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Postal Facts
What reporters and commentators are writing and saying about the Postal Service, and how NALC members and leaders are making their voices heard.
'We are honored to be able to help our fellow citizens' (Tecumseh Herald)
In a letter to the editor published on June 7, NALC President Fredric Rolando complimented the Michigan newspaper for its story on a local letter carrier who’d moved to Florida and was killed after staying late in year’s Clearwater (FL) food drive to make sure all the food was transported to local pantries. The paper wrote a moving story on his wife's involvement in this year's food drive in Tecumseh, which she had moved back to. Rolando also discussed the broader value of USPS and letter carriers.
Click here to read the letter (and the original story).
The Postal Service will thrive if Congress takes the right steps (Washington Examiner)
In a commentary piece published on June 1, NALC President Fredric Rolando rebutted a commentary from last week. He also spelled out the financial situation of USPS, the agency's value and the public policy fixes required.
Click here to read the commentary.
Letter to editor: Voting by mail makes perfect sense (MagicValley.com)
VOTE: Do it by mail (Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls Press)
Voting by mail is a good idea (Idaho Press)
Idaho State Association of Letter Carriers President John Paige’s letters to the editor of the MagicValley.com, the Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls Press and Idaho Press ran on May 29 and May 30.
Click here to read the letter on MagicValley.com.
Click here to read the letter in the Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls Press.
Click here to read the letter in the Idaho Press.
POSTAL FACTS: June 8, 2018 (updated)
In a letter to the editor, President Rolando complimented the Tecumseh Herald (MI) for its moving story on a widow's connection to the food drive. In a Washington Examiner commentary, Rolando rebutted an op-ed and spelled out USPS's financial situation.
POSTAL FACTS: May 21, 2018
NALC President Fredric Rolando’s letter to the editor in the New York Post on May 20 rebuts a business column over issues of postal finances, including the pre-funding burden and operating profits.
POSTAL FACTS: May 15, 2018
Media coverage of the May 11 USPS quarterly financial report focused on the numbers but also on the rise in packages and the need for postal reform. The postmaster general and NALC president Fredric Rolando were widely quoted.
POSTAL FACTS: May 10, 2018
NALC President Rolando’s op-ed in The Daily Caller rebuts a commentary piece over issues of postal finances, retiree health benefits, Medicare and taxpayer money. Boise carriers are dying their hair blue to promote the food drive.
POSTAL FACTS: April 27, 2018
NALC President Fredric Rolando’s letter to the editor today in The Washington Post rebuts an editorial and explains postal finances as well as needed public policy fixes. Coverage of heroic letter carriers in New City, NY and Pekin, IL.
POSTAL FACTS: April 16, 2018 (updated)
NALC President Rolando quoted in Federal News Radio, Bloomberg stories on administration's postal task force. WSVN aired story about Florida letter carrier injured extinguishing a fire, CBS2 on Indiana letter carrier saving resident from a fire.
POSTAL FACTS: April 9, 2018
The Democrat & Chronicle takes an extended look at the heroic actions of the Rochester area's letter carriers in recent years. KTVQ aired a story about a good-spirited carrier coping with the second-worst winter Billings, MT has had. Paige letters.
POSTAL FACTS: April 6, 2018
Letter carrier heroes were recognized by the media in New York and Minnesota; NALC explains postal economics of scope to Politifact; Athens, GA gets a reminder about the importance of the food drive; John Paige letter
POSTAL FACTS: Feb. 20, 2018 (Updated)
In a story about intriguing retirement communities in Canada, the United States and China, the Globe and Mail – Canada’s largest newspaper – led the U.S. section with Nalcrest, NALC’s retirement community in Florida; USPS financial report; Paige letters.
POSTAL FACTS: Feb. 12, 2018 (Updated)
NALC President Fredric Rolando’s commentary in the Dayton Daily News ran Friday, providing information about the Postal Service and its value to the country; USPS financial report; Idaho State Journal letter