In a letter to members, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) described former President Donald Trump as an “existential threat” to the union.
From The Federalist:
“If Donald Trump wins the upcoming election, it could prove an existential threat to our union and our contract,” the letter reads. “Your vote matters: consider how the consequences could affect you, your job, and our union when deciding how to vote.”—“Donald Trump and his allies have put together an extensive plan for the next year, if he takes office and appoints anti-union allies throughout the executive branch,” the letter reads. “Our union cannot afford to risk the proposals in Project 2025 becoming a reality.”The letter claims Project 2025 would “ban all public employee unions and replace private-sector unions with company-controlled unions,” “let states opt out of federal overtime and minimum wage” requirements, and repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, which places wage requirements on government projects.“There are members who don’t like our union talking about politics,” the letter reads. “This year, however, the two are inextricably linked to the future of our union.”
The letter tells members to visit a page that demonizes Project 2025, even though, again, it has nothing to do with Trump or any Republican:
Trump’s Project 2025 is the 920-page document, written by at least 140 Trump advisers and former (and likely future) leaders in the Trump administration, that spells out what they plan to do during a Trump second term.We broke it down for you: How would this agenda affect union members and working families?We are deeply concerned about pro-corporate policies that would drive up costs, put people out of work, endanger people’s lives and make it harder for working people to get ahead. For unions, this agenda would make it tougher for members to win gains in our next contracts and stack the deck in favor of CEOs.
VP Kamala Harris received the NALC’s endorsement on September 12. The NALC is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, which also endorsed Harris.
The letter says Georgia NALC President Don Griggs signed the letter “in solidarity,” but he claims the union did that without his permission.
Griggs didn’t even see the letter until he received it:
Griggs told The Federalist the letter came not from him, but from the national union — without his permission. “They told me they were going to send me some information as we got closer to the election, and I had no idea they were sending out a letter with my name,” Griggs said. “I never would have sent anything out like that.”He said he received the letter two to three days after others began talking about it. “I didn’t see it until I got it myself,” Griggs said. “When people were calling me about it, I had no idea what they were talking about.”Griggs said he would have contacted the AFL-CIO about this if he “knew how to get in touch with them.” He said he thinks the national union should send messages from its own office, not state offices.“I didn’t have a problem with them sending out something to the membership, but as far as attaching my name to it without my permission, that was a different story,” Griggs said. “They were trying to get a message out.”
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