News & information

May 2010

The Postal Record, Vol. 123, No. 5

Cover story

• Standing tall, then & now: Celebrating the Great Postal Strike's 40th anniversary and looking at the fight facing today's letter carriers

News and features

• Food drive in final push
• HIRE a good first step to put unemployed back to work
• Secretary-Treasurer Broendel honored by CLUW
• NALC and USPS jointly train Step B members
• What does the new health care law mean for us and our families
• Advancing the EFCA agenda: Obama appoints labor nominee to NLRB
• Around Anaheim: Conventioneers and families are in for some sun and fun
• Travel easier with Union Plus
• Customer Connect: USPS helps Iowa company improve its financial health
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  GAO calls for bloodletting to restore USPS to health

• Food Drive in final push

  The NALC Food Drive is primed to break though a benchmark level in the country’s largest one-day humanitarian effort.

• Standing tall: Then and now

  In honor of the history-making Great Postal Strike of 1970 and the looming battle for today’s carriers, we present a look back and a look ahead.

• Postal work stoppage 1970

  U.S. Army “Operation Graphic Hand” and After Action Report

• Operation Graphic Hand

  U.S. Army “Operation Graphic Hand” and After Action Report

• HIRE: a good first step to put unemployed back to work

  NALC President Fred Rolando recently joined his fellow members of the AFL-CIO Executive Council in praising President Barack Obama’s March 18 signing of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act. Hutson appointed RAA in Region 3.

• Secretary-Treasurer Broendel honored by CLUW

  Also: NALC and USPS jointly train Step B members

• What does the new health care law mean for us and our families?

  Following a year-long, often contentious and largely partisan legislative battle, on March 23 President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

• Advancing the EFCA agenda

  The labor movement and the Obama administration have devised a potential plan to strengthen the National Labor Relations Board.

• Around Anaheim

  Conventioneers and families are in for some sun and fun

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Customer Connect

  USPS helps Iowa company improve its financial health.

• Travel easier with Union Plus

  The Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the summer travel season, and Union Plus stands ready to help us save money on our much-deserved vacation getaways.

• Executive Vice President

  Down to the wire

• Vice President

  USPS business model- today and tomorrow

• Secretary-Treasurer

  The 'new' Department of Labor and the compliance audit

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Wag the dog

• Director of City Delivery

  Parallel dimension

• Contract Talk

  Steelworkers Trilogy-reiventing the wheel

• Director of Safety and Health

  Cut off your nose to spite your face

• Director of Retired Members

  FERS retirement, Part III

• Director of Life Insurance

  MBA 2009 financial report

• Director of Health Benefits

  Prescription drug addiction: Hitting close to home

• MDA Coordinator

  2009 NALC-MDA honor roll

• Compensation Department

  Steer clear of common pitfalls after an injury