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<\/p>\nNALC News – 5\/23\/17 – Per Article 16 of the NALC Constitution, ratification shall be a mail referendum vote and the ballot shall be mailed only to regular members of the NALC as defined in Article 2, Section 1 (a), excluding non-letter carrier regular members as shown by the records of the national secretary-treasurer as of 90 days prior to the date that the proposed agreement is reached\u2014which was May 12. Consistent with Article 2, Section 1 (a) of the NALC Constitution, retirees and Office of Workers\u2019 Compensation Program (OWCP) departees shall have no voice or vote in any matter pertaining to the ratification of a national working agreement.<\/p>\n
NALC President Fredric V. Rolando has appointed the Ballot Committee for the purpose of monitoring and observing the dispatch, receipt and tabulation of the ratification ballot for the tentative National Agreement reached between NALC and the U.S. Postal Service. The Ballot Committee is made up of 15 NALC members from branches in no fewer than 15 states. The members of the committee are:<\/p>\n
Region 1: Barbara Stickler, Garden Grove, CA Branch 1100
\nRegion 2: Phillip Rodriquez, Salt Lake City Branch 111
\nRegion 3: Mack Julion, Chicago Branch 11
\nRegion 4: Adam Fung, Aurora, CO Branch 5996
\nRegion 5: Rod Holub, Manhattan, KS Branch 1018
\nRegion 6: Bobbi Green, Royal Oak, MI Branch 3126
\nRegion 7: Caitlin Hill, Minneapolis Branch 9
\nRegion 8: Antonia Shields, Birmingham, AL Branch 530
\nRegion 9: Anthony Ali, Central Florida Branch 1091
\nRegion 10: Vanessa Sanchez, San Antonio, TX Branch 421
\nRegion 11: John Oross, Dayton, OH Branch 182
\nRegion 12: Eryka Tolliver, Pittsburgh Branch 84
\nRegion 13: Delano Wilson, Bowie, MD Branch 2611
\nRegion 14: Christopher Henwood, Rutland, VT Branch 495
\nRegion 15: Joe De Rossi, Jamaica, NY Branch 562
\nThe Ballot Committee will arrive in Washington, DC, on June 19 to monitor and observe the mailing of the ballots.<\/p>\n
Per the NALC Constitution, voting will be to either accept or reject the tentative agreement. Instructions will be included in the ballot mailing, as well as a copy of the complete text of the tentative agreement. Ballots will be due back on a specified date, likely in late July.<\/p>\n
So that the tentative National Agreement can be fully discussed with branch and state leaders prior to the ratification voting, the 2017 National Conference\u2014better known as a \u201crap session\u201d\u2014will be held June 14-15 at Harrah\u2019s Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. National rap sessions for state and branch presidents\/designees are authorized in non-convention years by the NALC Constitution under Article 3, Section 4 (b).<\/p>\n
The rap session will be used to educate branch leaders about the proposed contract. It\u2019s hoped that this will give all NALC members the opportunity to attend a branch meeting following the rap session to learn about the tentative agreement and to get questions answered prior to submitting ratification ballots.<\/p>\n
The rap session itself will be held on the morning of Wednesday, June 14. Workshops will be conducted on Wednesday afternoon and repeated in the morning on Thursday, June 15. There will be two three-hour workshops held simultaneously on Wednesday afternoon, each covering various topics of interest and importance to branch and state leaders. Those same workshops will be repeated on Thursday morning so all attending the rap session will have a chance to hear all of the information covered.<\/p>\n
Workshop registration will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 13, with a reception in the evening. Additional registration will take place on the morning of June 14 prior to the rap session. The workshops on Thursday, June 15 will conclude by noon.<\/p>\n