COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — By the time union letter carriers will receive a new union contract, it will have been nearly two years since their last one expired.
Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) finally received a new contract proposal in October, but local mail carriers said it did not address many of their needs and concerns. NALC members voted on the tentative union agreement, and last Friday the NALC confirmed: The contract proposal failed three-to-one, with 63,680 NALC members voting against ratification and just 26,304 voting in favor.
It is uncommon for union tentative agreements to fail, but Erick Poston, president of NALC Branch 40 in Cleveland, said most of his branch members would rather wait for another option than agree to one they felt underserved them.
