News & information

May 2020

The Postal Record, Vol. 133, No. 5

Cover story

• Essential service in uncertain times

News and features

• News from Washington: White House signs third COVID-19 stimulus package into law, next package in development; states look to vote-by-mail; NALC launches “You Are the Current Resident” podcast with COVID-19 pandemic information
• Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive postponed
• Convention deadlines approaching
• TSP to provide exception for coronavirus hardship; more changes coming this fall
• COVID-19 pandemic concerns raise the profile of voting by mail-in ballot
• Because it’s there
• Branch websites keep members informed and connected
• Proud to serve: Heroic letter carriers
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

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• President’s Message

  In a world turned upside down by COVID-19, our immediate goals remain clear

• News from Washington

  White House signs third COVID-19 stimulus package into law, next package in development; states look to vote-by-mail; NALC launches “You Are the Current Resident” podcast with COVID-19 pandemic information

• Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive postponed

  Also, Convention deadlines approaching

• TSP to provide exception for coronavirus hardship; more changes coming this fall

  As part of the financial recovery package Congress passed and the president signed into law in March, the TSP is expected to waive the 10 percent tax on early TSP withdrawals of up to $100,000 for people affected by the coronavirus outbreak

• Essential service in uncertain times

  By delivering our routes, we bring a sense of normalcy and stability to anxious customers. And by doing our jobs even as we struggle with the same challenges facing the people we serve, letter carriers become an inspiration, one delivery at a time.

• Vote-by-Mail

  COVID-19 pandemic concerns raise the profile of voting by mail-in ballot

• Vote-by-Mail Q-and-A

  A conversation with Amber McReynolds, the CEO at the National Vote at Home Institute and Coalition

• Because it’s there

  Mike King, a member of Northern Virginia Branch 3520, put his letter carrier legs to the test with a 43-mile round-trip hike to the Mt. Everest Base Camp.

• Locally sourced

  Branch websites keep members informed and connected

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic carriers in Louisiana, New York, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Florida, Missouri, Colorado, Ohio, Massachusetts and Nevada

• Executive Vice President

  You are the current resident

• Vice President

  Coming out of extinction, part 2

• Secretary-Treasurer

  The Reciprocal Agreement/obtaining a branch checking account

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Letter carriers as essential workers

• Director of City Delivery

  USPS testing update

• Director of Safety and Health

  Coronavirus updates

• Director of Retired Members

  Annuitant COLAs 101

• Director of Life Insurance

  The Mutual Benefit Association 2019 financial report

• Director, Health Benefits

  This May, celebrating women’s health

• Contract Talk

  OWCP claims for COVID-19

• Veterans Group

  Military leave

• Special Assistant to the President

  Questions about COVID-19?

• Workers’ Compensation

  Trump administration proposes reducing injured workers’ benefits

• MDA Report

  MDA end-of-year wrap-up + Food drive postponed, hunger remains

• Letter from the Editor

  Heroes all