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NALC Business Agent Mike Caref joins us to talk about his 2026 NALC Presidential campaign.

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Margo, Sarah, and Omayra talk 2026 NALC Election.

NALC State associations exist in every state except Alaska, and they play a key role in NALC’s legislative activities. State associations work closely with branches, national business agents and NALC Headquarters on legislative and political issues. NALC State associations are the entities within NALC whose primary focus is legislation. State associations work on developing valuable, positive rela...

Graig and Capone sit down with Mike Caref and John Cruz to talk about the 2026 election results.

Derek Liemohn, City Carrier out of NALC Branch 34(Boston), comes on to talk about reforming the NALC into a labor union that actually flexes its muscle and fights for the membership. Reform starts at the bottom... Buy this book

NALC Region 14 covers city letter carriers in central and eastern Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Current National Business Agent(NBA) Richard J. “Rick” DiCecca is retiring at the end of 2026.

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026. Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9. To be counted, ballot...

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026. Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9. To be counted, ballot...

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026. Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9. To be counted, ballot...

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026. Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9. To be counted, ballot...

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026. Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9. To be counted, ballot...

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026. Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9. To be counted, ballot...

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026. Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9. To be counted, ballot...

Kenny Janulewicz is a candidate for NALC Region 14 Business Agent. Region 14: Serving letter carriers in central and eastern Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Current NBA Region 14 Business Agent Rick DiCecca is retiring.

Roy Jancio is a candidate for the NALC Region 15 Business Agent position. Region 15: Serving letter carriers in western Connecticut, northern New Jersey, New York, and the territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Current Business Agent: Bruce Didriksen is retiring.

Stephanie Stewart is current Director of Health Benefits and is running to remain in that position.

Shawn Boyd is a candidate for NALC Director of Safety and Health. Shawn Boyd is current(2026) Business Agent out of Region 10(Texas/New Mexico). Current Director of Safety and Health Manny Peralta is running for NALC EVP position.

Recorded: Sept. 16th

Recorded Sept. 1st 2026. Kenny Janulewicz is running for NBA of Region 14(New England). Disclaimer: The other Region 14 NBA candidates were invited to come on but they were instructed not to by their own campaign staff.

Larrissa Parde(Lincoln, NE Branch 8) Region 5 RAA.

Stephanie Stewart was elected director of health benefits by mail balloting of NALC members in 2022. Stewart was hired as a letter carrier in 1995 for the Morgan Street Station in Des Moines, IA, and quickly joined Central Iowa Merged Branch 352. In 2015, NALC President Fredric Rolando appointed Stewart regional administrative assistant for Region 5, serving Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Ro...

Next Generation Carriers and guests are individual union members speaking in a personal capacity and they do not represent the views of the NALC, the United States Postal Service,  or any other entity that is spoken on this program. NALC Region 7 covers: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Elliot Simmons is running to unseat current NALC Business Agent Patrick Johnson.

NALC Region 10 covers: New Mexico and Texas. Current NBA Shawn Boyd is not running for re-election, he is seeking a higher level position inside the NALC. Two candidates for Business Agent of Region 10: William Moody Karrie Blough