David Noble is Clean Sweep’s candidate for president. Noble worked in the NALC Minneapolis regional office for two years, where he was responsible for all the third step grievances and arbitrations for a four-state area. At the end of that period Noble had the highest win percentage of any arbitration advocate with more than 30 cases. Vince Sombrotto then appointed Noble to work at NALC HQ with him in Washington, DC. Noble was a central participant in four national negotiations in which there were no give-backs. There were significant gains in pay in those negotiations, including the establishment of penalty overtime. Noble drafted all of the non-economic proposals for those negotiations, and wrote talking points and back-ups for all the proposals. During the thirteen years Noble was at HQ he was almost always the witness through whom NALC presented its case in national arbitration. Noble created MRS, and designed NALC’s computer arbitration system. Noble researched and wrote Defenses to Discipline. During his time at HQ Noble served as NALC’s representative for Step 4 grievances.

Noble sacrificed his position at NALC HQ to alert NALC’s membership to secret payments NALC’s officers make to themselves. Noble believes that it is wrong for officers to make payments to themselves that are above the payments approved by the membership in the NALC Constitution. Noble also believes that it is wrong for officers to conceal such payments from the membership. NALC’s officers are still taking those payments. Noble and Clean Sweep will eliminate the payments and amend the NALC Constitution to prohibit secret, self-authorized payments to officers.

Bargaining for the next contract will begin in February, 2023. Inflation is presently running above 9% and letter carrier pay has not kept up. That high inflation is predicted to continue for at least another year. If Rolando/Renfroe are re-elected, they will agree to the 1.1% – 1.3% annual increases which are their trademark. David Noble and Clean Sweep will demand much larger raises to reclaim the purchasing power lost to inflation during the Rolando/Renfroe regime, and to protect carrier pay against high inflation in the future.

I received an early education on organized labor at my very first job, at the age of 15. I worked for a local department store in Easton, Pennsylvania, a town on the outskirts of Philadelphia, PA. Several years later, in 1985, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1357 voted to strike after failed contract negotiations created a lockout. They were on strike for 46 days before a contract was finally accepted, with major wins and major concessions. However, if the strike had not ensued, they would have lost everything they fought for over the years and future Laneco stores would not have been part of the collective bargaining agreement.
I worked at Laneco for 7 years while attending high school and college, maintaining a Dean’s List GPA, when an irresistible opportunity presented itself. I was offered a position with Federal Express in San Francisco, California.
Three weeks later, I was working in Federal Express’s central hub business center in South San Francisco, a retail store located within a distribution center. Shortly after, Federal Express opened a retail location in the heart of downtown San Francisco. I was quickly promoted to the new Business Service Center, as well as tasked with responsibility for training new hires. This experience left me well educated on the fundamentals and mechanics of operating a major shipping company.
Realizing the limited growth opportunities, I decided to move to Florida to be close to family. For the next decade I worked in the technology sector with a successful career in sales. While working for Veritas Software, my Sales Territory was the Mid-Atlantic which encompassed DC, Virginia and Maryland. In this capacity, I developed relationships with C-Level executives in national and Global organizations in both the Federal and the Private Sector, working hand in hand to provide them with IT software, hardware and consulting services crucial to their daily operations. This experience provides me with the foundation needed to effectively continue nurturing the existing relationships of the incumbent leadership team, as well as develop new relationships to further the goals of the Clean Sweep Platform.
I’ve worked with USPS as a Letter Carrier for close to 7 years. I’ve experienced firsthand all the pitfalls of the CCA position, as well as the issues of dealing with difficult management, with sparse Union support. Personally, I can no longer tolerate these conditions, and with the support of the Clean Sweep Slate I will work diligently to implement the changes proposed by the Clean Sweep Platform and to effectively manage all the duties of the Executive Vice President. The Clean Sweep team will TRULY put ``Letter Carriers First!

I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Huntington Station, Long Island, New York.

I am proud to be a graduate of New York University, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. I was the youngest graduate, graduating at 18 in 1997. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/1997/may/new_york_university_holds.html

I’ve also helped run two major family businesses; a construction business, and real estate investment and management. Our construction business had prominent clientele including but not limited to General Electric. Our real estate investment portfolio was valued well into the seven figures.

Unfortunately, our primary real estate asset was stolen in 2013 largely due to a forgery perpetrated by a lawyer. I attempted to get our property back, and I even spoke as the first member of the public, at the New York State Moreland Commission against Public Corruption. A video of my testimony can be found here. My father testified right after myself. https://youtu.be/ltI-1Z5wcXQ&t=1h52m47s

It was actually the catastrophic theft of our apartment building in Brooklyn which led me to seek employment at the United States Postal Service five years ago.

I am a regular carrier based in Huntington Station, New York, 11746, the busiest zip code in America, according to Newsday. https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/huntington-station-named-busiest-zip-code-g36633

I spent two years, one month, and ten days as a City Carrier Assistant (CCA), routinely working over 70 hours per week. One of the longest serving CCAs at my office in recent memory helped me to empathize with the trials and tribulations of every new carrier. It is my hope that new carriers will have the career benefits they deserve, with earnings consistent with Table 1.

Shortly after I made regular, my mother's health declined, and I became her caregiver. Fortunately, I found help for my mother during my working hours, so I could maintain my job. My story about taking care of my mother is in the Postal Record. See page 2, the bottom, shaded section. https://www.nalc.org/news/the-postal-record/2020/october-2020/document/NDRF.pdf

At the beginning of this year, I was encouraged by many of my coworkers to run as a union steward . Despite my desire to serve my fellow carriers, I reluctantly declined, due to my mother's worsening health. She had been bedridden at the time of said election. Sadly, my mother passed away two months prior to the writing of this biography.

Fortuitously, I was able to receive and accept this nomination for Secretary-Treasurer of the NALC. It is an honor to run with David Noble, who has the passion, tenacity, and history of challenging the status quo, while striving to preserve integrity within the union.

I enjoy serving the community from where I grew up. I very much look forward to serving my sisters and brothers in light blue all across America.

I enjoy walking my dog, caring for the colony of feral cats my late mother once cared for, and maintaining my garden of Rama Tulsi.

Hello brothers and sisters of the National Association of Letter Carriers. I am Francisco Cabrera a letter carrier from the San Francisco Bay Area. My station is in Concord CA, where I began my Postal career in 2003. I am currently a Full Time Officer out of Branch 1111 Greater East Bay. Our branch represents 29 different cities. Having been a shop steward since 2005 and then Chief Steward for a level 24 office I had already fought my fair share of discipline, and litigated many contractual disputes when in 2012 I was selected for Dispute Resolution Team training at the National level. I currently represent about 500 letter carriers in my assigned area. But let me tell you a little about my story and why I believe I should be elected to be your National Trustee.

I was born in San Salvador, El Salvador in December of 1979 to a middle-class working family. My father was a salesman and my mom was a registered pediatric nurse. I am the youngest of 3 children having an eldest brother and an older sister. Oscar junior and Maria. I was named after my maternal great grandfather Francisco. In 1963 my father immigrated to this country at the tender age of 19 and joined the US Army as an enlisted private. After serving 4 years he returned to El Salvador and met and married mom. They had 3 children together. We were a pretty happy, career oriented middle-class family.

However, the revolutionary Civil War of El Salvador began brewing in the 1980's was escalating and reached home when neighbors on our street were gunned down in their driveway outside of their home by government forces while taking their children to school.

Having witnessed this I was forever changed, I wasn't in a position to fight for others then, but now I am. Another reason for our immigrating was that my father said we would have fallen into extreme poverty during the civil war. I'm grateful that the postal service with its overtime opportunities prevented this for me personally.

I grew up in the small industrial suburb of Pittsburg Ca. It was here I had my first experience working for the postal service as a Casual City Carrier in 2001. Of course, casuals couldn't join the Union and having come from a private banking sector job, carrying mail was quite different from what I was used to. But carrying mail while feeling your supervisor is threatening your job every day and your postmaster yells at you when you ask questions, I thought this job wasn't for me. I resigned after several months but was rehired as a PTF in Concord in 2003.

There I was on probation working long hours as a PTF thinking I know what I'm doing, much like today. Around day 60 management called me into the office and said you know Francisco you aren't doing too good. You need to improve in A,B and C. I said no problem and went back to work. About day 80 management again called me into the office and said you've improved a little bit, but you have 10 more days, we want to see what you can do. I said no problem and went back to work. Day 90 came and went. On day 91 management called me into the office and said you know it seemed like you were going to make it in this job, but we are letting you go, you didn't pass your probation. Here's your letter of separation and please return your equipment.

I asked them questions, argued a little but the decision was made so I grabbed my things and left the room. On my was out however I decided to stop at the Union office which was inside the Concord Post Office. I gave the Union my notice and asked them if there was anything they could do. This happened on a Friday....by Monday I was back to work.

I learned very clearly by personal experience the difference between working a union environment versus working in a non-union environment.

That day a seed was planted in me. I noticed how articulate, understanding and wise my union representatives were. Their names were Jose, Chris and Steve. Steve recently retired, having served as a Step B representative for the then called Bay Valley District for over 12 years. Both Jose and Chris still represent the membership and have been like tall trees for me. Especially my colleague and mentor Jose Ochoa, to this very day.
I soon thereafter began inquiring as to how I could be a shop steward one day, in order to affect and improve others lives, the way the Union had affected mine.

Brothers and sisters, although I am only 42 years old with two young boys, Andres and Vicente 6 and 8 6 years old, and my loving dedicated and hardworking wife Senia, and yes I have much to learn and experience; I feel I will be an effective and dedicated servant of the membership as national trustee. I have received a college education, I have tirelessly served the membership of my station, of my branch, of the State while at the Dispute Resolution Team and now feel my talents and future potential bolstered by my experience, will usher in a new era of diversity, talent, resourcefulness and responsibility like never before in our National union.
I thank you the leaders of our Union who will elect our next national leaders, for your tireless work in representing the membership in your respective branches and stations, around the country and I ask that you vote for me for National Trustee of the NALC in 2026.

We may not always agree on everything, but we all agree on our right to a dignified workplace and we all need each other in our struggle to be fairly represented and rewarded for our hard work and sacrifices.

Thank you for your time in viewing this message. In solidarity Brothers and sisters of the NALC!

Matt Webster is a 2007 graduate of Kent State University with a degree in physical education . He has been a letter carrier since 2017 with three years as steward experience.

Matt lives in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio with his wife and two kids. He played college lacrosse at Kent state and served as captain for three years.

Linda Mann is from Portland, and has lived in Minneapolis/ St Paul since 1985. She has a BA in History from the University of Maine and a law degree from Hamline/ William Mitchell. Linda has worked as a letter carrier for 18 years and retired in 2017. SheI was a Steward in 2003 -2004 and an alternate in 2014.

I was born and raised in Daly City California. I received an AA in Business Management Administration from Western Nevada Community College Carson City Nevada. After school, I returned to California where I managed several businesses over the years including performing as a California State licensed C36 Plumbing Contractor. I was a junior Partner / Owner of Proper Plumbing Co Inc.

I decided to join USPS in 2005, looking for honest work where I could provide a service to my country and community. I served 17 Years primarily in Vallejo California, working both the MPO and Springstown Stations, as a member of Branch 1111 in Richmond CA. I served as a Steward for Vallejo for 3 years and was Safety Captain for 2 years.

My father, Lt. Homer E. Boone was a City Carrier and then Supervisor for 13 years in San Francisco before transferring to the US Forest Service as a Forest Ranger. My Godfather, Master Sgt. James P. Carney, was also a City Carrier for 20 years in San Francisco, CA. There is a rich history of public service in my family including my grandfather, Maj. Knapp E. Boone, who served as an attorney for the government as well.

I strongly support the Clean Sweep Platform. In addition to these goals, I intend to address greater awareness of Dog bite prevention education. I am also very passionate about developing and implementing strategies to ensure your local union representatives are doing their jobs.