News & information

January 2025

The Postal Record, Vol. 138, No. 1

Cover story

• Congress repeals WEP and GPO

News and features

• Contract ratification ballots mailed
• Looking ahead to the 119th Congress
• Service dogs helping carriers at work
• The basics of workers' compensation
• Last chance to give through CFC
• Leadership Academy graduates level up, urged to pay it forward by serving members
• What every letter carrier needs to know to plan for retirement
• News for military vets
• Positive news items about letter carriers and the mail
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

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Audiobook

• President's Message

  Finally, Social Security fairness for our retirees

• Contract ratification ballots mailed

  Ballots were mailed to eligible active letter carrier members of NALC to vote on the proposed 2023-2026 National Agreement

• News from Washington

  Congress repeals WEP and GPO; 119th Congress takes shape

• Letter carriers’ long history with WEP, GPO

  With Congress's repeal of WEP and GPO, we take a look back at how it started and how it has affected letter carriers

• The basics of workers' compensation

  Information about the law that protects postal employees who suffer on-the-job injuries

• Service dogs helping carriers at work

  Service dogs help letter carriers with disabilities at work, assisting with a variety of tasks

• Veterans Group

  Veterans’ legislative update

• Last chance to give through CFC

  Open enrollment period for the Combined Federal Campaign ends this month, so now’s the time to make your contribution

• Carriers and the mail make news online

  Mail-centered stories that have appeared on social media and online news sites

• What every letter carrier needs to know to plan for retirement

  We examine what carriers should know to plan for their retirement, no matter what stage of their career they are in

• Leadership Academy graduates level up, urged to pay it forward by serving members

  The commencement event capped several months of intensive training on the skills necessary for union members to become effective leaders

• Executive Vice President

  Stay engaged

• Vice President

  Am I my brother's keeper?

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Reporting to the DOL: Forms LM-2, LM-3 and LM-4

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Diversity equity inclusion

• Director of City Delivery

  City Delivery updates

• Director of Safety and Health

  Safety captains needed

• Director of Retired Members

  Retirement seminars

• Director of Life Insurance

  MBA Retirement Savings Plans

• Director, Health Benefits

  Shared partnerships

• Contract Talk

  Route inspections, Part 5

• Chief of Staff

  What the trifecta means for us

• Workers’ Compensation

  Medical restrictions

• MDA Report

  MDA looks back at 2024

• Letter to the editor

  Two tales from the postal beat