National Association of Letter Carriers
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The National Association of Letter Carriers is a labor union representing city letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| National Association of Letter Carriers canonical | 3 |
| Letter Carriers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3981338 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Association of Letter Carriers Context triple: [1970 United States postal strike, participant, National Association of Letter Carriers]
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A.
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
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B.
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.
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C.
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
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D.
Teamsters
The Teamsters are a powerful American labor union historically known for representing truck drivers and other transportation workers, with a long, controversial legacy involving major roles in labor rights, politics, and alleged organized crime ties.
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E.
Postal Operations Council
The Postal Operations Council is the executive body of the Universal Postal Union responsible for overseeing and coordinating international postal operations and technical standards among member countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Association of Letter Carriers Target entity description: The National Association of Letter Carriers is a labor union representing city letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service.
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A.
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
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B.
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.
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C.
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
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D.
Teamsters
The Teamsters are a powerful American labor union historically known for representing truck drivers and other transportation workers, with a long, controversial legacy involving major roles in labor rights, politics, and alleged organized crime ties.
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E.
Postal Operations Council
The Postal Operations Council is the executive body of the Universal Postal Union responsible for overseeing and coordinating international postal operations and technical standards among member countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor union
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trade union ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NALC ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
AFL–CIO
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UNI Global Union ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employs | union staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
collective bargaining
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labor relations ⓘ postal services ⓘ workers' rights ⓘ |
| founded | 1889 ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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linked to:
Milwaukee
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| hasActivity |
community service programs
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member education ⓘ negotiating collective bargaining agreements ⓘ political advocacy ⓘ representing members in grievances ⓘ |
| hasCharitableProgram | Stamp Out Hunger food drive ⓘ |
| hasMember |
United States Postal Service employee
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letter carrier ⓘ |
| hasMemberCount | hundreds of thousands of members (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasMembershipCriteria | city letter carrier employed by the United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| hasMotto | unionism and service (paraphrased labor-union focus) ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalUnit |
local branches
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state associations ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalActionCommittee | NALC PAC ⓘ |
| hasPublication | The Postal Record ⓘ |
| hasTrainingProgram |
leadership academies
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steward training ⓘ |
| hasUnionPosition | president ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| operatesInJurisdiction |
United States federal government
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linked to:
United States government
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| participatesIn | collective bargaining with the United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| represents |
United States Postal Service city delivery carriers
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city letter carriers ⓘ employees of the United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| representsLaborType | city delivery ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| sector |
postal sector
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public sector ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
National Association of Letter Carriers v. United States Postal Service (labor disputes)
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labor history of the United States ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nalc.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Association of Letter Carriers Description of subject: The National Association of Letter Carriers is a labor union representing city letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: National Association of Letter Carriers
Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers
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defendant
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