5/22/26 – USPS and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) have agreed to continue contract negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement through the mediation period.
Although the contract with the NALC expires on May 22, the Postal Service and the union mutually agreed to extend negotiations.
The NALC represents more than 200,000 letter carriers nationwide.
One of the issues that should be addressed is the non-strike clause. sorry but arbitration is kind of a joke. we are supporting our union, who is at that point taken out of the process, so essentially our union is the arbitrator. the strength of any union is the ability to suspend or withhold labor. Not that I support striking at all, the threat or possibility seems to make both sides (Actual union and company, not arbitrator whose only “skin in the game” is a paycheck not having any other relation to the sides, arguement or outcome) actually work towards an agreement (do their job).
$30 starting should be a given (it won’t but, should be). either time to top pay or could be less steps or length of steps cut in half.
Sixty days and that’s it, send it on. Renfroe should announce what the USPS offered and say it’s not enough so everyone will know. Another 700 day fiasco will do irreparable harm to the NALC and benefit the USPS. That’s one reason why these contracts keep getting shorter and shorter because it benefits the USPS. If this stupidity continues, a contract will end before it’s ever negotiated or arbitrated. All of the other issues never get addressed in arbitration, such as hostile work environments and abusive managers to name just a few. More and more, members need an aggressive union that goes after management on every level, especially since they don’t even follow the contract. I just don’t see much help from national with the terrible treatment most members receive daily on the workroom floor. National may not be able to get $30 an hour starting pay, but there’s no excuse for sitting back and allowing the abuse carriers receive.