Union administration
Secretary-treasurer
Nicole Rhine
Secretary-Treasurer
Nicole R. Rhine was reelected secretary-treasurer by mail balloting of NALC members in 2022. Full bio
The secretary-treasurer keeps the records and accounts of the union and assists branch leaders with complying with their responsibilities.
The information on this page is designed to help local branch officers fulfill their duties.
Holding NALC branch office involves serious financial and administrative responsibilities and duties
Local NALC secretary-treasurers comprise 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. Local secretary-treasurers 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.
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Resources
Some additional resources and documents to help local branch officers fulfill their duties.
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Union Member Rights & Officer Responsibilities under the LMRDA
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) guarantees certain rights to union members and imposes certain responsibilities on union officers.
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NALC membership and dues
It is no small task for NALC's national office to keep track of more than a quarter-million members. Branch officers also need to keep close track of their members and their dues payments.
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Election Information
Election guidelines for branch editors and officers on avoiding election law violations
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What to do if your branch lost its tax-exempt status
A number of NALC branches may have received a notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) advising them that their tax-exempt status has been revoked because they failed to file either a Form 990, Form 990-EZ or Form 990-N over the past three years.
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Branch Officers’ Training
The latest information on Branch Officers' Training