Application and instructions for branch mergers
For branches looking to merge with another, the application and instructions for the merger process can be found here.

Guide to conducting audits in small unions
Branch trustees can use this guide as a resource for conducting audits within their branches.

Dues changes for 2010
Dues corrections or changes can only be made at specified times.

Branches can suspend dues for members called to active duty
Any branch desiring to suspend the dues for members of the union called up to active duty should send a request to Secretary-Treasurer Jane E. Broendel at NALC Headquarters.

Changes of officers
Please notify the office of the National Secretary-Treasurer's office in writing on official branch letterhead as soon as possible after a change of officers in your branch or state association. New officers will not begin to receive their mail from headquarters until NALC is notified of their names, titles and addresses. NALC's main computer stores the names of branch and state presidents and secretaries in its membership database and utilizes this information for mailings.

Changes of address
Please notify both your local branch and the office of the National Secretary-Treasurer as soon as possible after a change so NALC's membership database can be updated. The Postal Record, other NALC publications and official mailings use the membership database to keep members informed about important letter carrier issues and official union business.

Holding NALC branch office involves serious financial and administrative responsibilities and duties
Local NALC secretary-treasurers are the union's administrative backbone. For them doing the job right is absolutely essential—not only because of the legal requirements concerning accounting, taxes and reporting, but also because they maintain the NALC's integrity and financial health.

NALC calls upon local secretary-treasurers to do a host of difficult tasks, none of which are learned on the letter carrier's job. They need to keep financial books, produce financial statements, keep the financial and other branch records in order, file detailed reports with the Labor Department and Internal Revenue Service, and make sure everything they do is timely, well-organized and 100 percent accurate.

Along with secretary-treasurers, all local Branch officers take their financial and administrative responsibilities very seriously. They are on the front line, representing members interests before USPS management; they take care of branch administrative and financial business; they lead branch members in a myriad of community service projects; and they organize new letter carriers even as they motivate current active carrier members and retirees to participate in branch activities.

Branch bylaw changes
NALC Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Nicole Rhine requests that branches use the form below when submitting proposed by-law changes to Headquarters. This form can only be used once the bylaw has been voted on and approved, as well as signed by a branch officer.

By clicking here, you will launch a small program (By-laws.exe) that allows you to type required information directly into the NALC By-laws form. For Macintosh users, or anyone having a problem with the executable file, click here for a simple PDF.

You will need to fill out a separate form for each proposed change in article number and/or subsection, then print each completed form and mail them, along with two complete copies of your current by-laws, to:

Nicole Rhine, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
NALC
100 Indiana Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001-2144