News & information

August 2023

The Postal Record, Vol. 136, No. 8

Cover story

• Delivering for America: Letter carriers' involvement with USPS's 10-year plan

News and features

• News from Washington: Senate committee advances PRO Act; Supreme Court rules on religious accommodation
• Doherty & Donelon Scholarships awarded
• Annual Leave Sharing Program helps co-workers in need
• Union Plus awards scholarships to NALC kids
• The couple that digs together discovers treasure together
• How a fight with President Teddy Roosevelt stripped letter carriers of their right to strike
• Letter carriers and the mail on social media
• Proud to serve: Honoring heroic letter carriers
• Monthly columns by the president and other national officers and letter carrier staff

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• President's Message

  Safety and health are paramount

• News from Washington

  Senate committee advances PRO Act and Supreme Court rules on religious accommodation

• Doherty & Donelon Scholarships awarded

  Six children of NALC members to receive funding for college

• Annual Leave Sharing Program helps co-workers in need

  This article explains the Annual Leave Sharing Program and how city carriers can take advantage of this valuable program

• Letter carriers and the mail on social media

  Various news stories and interesting anecdotes that celebrate letter carriers and the mail that have appeared on social media

• Delivering for America

  Letter carriers’ involvement with USPS’s 10-year plan

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic carriers

• Union Plus awards scholarships to NALC kids

  Also Letter carriers assist in regional offices as ROAs and Step AA pay adjustments delayed

• The couple that digs together discovers treasure together

  A married pair of Florida letter carriers use their metal detectors to search nearby beaches and sometimes find long-lost treasure

• How a fight with President Teddy Roosevelt stripped letter carriers of their right to strike

  The origin of the no-strike law

• Executive Vice President

  New supervisor metric does not create performance requirements

• Vice President

  MRS updates

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Frequently asked IRS questions

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  The overtime coin

• Director of City Delivery

  Clarifications on TIAREAP

• Director of safety and Health

  These tragedies were preventable

• Director of Retired Members

  FERS 101

• Director of Life Insurance

  Are you being paid at the proper step?

• Director, Health Benefits

  Time for preventive check-ups

• Contract Talk

  Street supervision, GPS data and disciplinary action

• Workers’ Compensation

  Improper job offers

• Community service

  Updates

• MDA Report

  Getting back on track

• Letter from the Editor

  Careers for the ages

• Monthly FERS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Oct. 1, 2023

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Oct. 1, 2023