Next Generation Carriers

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...

Undelivered Reading Group:

www.fightingnalc.org/undelivered2

Secrets of A Successful Organizer Part 1:

www.fightingnalc.org/secrets-of-a-successful-organizer

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, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

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, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

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, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

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, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

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, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

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, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

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, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

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. Rolando appointed her director of health benefits in 2018 to fill a vacancy, and she was elected to the post later that year by national balloting.

Additional information...

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:

Current NALC Business Agent to Region 2 is Nick Vafiades.

Debbie Dixon is running to unseat Nick Vafiades.

Region 2 covers: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington State.

Nicole Rhine and Lew Drass answer unfiltered questions following their 3 hour 2026 NALC Presidential Candidate Roundtable

Sunday, August 23rd, 2026 the 'Next Generation Carriers' podcast and the 'Postal Rosies' podcast organized a, raw, unfiltered, unscripted virtual roundtable with NALC candidates running for the title of: NALC President.

Solidarity with all in attendance and submitted questions.

First Part: Mike Caref

Second Part: California Letter Carriers

Third Part: Voting Day for AFL-CIO Delegates

The NextGen crew posted up in a hallway at the 2026 NALC Convention with Lew Drass and Convention Delegates lined up to ask him questions.

This interview was suppose to be 15 minutes but turned into 60+ minutes.

NALC Region 8 covers: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Learn more about Chris Strickland: FACEBOOK

The Valley Labor Report reached out to the Next Generation Carriers podcast to get a report back on the 2026 NALC Convention. Co-host Graig alongside friend of the show Derek Liemohn went on live and discussed a few topics.

Aired: Saturday, Aug. 8th. 2026.

Ronny Morgan is the new Business Agent for NALC Region 3.

We set up shop across the street from the 2026 NALC Convention and have an open mic with members.

 Lew Drass of Huntsville, AL Branch 462 

The 'Stand Up' Slate will be nominated and voted on at the 2026 NALC Convention. They’re running for the AFL-CIO delegate positions.

If you support the slate, make sure to tell your Branch Delegate(s) to 'Stand Up'.

Slate members:

Chris P. (Branch 18)

Margo O’Neill (Branch 352)

John Murphy (Branch 4716)

Sarah Cuello (Branch 825)

Jon Morris (Branch 226)

Josh Towne (Branch 55)

2026 NALC Constitutional Amendment Proposal: Ranked Choice Voting.

Learn more about Ranked Choice Voting:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kI-TJskzWE

Since 2023, Walsh has been the executive director of the NHLPA (the union representing professional ice hockey players in the NHL).

On February 29, 2024, President Biden nominated Walsh to serve as a governor of the USPS, for a term that would have expired on December 8, 2029.

On November 14 (as a lame-duck president following the 2024 election), Biden withdrew the nomination from Senate consideration without providing an immediate explanation.

The 29th United States secretary of labor from 2021 to 2023, Walsh was the first former union leader to serve in that position in roughly 45 years. Was also the first-ever Cabinet...

“Let me beg of you, in God's holy name, let the organization be used for the uplifting of the human race, do not use it for the uplifting of yourself. Be true to your manhood; be true to your country; be true to the children yet unborn.” ⁃ Mother Jones, July 19, 1902

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - “What does Brian Renfroe listen too?”

01:38 - “What has been happening recently in terms of Trump/Contract?”

15:42- “Why all of a sudden a sharp increase in media presence/“Fight Like Hell”?”

19:00 - “How will National NALC he...

NALC Active Voting Members: 185,894

NALC President Brian Renfroe came on to talk about contract campaigns, contracts rallies, and what he prepares to do leading up to the 2026 NALC / USPS contract talks.

Insurance plans offered by the NALC Mutual Benefit Association are designed to give members and their families the best possible protection for the lowest cost. 

Short-term Disability and Hospital Confinement:

Whole Life:

Term Life: 

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Disclaimer:

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 Vice-President James Henry is running for the NALC President position.