News & information

May 2012

The Postal Record, Vol. 125, No. 5

Cover story

• NALC needs you: Join the fight to save America's Postal Service

News and features

• Taking the fight to them: NALC goes on offensive for postal reform
• Contract talks end as mediation deadline passes
• Rolando unveils honor wall for killed carriers
• State chairs come to DC for annual spring training
• The carrier in the cage
• 2012 Convention: Outside Minneapolis
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Wanted: A sensible business plan

• Contract talks end as mediation deadline passes

  Negotiations for a new National Agreement between the NALC and the U.S. Postal Service concluded as the April 8 deadline for mediation passed.

• Food Drive is May 12

  Also: Rolando unveils honor wall for killed carriers; Cities’ Readiness Initiative pilot program launched in Louisville.

• NALC needs you

  Join the fight to save America's Postal Service

• State chairs come to DC for annual spring training

  Also: State legislative visits.

• The carrier in the cage

  In his spare time, Jered Andrus, a member of Grand Rapids, MI Branch 56, fights professionally in mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions.

• Outside Minneapolis

  Exploring sightseeing options on the outskirts of the host city for the 2010 NALC Convention, accessible by car, bus or train.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Executive Vice President

  Keeping control of the process

• Vice President

  Appeals within the union, Part 1

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Hey America-We're in this together

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Not-so-sweet 16

• Director of City Delivery

  Backward thinking

• Contract Talk

  Principles of route inspections

• Director of Safety and Health

  What's up the Hill?

• Director of Life Insurance

  MBA 10-year Renewable and Convertible Term Life

• Director of Retired Members

  Got Survivor Benefits? Part 2

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Aug. 1, 2012

• FERS retirement benefits

  for letter carriers who retire on Aug. 1, 2012

• Compensation Department

  SECOPs and IMEs, Part IV: Questions to be resolved

• Director of Health Benefits

  Alere Disease Management Program

• MDA Coordinator

  2011 NALC Honor Roll

• Letter from the editor
• Director of Education

  Carl's Junior