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Contract Talk

Contract Talk

Articles by the Contract Administration Unit.

“Contract Talk” is a regular column in NALC’s national membership magazine, The Postal Record.

Written by members of NALC’s Contract Administration Unit (CAU), the Contract Talk column provides advice on selected issues of interest to NALC contract enforcers. It appears generally monthly.

You can find columns from this year by using the drop-down menu in the box at the top-right. An archive of older columns is below.

The NALC Activist is a local leadership publication intended for shop stewards, branch officers and all local NALC leaders. Links to NALC Activists going back to 1997 can be found below.


“Contract Talk” archives

“Contract Talk” is a regular column in NALC’s national membership magazine, The Postal Record. Written by members of NALC’s Contract Administration Unit (CAU), the Contract Talk column provides advice on selected issues of interest to NALC contract enforcers. You can find columns from the last few years by using the drop-down menu in the box at top-right. This is an archive of older columns.

Contract Talk 2023 - Complete
Contract Talk 2022
- Complete
Contract Talk 2021
- Complete
Contract Talk 2020
- Complete
Contract Talk 2019 - Complete
Contract Talk 2018 - Complete
Contract Talk 2017 - Complete
Contract Talk 2016 - Complete
Contract Talk 2015 - Complete
Contract Talk 2014 - Complete

Contract Talk 2013 - Complete 
Contract Talk 2012
 - Complete
Contract Talk 2011 - Complete
Contract Talk 2010 - Complete
Contract Talk 2009 - Complete
Contract Talk 2008 - Complete
Contract Talk 2007 - Complete
Contract Talk 2006 - Complete
Contract Talk 2005 - Complete

Contract Talk 2004 - Complete
Contract Talk 2003
- Complete
Contract Talk 2002 - Complete
Contract Talk 2001 - Complete
Contract Talk 2000 - Complete
Contract Talk 1999 - Complete
Contract Talk 1998 - Complete
Contract Talk 1997 - Complete
Contract Talk 1996 - Complete

NALC Activist

The NALC Activist is a local leadership publication intended for shop stewards, branch officers and all local NALC leaders. 

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