National Association of Letter Carriers
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| Full name | National Association of Letter Carriers |
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| Founded | 1889 |
| Members | 277,000 |
| Affiliation | AFL-CIO, UNI |
| Key people |
Fredric V. Rolando, President |
| Office location | Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www.nalc.org |
Fredric V. Rolando, President
Timothy C. O'Malley, Executive Vice President
Lew Drass, Vice President
Nicole Rhine, Secretary-Treasurer
Judy Willoughby, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Brian Renfroe, Director of City Delivery
Manuel L. Peralta Jr., Director of Safety & Health
Ron Watson, Director of Retired Members
Brian E. Hellman, Director Health Benefit Plan
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is an American labor union, representing non-rural letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service. It was founded in 1889. The NALC has 2,500 local branches representing letter carriers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam.
Letter carriers were the first postal workers to form their own union. They had tried to organize a national union at least three times—in 1870 in Washington, DC, in 1877 in New York City, and in 1880 again in New York City.
Recognizing that these earlier attempts had failed in part due to the expense of regularly convening enough carriers to sustain a national organization, in 1889 the Milwaukee Letter Carriers Association decided to time their call for another national meeting of carriers to coincide with the annual reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic—an organization of Union Army veterans—so that letter carriers who were veterans could take advantage of reduced train fares.
On August 29, 1889, delegates moved quickly, unanimously adopting a resolution to form a National Association of Letter Carriers. On the next day, August 30, 1889, they elected William Wood of Detroit as the first president and appointed an Executive Board to coordinate all legislative efforts.
NALC had 52 locals, called branches, with 4,600 members in 1890, and 335 branches by 1892.
In the beginning, the union focused on forcing postmasters to honor federal law mandating an eight-hour day for federal employees. In 1893, the NALC won a Supreme Court decision and $3.5 million in back overtime pay.
Local postmasters vigorously opposed the union, even though it did not sponsor strikes.
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