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NALC



National Association of Letter Carriers

MEMBERSHIP —
      There are 300,058 active and retired members of the NALC, of which about 214,084 are active city delivery letter carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service.
BRANCHES —
      2,500 local branches represent letter carriers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam.
OFFICERS —
      Ten Resident National officers, three National Trustees and 15 National Business Agents are elected for four-year terms. Current terms expire in 2010.
HISTORY —
      The NALC was founded on August 30, 1889 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the union of city delivery letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING —
      The 2006-2011 National Agreement with the U.S. Postal Service was ratified in September 2007 by a vote of 104,346 to 11,895—a 9-to-1 margin—and was signed October 9 by NALC President William H. Young and USPS Postmaster General John E. Potter.
AFFILIATIONS —
      The NALC is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Union Network International.
OPERATIONS —
      The NALC operates from its national headquarters in Washington, DC, with state associations and branches throughout the nation, along with a regional network of National Business Agents.
CONVENTIONS —
      NALC conventions are held every two years. The 66th Biennial Convention will be held July 21-25, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts. The 67th Biennial Convention will be held in Anaheim, California in 2010.

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is a labor union for employees of the USPS who serve as letter carriers (informally, "mail carriers", "mailmen", or "postmen", although many are now in fact female). Along with serving as exclusive collective bargaining agent for active carriers, the 117-year-old NALC also promotes the interests of retired members of the craft. According to statistics compiled by the Department of Labor, his 2006 total compensation was $187,111. wikipedia




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