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According to the NALC Constitution, the president of the NALC is responsible for enforcing the union’s rules and granting dispensations when the good of the union requires it, overseeing collective bargaining and enforcement of agreements, presiding at biennial conventions and other meetings and assign duties to officers and staff.

The president has the power to fill vacancies on the Executive Council and appoint regional administrative assistants, members of committees and other positions. He or she oversees publication of The Postal Record and other union publications and issues reports to the members.

As with other national officers, candidates for president are nominated at every other biennial convention and are elected in one member-one vote national elections determined by mail-in ballots. The terms for all national officers are four years; the current term for the president and other national officers expires in December 2026. Every officer must be a letter carrier.

The Postal Service has notified NALC of the December period during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable. As referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5 of the USPS-NALC National Agreement, this period consists of four consecutive service weeks.

This year, the December period begins Pay Period 26-2025, Week 1 (Nov. 29, 2025) and ends Pay Period 01-2026, Week 2 (Dec. 26, 2025).

Keep in mind, the penalty overtime exclusion period does not affect the new provision bargained for and included in the 2023-2026 National Agreement outlined in Article 8, Section 4.G. This provision, which in accordance with M-02009 began on July 1, 2025, requires letter carriers to be paid at the rate of two and a half (2½) times their base hourly straight time rate for any hours worked beyond 12 hours in a service day or 60 hours in a service week. This requirement to compensate letter carriers at that rate of pay is unchanged during the December period. All hours worked in excess of 12 hours in a service day or 60 hours in a service week will still be paid at 2½ times the normal rate of pay.

Today, Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced a resolution recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Postal Service. S. Res. 337 was introduced with eight other bipartisan co-sponsors: Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

The resolution recognizes the historical significance of the Postal Service, honors the public servants who have served and continue to serve the agency, and invites the public to commemorate this milestone by recognizing a postal employee, sending a letter, or purchasing stamps.

“NALC thanks Ranking Member Peters and Sen. Sullivan for leading this resolution that celebrates one of the most important and beloved institutions in America, the Postal Service,” NALC President Brian L. Renfroe said.

“Letter carriers have always been what make the Postal Service strong, carrying out its universal service obligation every day. On this anniversary, NALC members should be proud of everything we’ve accomplished since the establishment of our nation’s post office. Let this commemoration reignite our passion, energy and unity to keep fighting like hell for letter carriers for the next 250 years and beyond.”

The NALC has created an App to keep track of your work hours. Check out the information and the benefits of using it. Protect your pay from Management and Time Keeper errors. Get the App thru your App store, it's free. The NALC website App for your phone/tablet is also available thru the App Store. It's free and you'll have the latest National Letter Carrier News and ALL the Postal/Letter Carrier Manuals, Guides and PS Forms at your fingertips. IN ADDITION:

You can also save our branch website on your phone/tablet home screen
through Safari, Firefox or your Android web browser and have the same information available including Branch 193's local news. You will have access to all manuals and forms including the National Agreement, Letter Carrier guide and all reference books.

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Always Remember This:

A letter carrier’s job is a daily challenge. Letter carriers must use both mental and physical faculties to get their jobs done under deadline while overcoming all sorts of obstacles. Though it’s not always obvious, the union has a large impact on letter carriers’ daily lives. NALC’s advocacy efforts, past and present, are aimed at assuring letter carriers are treated and paid fairly in accordance with the National Agreement, the law and other applicable agreements and regulations. These efforts extend from the shop steward level to the regional and national staff.

When disputes arise, NALC is there to handle them, whether they involve a single carrier or thousands. NALC works with both carriers and management to make a carrier’s job safe, but if a carrier is injured on the job, NALC is there to help the carrier get the benefits he or she deserves. And NALC works to protect retirement benefits and help carriers at the end of their careers get the benefits they earned after years of hard work.

This page is the hub for finding information on workplace issues and how NALC represents letter carriers in the workplace. The fastest way is by searching for your issue in the search bar below, or using one of the search terms on the left.

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The NALC Guide to Identifying

Intentional False Editing of Clock Rings

The NALC Guide to Identifying Intentional False Editing of Clock Rings was created to assist union representatives when investigating grievances concerning clock ring edits that impact letter carriers’ pay. The guide provides instruction on reading the TACS Employee Everything Report, examples of improperly edited clock rings, and includes a grievance starter to help build successful case files.

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