chief Steward Liz Corriea

Every Post Office runs a little differently from one another. Leadership in each office makes the difference on how things are operated and organized. For example, a new PTF knowing where things are located in your office, who to report to, what’s your assignment for the day and when they are able to opt, where the available assignments are posted and so on and on.

The OJIs (On-the Job Trainers) usually do a great job of informing the PTFs of their duties. However, so much is being taught and crammed all at once, it’s a lot to be absorbed. Some pick it up quickly while others don’t. During their training, it is hoped that the OJI will introduce all the new PTFs to their Shop Steward. This is important, in the event that they need help from a Steward, they will know who to go to for assistance. For current Shop Stewards, we should all introduce ourselves. So, if you see a new PTF, let them know who you are.

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Berkeley has many new PTFs. The most we have had in a long time. So much, that the overtime has been disappearing. The volume has dropped dramatically, which has also contributed to less overtime. This is good and bad news. Good for those carriers wishing to have no overtime and bad for those carriers wanting the overtime. I would be prepared for the event that overtime may be a thing of the past. Not much is given out anymore, so you should not be dependent on it.

Those are the biggest changes happening in Berkeley but for how long? We have in the past had many PTFs at a given time and lost them all. Not sure what will keep them here this time around. Hopefully, positive things like our working conditions have improved and they will want to stay here. We will see. Of course, how well we’re organized will make a big difference. This situation is not necessarily happening at all Post Offices. This is a short article. Until next time, take care Knowledge is Power

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Coming to a Theater near you…

Route Inspections

Concord Shop Stewards Ready to Take on Management

By Mary Abante, First Vice President

Concord Post Office will begin formal route evaluations and adjustment process in March 2026 and continue into April 2026, in other words route inspection.

In Chapter 2 of Handbook M-39 Management of Delivery Services and Chapter 9 of Handbook M-41, City Delivery Carriers Duties and Responsibilities are the rules governing the evaluation and adjustment of city delivery routes.

The provisions in these USPS handbooks are enforceable through the grievance procedure of the National Agreement. In addition, there are several national-level settlements and MOUs which are also enforceable.

The Postal Service has responsibilities before and during the mail count. Management is prohibited from using mail volume or route data from the months of June, July, August and December in the formal route evaluation and adjustment process.

The goal of route inspections and adjustments is to ensure all regular routes are as close to eight hours as possible as seen in Section 242.122 of the M-39.

The proper adjustment of carrier routes means an equitable and feasible division of the work among all the carrier routes assigned to the office. All regular routes should consist of nearly 8 hours daily work as possible.

So, here is where the rubber meets the road. A few examples:

Maria Rodriguez (above) and Adam Hinz (Right)

Edward Barnes

1) If you have been working off the clock it skewed the data.

2) If you overlook your vehicle inspection in the morning or take or leave accountable items without clearance it skewed the data.

3) If you load or unload your vehicle while off the clock, yup it skewed the data.

What does skew mean? To distort especially from a true value.

Poor practices will affect the data, which impacts the route.

Your Stewards will monitor route inspections, review the data provided, review information provided by the inspectors, interview carriers and ensure procedures, rules and regulations are followed.

If carriers have questions or concerns during this process, please contact your stewards.

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From the Editor’s Desk March 5, 2026

By Joshua T. Pearl, Editor Branch 1111

The Next Contract As a 10-year regular and someone hired after the debacle that was the 2013 National Agreement, I’d like to see the following in our next contract, which is currently being negotiated.

I’m happy to see that our newest hires were elevated from Step A to Step C in our last agreement. Eventually, I will appreciate it that our most senior members received the additional compensation awarded to Step P. My issue is that Letter Carriers who were hired after 2013 started with a very low entry wage and a long timeline required to catch up. We also should have been bumped up two steps.

We face issues that our more senior carriers don’t share.

We make employee contributions to our retirement that people hired before 2013 do not have to make. We have lost service time because we were hired as CCAs. Not one of these issues was addressed in our last Contract. We performed the same duties as our predecessors who started at a more livable wage. We endured austere conditions such as Covid-19 and the California wildfires, but we still have yet to have that fact recognized in any meaningful way in National Agreements.

The following needs to be addressed in the next negotiations.

1. Improving the quality and lowering the cost of our uniforms. Substandard quality and prices bordering on gouging make it difficult to maintain a professional look while delivering. An increase in our allowance without any changes to the vendor’s offerings means nothing.

2. Getting more new vehicles to the delivery units. We need Promasters, Mercedes, or whatever until these NGDVs can replace the LLVs en masse. Too often we do not have enough working or safe vehicles to operate efficiently. I’m skeptical that these vehicles are ever going to replace the outgoing fleet in a comparable utility.

3. Instituting a joint Route Inspection process with an actual chance to succeed. As a member of the TIAREAP process, I saw firsthand how the potential for Union representatives to influence the process made for a better outcome for our members. The failing was that the TIAREAP was never fully supported by our National Officers. Management had total buy-in on what they wanted to achieve, but we Union representatives were given minimal guidance during the process.

4. Better response to the ongoing issue of carriers being robbed. More inspectors, more cooperation from local

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Finally, a more humane Overtime List. Most carriers that I work alongside do not want to be forced to put in an 11–12-hour day. The OT list should be capped at 10 hours a day, 60 hours a week. The ability of a WAL carrier to sign the NSD list and come in to work on their SDO should be an option. A simple change in language on the list is all that’s required. WAL carriers would not be guaranteed to work on their assignment on their NSD.

These are a few ideas that have been marinating in my head while walking the long hours on the streets. At the Branch Newspaper, we’d love to hear from you, our members, about what you’d like to see in our next Contract.

Off topic, my first 100 days as a Shop Steward have been a rollercoaster of an experience. Initially, it was overwhelming, as I was immediately thrust into the position post-election when my predecessor quit the position within hours after losing. So much to learn in such a rapid-fire experience. As time has passed, I’ve received more training and encouragement from the Full-Time Officers here at the Branch. This has helped me weather the learning curve, and now I’m starting to see the results. I enjoy representing my fellow carriers by taking on my local management to make them honor our Contract. It is satisfying to hold Management accountable, especially when our grievances come back settled.

I encourage anyone who is tired of not having a say in the conditions of their unit to step up and represent your Branch and your fellow Letter Carriers.

THE OLD AND THE NEW: President Emeritus Jerry Depoe honored at the January Branch meeting for his 60 years of membership, congratulates Eva Bosetti, Benicia carrier, who was sworn in as a new member that evening

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Branch 1111 Letter Carrier Political Fund Top Donor List ($90 or more annually)

Peggy Kaiser Chris Calica Mary Abante Elizabeth Correia John Ferreira Colleen Bartlett Jacob Morgan Curtis Flores Paul Petersen Irene Hernandez Narciso Paderanga IV Lynne Miller Mary Phelps Joshua Pearl John Ferreira Edward Murphy William Yee Kathleen Isola Michael Craig Jr. Mark Liddington Ezekiel Bradley III Michael Chavez Dan Dorman Huu Luong Paul Malone Richard Maldonado Leslie Franz Samuel Green Oswald Jacob Charles Thompson Jeffrey Valentine Hsueh Ping Fong Joseph McHale Marguerita Baria Petra Ortega Edward Fletcher Thaddeus Cabras Miguel Castellon Rickie Cox Gary Dell Antieno Dickson Scott Babcock Denise Grant Manuel Madrigal Santiago Manalili Scott Mason

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Branch 1111 would like to thank all members who donated to the Letter Carrier Political Fund and encourage more members to get themselves on next year’s list of honorees. The success of the Postal Reform Act of 2022 and future legislative goals are directly attributable to the activities of the (LCPF).

Please call the Branch at 510-2375111 or follow the instructions given on the NALC website if you wish to join the LCPF.

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ENCOURAGING WORDS

By Jimmie T. Braden Jr. Fourth Vice President Good day my brothers and sisters.

Just a few encouraging words.

Stand up for your rights. You don’t have to be disrespectful doing so, but you can be forceful. We are all adults after all, working for the same company. And for those that are religious, last time I checked, our Heavenly Father was the one that blessed you with the job in the first place, not that supervisor, postmaster or MPO. The Contract is there to govern us all. Stop listening to social media, all concerned about the welfare of the Postal Service, when they should be worried about their own welfare.

Strive to be the best. The best carrier, co-worker, steward and even 204B if that is what interests you. Just treat everyone the way you would like to be treated. The Postal Service has an agenda. It’s up to us to show them that “we are whom we say we are.” Fighters for a cause that is bigger than operational needs and the entity.

The Postal Service is reaching for something that is not attainable for them due to their lack of compassion for their employees. And that is HOPE. They’re hoping to save their jobs. They’re hoping to make their jobs seem essential. They’re hoping that the elimination of our jobs will save them. But that’s not hope, that’s stupid. And by the words of the great philosopher, Forest Gump, “Stupid is what stupid does.”

USPS CASH CRUNCH

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press

The U.S. Postal Service will run out of cash within a year unless Congress lifts a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money, the new postmaster general warned in an interview.

If it doesn’t, the Postal Service might not be able to pay its employees or vendors by February 2027, with potentially dire consequences for mail delivery, Postmaster General David Steiner told The Associated Press.

“How long are employees going to work and vendors going to show up if we’re not paying them?” Steiner said in an interview on Wednesday.

The postmaster general is scheduled to testify before Congress later this month about the Postal Service’s financial struggles and the need to change longstanding rules and regulations that he considers burdensome. He singled out the $15 billion cap on borrowing that has been in place since 1990.

The Postal Service is an independent agency that is funded mostly through postage revenue and the services it provides.

Steiner said it has all the burdens of a government agency, such as having to deliver mail six days a week to every address, but none of the benefits, such as an annual appropriation from the federal budget.

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March/April 2026 “We need a conversation with the American public,” Steiner said. “If you want us to deliver everywhere, every day, we’ll do it. That’s not a problem. But who is going to pay for it?”

Steiner, a former CEO of the nation’s largest waste management company and a former member of the FedEx board of directors, took over the struggling Postal Service last July. He said raising the borrowing limit is the easiest thing lawmakers can do immediately to help the agency.

“That will buy us the time to make the fixes we need to make, and we can sail on down the road,” he said.

He has called for expanding the service’s revenue base, including extending its last-mile delivery service to more entities. Last-mile delivery refers to the final step of getting a package from a local distribution center to a customer’s door, the most labor-intensive part of the delivery process.

USPS’s net losses for the 2025 fiscal year totaled $9 billion, even though total operating revenue increased by $916 million or 1.2%, due largely to its Ground Advantage shipping service. Net losses in fiscal year 2024 were $9.5 billion.

Ultimately, other changes are needed, as well, Steiner said, including giving the Postal Service authority to raise postage prices high enough to cover losses. He said increasing the price of a first-class stamp to 95 cents, from today’s 78 cents, would be enough to “fix” the Postal Service’s fiscal woes. A decade ago, a first-class stamp was 47 cents, although postal officials note it’s still the lowest price in the industrialized world and covers a delivery range that’s ten times farther than in other countries.

But he said an independent agency created by Congress to oversee the Postal Service won’t allow it, he said.

“If the Postal Regulatory Commission adopted our pricing model, problem solved,” he said, adding how the package delivery side of the business could then subsidize the mail side.

Steiner and other Postal Service officials also have called for reforms to its pension and retiree health benefit obligations, including the ability to invest the money in something other than Treasury bills.

Multiple postmaster generals over the past two decades have repeatedly asked Congress or regulators to change the various rules governing the Postal Service. In 2022, Congress did pass the Postal Service Reform Act, which ended a requirement that the agency prefund its retiree health benefits, but it left other constraints intact.

Meanwhile, the Postal Service has seen annual volume plummet from about 220 billion pieces to about 110 billion today as more people pay bills and communicate online.

“Take those 110 billion and put a 78-cent stamp on them.

That’s $86 billion of revenue that evaporated in 15 years,” he said.

“If either FedEx or UPS lost $86 billion of revenue, they would have no revenue.”

But instead of helping the Postal Service, Steiner said regulators and Congress have imposed costly mandates.

“I like to say we sort of got thrown overboard on a ship into the cold water, right? And instead of throwing us a life preserver, we get thrown an anchor,” he said.

Steiner acknowledged he didn’t realize the depth of the Postal Service’s cash crunch until he took the postmaster general job last year.

“Interestingly, I’m not sure some of the people at the Postal Service realized how dramatic it was,” he said.

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LIABILITIES & EQUITY Total Liabilities Total Equity TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Balance Sheet

$2,860.54 $1,131,318.07 $1,134,178.61

As of February 28, 2026 ASSETS Current Assets Bank Accounts 100 - Petty Cash 142.28 126 PPCU-50 189,104.51 Mechanics Bank Accounts 159,425.16 PPCU-Acct 50 35,754.48 Citibank CD 100,839.22 United Bank Accounts 312,173.40 Total Bank Accounts 312,173.40 Total Current Other Assets 0.00 Total Current Assets 797,439.05 189 - Accumulated Depreciation -171,634.57 190 - Accum Deprec - Furn./Eq. -68,743.00 191 - Accum Deprec - Computer Eq. -11,561.00 192 - Accum Deprec - Copier -6,896.60 193 - Accum Deprec - Building/Improv-153,573.66 197 - Accum Deprec - Storage Shed -430.00 198 - Accum Deprec – Prior -61,391.17 Total Fixed Assets $ 336,739.56 TOTAL ASSETS $1,134,178.61

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Maribel Villoria, Oakland T6 delivers one of her routes

Richmond McVittie retiree Henry Flores retires after 40 years. He spoke about how the Postal Service took care of him and his family. We wish him the best! (left) Henry received his service pin and retirement plaque from President Ed Fletcher

(right) Henry holds every check that he ever earned in the Postal Service.

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