Membership rejects a provisional collective agreement
Active membership of the National Association of Letters Transporters voted to reject the ratification of the 2023-2026 National Provisional Agreement with the United States postal service. The vote to ratify was 63,680 to reject the agreement against 26,304 to accept it, as reported by the president of the NALC voting committee, Paul Roznowski, of Royal Oak, Mi Branch 3126. The Committee of Voting of the fifteen members monitored and observed the distribution, reception and tab of the tab of the tab of the tab of the distribution of the distribution of the distribution, reception and tab of the ratification ballot conducted by independent companies, Mosaic de Cheverly, MD, and investigation and voting systems of Eden Prairie, MN.
The president of the NALC, Brian L. Renfroe, published the following declaration concerning the vote in relation to the national agreement 2023-2026 with the United States Postal Service (USPS).
“The NALC informed the postal service of the result of the ratification ballot and our intention to reopen negotiations within five (5) days in accordance with article 16 of the constitution of the NALC. Negotiations will not exceed a period of fifteen (15) civilian days from the moment they are reopened. The NALC Executive Council will meet to discuss the sending of a second voting bulletin to each member for the ratification or rejection of a new potential provisional agreement or to make the arbitration of binding interests. Under the law, the decisions of this arbitration council would be definitively and binding on the parties.
“In a democratic vote, the will of the members of the NALC was clearly indicated – the provisional agreement which represented the best offer that the postal service has put on the table is not good enough for the transporters of the letters of the American city. We have earned more and we deserve more.
“We will negotiate in good faith with the postal service at the negotiation table during the limited period set out in the constitution of the NALC. We call the postal service to do the same. As I have clearly indicated since the very beginning of this Process, Nalc is well prepared to fight like hell for a better contract for arbitration of interests, and this is exactly what we will do if the postal service is not willing to achieve an agreement on conditions which compensate and reward our members fairly.
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