News & information

November 2011

The Postal Record, Vol. 124, No. 11

Cover story

• President Rolando talks contract negotiations, saving America’s Postal Service at national meeting in Las Vegas

News and features

• Postal workers rally nationwide, make preparations for the next step
• Putting our veterans to work, keeping our veterans in service
• 2012 Convention Call set to be mailed
• The NALC Health Benefit Plan
• NALC honors six letter carriers and one branch for their heroic and humanitarian accomplishments
• Satchels full for MDA: Inaugural campaign, styled after the IAFF's "Fill the Boot" event, finds success nationwide.
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Rap session focus: Saving America's Postal Service

• President Rolando talks contract negotiations, saving America’s Postal Service at rap session

  The NALC Constitution calls for the union to hold a national meeting in the odd-numbered years between biennial national conventions. This year, more than 1,500 branch and state leaders from all over the country gathered in Las Vegas.

• Postal workers rally nationwide

  On Sept. 27, thousands of NALC members in congressional districts across the country joined brothers and sisters in the other crafts—plus family members, friends and community leaders—for one of the most visible postal rallies ever organized.

• Putting our veterans to work, keeping our veterans in service

  Veterans Day is the day Americans honor those who served in our armed forces. This has special significance for USPS, as many military members bring the skills they’ve learned from their time in uniform to a second career in a Postal Service uniform.

• NALC Health Benefit Plan: Keeping you on your feet

  The only health plan focused specifically on the health of letter carriers, the NALC Health Benefit Plan has been improving steadily since it was founded in 1950.

• Satchels full for MDA

  Inaugural campaign finds success nationwide.

• 2011 Heroes of the Year

  NALC honors six carriers and one branch for their heroic and humanitarian accomplishments by naming them NALC’s 2011 Heroes of the Year.

• Executive Vice President

  Delivering the messages to the membership

• Vice President

  Taking an active role in your future

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Important Updates

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Message delivered

• Director of City Delivery

  Here we go again

• Contract Talk

  New national settlement on management's time projections

• Director of Safety and Health

  Protecting the safety of the American worker

• Director of Retired Members

  What, me worry?

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Feb. 1, 2012

• FERS retirement benefits

  for letter carriers who retire after Feb. 1, 2012

• Director of Life Insurance

  More about Hospital Plus-cash for expenses

• Director of Health Benefits

  Important Plan information

• MDA Coordinator

  Influenza is nothing to sneeze at

• Compensation Department

  Temporarily aggravated? Part 1

• Director of Education

  To Bob and Scott: Thanks

• Nalcrest financial statement
• Letter from the Editor