News & information
December 2017
The Postal Record, Vol. 130, No. 12
Cover story
- Getting in the spirit of the season
News and features
- Fiscal Year ’17 financial report highlights need for rate, legislative reform
- NALC embraces AFL-CIO pledge to ‘Join. Fight. Win.’
- California letter carrier saves woman’s life during Las Vegas music festival shooting
- Wildfires in northern California leave carriers without homes, routes
- Hotels for 2018 Detroit convention
- Open Season ends Dec. 11
- Reimagining the ballot to ‘Vote at Home’
- NALC Photo Contest off to a good start
- Proud to Serve
- Customer Connect
- Monthly columns by national officers and staff members
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President’s Message
On taxes, focus on the big picture
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Getting in the spirit of the season
A letter from the heart. Filling hungry stomachs during the holidays and throughout the year. Letter carriers deliver holiday gifts to where they’re needed most. Spreading happiness with wreaths.
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Fiscal Year ’17 financial report highlights need for rate, legislative reform
Also: Trump nominates three for USPS Board of Governors. A modest win in an ongoing budget battle. Rates rise as rate-setting review continues. Better TSP withdrawal options coming. In the news media.
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NALC embraces AFL-CIO pledge to ‘Join. Fight. Win.’
The 28th Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO convened in St. Louis Oct. 22-25 and representatives from NALC were there in force.
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California letter carrier saves woman’s life during Las Vegas music festival shooting
With his wife, two sons and other family and friends, Paul Gallegos was in Las Vegas for the three-day Route 91 Harvest country music festival when disaster struck on Oct. 1.
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Wildfires in northern California leave carriers without homes, routes
After 10 days of firefighting, nearly 9,715 structures were lost between Napa and Sonoma counties.
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Hotels for 2018 Detroit convention
NALC has made special arrangements with 18 hotels to accommodate letter carrier delegates attending the 2018 convention in Detroit July 16-20.
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Open Season ends Dec. 11
Letter carriers still have time to enroll in a health care plan through the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. Also: CCA health benefits.
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Reimagining the ballot to ‘Vote at Home’
The idea of voting by mail is not new, but a new group is taking a closer look at universal voting by mail as perhaps the best way to allay security concerns and to boost Election Day turnout.
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NALC Photo Contest off to a good start
Entries have already started to trickle in for the NALC Photo Contest—the competition designed to promote the work of letter carriers across the country.
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Proud to Serve
Honoring heroic letter carriers from California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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Customer Connect adds up for USPS
Success stories from Garden Grove, CA Branch 1100; Boston Branch 34; Missoula, MT Branch 701; El Paso, TX Branch 505; Staten Island, NY Branch 99; and Chattanooga, TN Branch 62.
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Executive Vice President
What a difference a contract makes
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Vice President
Two new national-level disputes
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Secretary-Treasurer
National convention registration and housing process
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Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Getting back to the basics on branch bylaws
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Director of City Delivery
Letter carriers delivering the season
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Director of Safety and Health
Hey, they’re ganging up on me
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Director of Retired Members
Working after retirement
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Director of Life Insurance
’Tis the season
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Director, Health Benefit Plan
Updates from the HBP
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Contract Talk
Common questions and answers about the Employee Assistance Program
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Postal Record editor
Getting the (good) word out
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Community Service
‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’
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Compensation Department
New guidance on calculating schedule awards
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Deliver the Cure
FDA approves Soliris to treat generalized myasthenia gravis
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Director of Education
The Lowell Girls go on strike, Part 1