News & information

June 2021

The Postal Record, Vol. 134, No. 6

Cover story

• Congress takes up postal reform

News and features

• News from Washington: Senate confirms two Postal Service Board of Governor nominees
• For new letter carriers, they’ve only known the job during the pandemic
• Emergency Federal Employee Leave update
• Online officers’ training helping branches during pandemic
• States seek to restrict or expand voting by mail
• Task force created in new contract off to a great start
• Food drive update
• Protect your skin from the sun’s rays
• Opportunities to get involved start with you
• A tale of two postmasters general
• NALC HBP postpones health seminar
• Living one note at a time
• What’s happening on social media
• Proud to Serve: Heroic letter carriers
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

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• President’s Message

  Understanding Medicare integration under postal reform

• News from Washington

  Senate confirms two Postal Service Board of Governor nominees

• Congress takes up postal reform

  Following months of negotiations during a period of intense public scrutiny of the U.S. Postal Service, House lawmakers have introduced the Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 (H.R. 3076).

• Carriers in the time of COVID-19

  For new letter carriers, they’ve only known the job during the pandemic

• Three generous donations recently made to PERF

  You can help your fellow postal employees—active and retired—whose homes have been destroyed or left uninhabitable by natural disasters, with a donation to PERF.

• Emergency Federal Employee Leave update

  And Online officers’ training helping branches during pandemic

• States seek to restrict or expand voting by mail

  And Task force created in new contract off to a great start

• Food drive update

  After much consideration, NALC decided to cancel the Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive for 2021 because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

• Protect your skin from the sun’s rays

  We deal with the various hazards of the job, such as heat, cold, snow and ice, and aggressive dogs, but we can’t forget another danger: skin cancer.

• Opportunities to get involved start with you

  NALC offers members a variety of additional activities and opportunities to get involved that they might not typically think about.

• A tale of two postmasters general

  In 1821, NALC had had to contend with one of the harshest PMGs and then one of the best.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic carriers

• NALC HBP postpones health seminar

  And Executive Council continues work remotely

• Veterans Group

  Letter carriers’ USERRA rights

• Living one note at a time

  And What’s happening on social media

• Executive Vice President

  Legislative activism: The time is now

• Vice President

  Changes to expedited arbitration

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Important reminders

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  New innovations

• Director of City Delivery

  NALC and USPS jointly explore new uses for technology

• Director of Safety and Health

  Hey, Boss: Why won’t you honor the Joint Statement on Violence?

• Director of Retired Members

  Working after retirement

• Director of Life Insurance

  Unclaimed property

• Director, Health Benefits

  Health care fraud

• Contract Talk

  Annual leave in lieu of holiday pay

• MDA Report

  2021 snapshot of MDA support

• Community Services

  Creating your emergency preparedness kit

• Workers’ Compensation

  Had COVID-19? Don’t use EFEL—file a claim

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Sept. 1, 2021

• Monthly FERS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Sept. 1, 2021

• Letter from the Editor

  Mail, carriers, multimedia