NALC – 1/31/25 – The active membership of the National Association of Letter Carriers has voted to reject the ratification of the tentative 2023-2026 National Agreement with the United States Postal Service. The vote to ratify was 63,680 to reject the agreement versus 26,304 to accept it, as reported by NALC’s Ballot Committee chairman Paul Roznowski of Royal Oak, MI Branch 3126. The fifteen-member Ballot Committee monitored and observed the dispatch, receipt, and tabulation of the Ratification Ballot conducted by independent companies, MOSAIC of Cheverly, MD, and Survey and Ballot Systems of Eden Prairie, MN.
NALC President Brian L. Renfroe issued the following statement regarding the vote over the 2023-2026 National Agreement with the United States Postal Service (USPS).
“NALC has notified the Postal Service of the result of the ratification balloting and our intent to reopen negotiations within five (5) days in accordance with Article 16 of the NALC Constitution. Negotiations will not exceed a period of fifteen (15) calendar days from when they are reopened. The NALC Executive Council will meet to discuss whether to send a second ballot to each member for ratification or rejection of a potential new tentative agreement or to proceed to binding interest arbitration. Under the law, decisions of that arbitration board would be final and binding upon the parties.
“In a democratic vote, the will of NALC’s membership has been made clear – the tentative agreement that represented the best offer the Postal Service put on the table is not good enough for America’s city letter carriers. We have earned more and we deserve more.
“We will negotiate in good faith with the Postal Service at the bargaining table during the limited timeframe set forth in the NALC Constitution. We call on the Postal Service to do the same. As I made clear since the very beginning of this process, NALC is well prepared to fight like hell for a better contract in interest arbitration, and that is exactly what we will do if the Postal Service is unwilling to reach agreement on terms that fairly compensate and reward our members.”
Further updates will be posted on nalc.org as they are available.
From USPS
NALC tentative agreement not ratified
Negotiations to reopen for 15 days
Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers failed to ratify the tentative agreement with the Postal Service reached in October 2024.
The union and the Postal Service have agreed to reopen negotiations for a period of 15 days.
The parties will continue to follow the current agreement until a new contract is reached either through negotiations or the interest arbitration process.
The NALC represents more than 200,000 employees nationwide.
Didn’t Renfroe hurt our position in binding arbitration with his article in last months Postal Record, saying that’s the best we can get, ratify. Now he says what the USPS offered isn’t good enough. Renfroe, YOU offered it to us, YOU negotiated it, and now YOUR own words hurt us in arbitration. You are a disgrace to the NALC, we deserve better than YOU.
I see that this month’s Postal Record is pushing the letter carriers political action committee, urging everyone to contribute. The NALC goes so far as to print every branch and individual that contributed and how much they have. What you won’t see is the list of individuals that received these hard earned contributions. It’s very difficult to find out but possible if you do a little digging and the results might surprise you. Some of these people’s political leanings are on the radical side, and that’s putting it mildly. More than a few are shall we say not too fond of America and have said so in the past. The question is, why won’t the NALC print the names of those they give your money to? If you saw the list, you would know.
Check this out: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?cycle=2024&ind=L1500
Another major issue here is the purported “fake” memo that Renfroe cited before it was officially released that the ratification was going to fail. This was sent by Renfroe to USPS labor and the issue is why would he give the USPS a heads up? This is not his role to give what increasingly is apparent is an unprofessional relationship a heads up. Think about it; Renfroe gives his buddy a heads up but for almost two years city carriers aren’t told anything about contract negotiations, zero, zip, nada. There is something seriously wrong with this picture that goes far deeper than imagined.
Renfroe’s finally going to man up and proudly defend his carriers is he? His tenure as president has been a failure, enriching himself while pushing a paltry “let them eat crumbs” contract that doesn’t even keep pace with inflation. He admittedly “had to consider “ the post office’s financial situation during negotiations, the problem is that that’s not his role. Why should carriers accept a poor contract when they have no input on how the USPS is run?