News & information

December 2023

The Postal Record, Vol. 136, No. 12

Cover story

• At NALC rap session, President Renfroe updates state and branch leaders on contract negotiations, crimes against carriers, heat safety, improving representation, legislation and politics, new initiatives

News and features

• News from Washington: Ask your representative to co-sponsor the Federal Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 5995); Equal COLA Act introduced in Senate; Congress funds government through early 2024
• How to prepare for a successful food drive 
• Carriers call for stricter prosecutions, more help from the community
• Personal conduct, social media and the Postal Service
• Workers are trying to make Amazon pay
• NALC documentary shown at film fest
• A season for giving
• Hotels for 2024 Boston convention
• Recognizing the NALC Disaster Relief Foundation contributors
• Heroic letter carriers
• Monthly columns by the president and other national officers and letter carrier staff

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• President’s Message

  New initiatives

• Rap session

  At NALC rap session, President Renfroe updates state and branch leaders on contract negotiations, crimes against carriers, heat safety, improving representation, legislation and politics, new initiatives

• News from Washington

  Ask your representative to co-sponsor the Federal Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 5995), Equal COLA Act introduced in Senate, Congress funds government through early 2024

• How to prepare for a successful food drive

  A guide on how to help your branch create a successful food drive, including the newly revamped registration process and website.

• Enough is enough

  Carriers call for stricter prosecutions, more help from the community

• Personal conduct, social media and the Postal Service

  Be mindful of your personal conduct and what you are posting on social media—you never know who could be watching.

• Workers are trying to make Amazon pay

  Activists gathered at “The Summit to Make Amazon Pay” in Manchester, England, at the end of October to strategize about how to make the company pay its fair share—to its workers as well as to the communities and governments where it operates.

• A season for giving

  Stories of some of the ways letter carriers keep the joy alive during the holidays.

• Hotels for 2024 Boston convention

  NALC has made special arrangements with 19 hotels to accommodate letter carrier delegates attending the 2024 Biennial National Convention in Boston Aug. 5-9.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic carriers

• Recognizing the NALC Disaster Relief Foundation contributors

  Why donations to the DRF are important and a list of contributors so far this year

• Executive Vice President

  STEP B and the Dispute Resolution Process: Decades of righting wrongs through our grievance procedure

• Vice President

  ’Tis the season

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Minimum dues increase, convention registration and housing process

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Upload them bylaws

• Director of City Delivery

  COTS vehicle pilot test and MDD-TR updates

• Director of Safety and Health

  Retaliation against injured employees

• Director of Retired Members

  Withdrawal rates

• Director of Life Insurance

  MBA Retirement Savings Plan 2024 update

• Director, Health Benefits

  New prescription drug plan for Medicare-eligible retirees

• Contract Talk

  Retirement processing issues

• MDA Report

  Get ready for a new year

• Workers’ Compensation

  Medical evidence and OWCP, Part 4—The CA-1 and traumatic injuries

• Veterans Group

  Additional NALC Veterans Group members

• Letter from the Editor

  The rallies

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Feb. 1, 2024

• Monthly FERS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Feb. 1, 2024