News & information

April 2017

The Postal Record, Vol. 130, No. 4

Cover story

• Going the extra mile for MDA

News and features

• Postal reform bills voted on by committee
• Labor unions regain popularity
• Counting down to Food Drive No. 25
• April a reminder to focus on workers’ physical and emotional safety
• With a song in their hearts
• Proud to Serve
• Customer Connect
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President’s Message

  24 million reasons to reverse course

• Going the extra mile for MDA

  Stories featuring Springfield, IL Branch 80; Downers Grove, IL Branch 1870’s Cesar Medina; Hagerstown, MD Branch 443; Pasadena, CA Branch 2200; Naples, FL Branch 4716; Northeastern New York Branch 358. Also: MDA Honor Roll.

• Postal reform bills voted on by committee

  Oversight Committee approves H.R. 756. Also: WEP, GPO repeal bill reintroduced; Federal employee activity heats up on Capitol Hill; In the news media; Legislative visits.

• Labor unions regain popularity

  Also: Former NALC Dir. of Life Insurance O’Connor has died; NALC standing committees members

• Counting down to Food Drive No. 25

  Food drive coordinators in hundreds of NALC branches across America are finalizing their preparations for the nation’s largest one-day food collection event. Also: New food drive website; Using USPS to deliver a ‘First Class Meal’?

• April a reminder to focus on workers’ physical and emotional safety

  April is Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Awareness Month; April 28 is Workers Memorial Day. NALC's Dignity and Respect book; EAP Life Coaching

• With a song in their hearts

  Some letter carriers have musical talent, and sometimes it takes them places when they aren’t on their routes: Las Vegas Branch 2502's Otis Hembre; South Florida Branch 1071's Stephanie Bostic; Cherry Hill/Haddonfield, NJ Branch 769's Doug Dash.

• Customer Connect adds up for USPS

  Success stories featuring Honolulu Branch 860's Patrick Walter; Spokane, WA Branch 442's Paul Bair and Steve Thrift; Denver Branch 47's Mary Biles; St. Louis Branch 343's Steven Powers, John Bonzo and Charley Key; Wichita, KS Branch 201's Gordon Kirkhart.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers from AR, CT, GU, IA, MA, ME, NC, NE, NY, PA, RI and WI.

• Executive Vice President

  Training new activists

• Vice President

  Step B update

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Branch audits: A guide for trustees

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Making, rescinding or altering bylaws

• Director of City Delivery

  Mobile delivery device updates

• Director of Safety and Health

  The heat of summer is coming our way

• Director of Retired Members

  Beware USPS post-retirement debt collection

• Director of Life Insurance

  MBA evolving to meet letter carriers’ needs

• Director, Health Benefit Plan

  Combating health care fraud, waste and abuse

• Contract Talk

  Q-and-A on route count and inspections

• Compensation Department

  How to file a CA-2 for an occupational disease

• Community Service

  How can the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive help you?

• Deliver the Cure

  MDA Honor Roll—What is it?

• Veterans Group

  VA provides coverage for spinal cord injuries

• Postal Record editor

  On writing

• CSRS annuity estimates

  Monthly CSRS annuity payments for letter carriers who retire on July 1, 2017

• FERS annuity estimates

  FERS retirement benefits for letter carriers who retire on July 1, 2017