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Collective Bargaining: Training and Transparency

Training for the people who bargain, and a record of bargaining the membership can see.

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Copied from NALC's published amendments

These are the proposals on this subject as NALC printed them for the 2026 convention, in the July 2026 Postal Record. New language appears like this and language proposed for deletion appears struck through like this -- the same convention NALC itself uses. The 2028 resolution is still to be drafted; this is the record it starts from.

Amend Article 9, Section 11(e) 2

(2) establish and order compliance with such rules, regulations, or procedures, consistent with this Constitution, as are required for the effective management of the affairs of the Union and post rules, regulations, or procedures on the Members Only page;

Submitted by Branch 458, Oklahoma City, OK.

Add a new Article 9, Section 11 (f)

(f). The Executive Council shall, together with the President, have the authority and responsibility for carrying out the collective bargaining duties of the Union.

Submitted by John Grace Branch 825, Oak Brook, IL.

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From the record Aug 19, 2026

One piece of this already passed. Wednesday's Chronicle refers to Amendment 15, which in publication order is the written-records and collective-bargaining-continuity proposal, and the official floor coverage says it had been adopted. That establishes that the convention will vote for a written bargaining record.

The governance half fared worse. John Grace Branch 825 proposed a new Art. 9 §11(f) giving the Executive Council, together with the president, authority and responsibility for collective bargaining — a shift toward shared executive governance. Its individual disposition is not stated, and related bargaining-authority proposals were generally defeated or withdrawn.

For 2028 that suggests transparency is the winnable half and moving bargaining authority is the contested one.

Source: NALC Convention Chronicle No. 26-07, Aug. 5, 2026

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