News & information

June 2024

The Postal Record, Vol. 137, No. 6

Cover story

• Food Drive: Carriers of the community

News and features

• Senate introduces Protect Our Letter Carriers Act companion legislation (S. 4356)
• Carriers rally in Florida, Maryland
• Leadership Academy graduates urged to help carriers and spread unionism
• Unionists see progress in VW vote, Starbucks reversal in negotiations
• Convention news and deadlines
• Making a lasting impression
• Charges against NALC president voted on by Executive Council
• Carriers and the mail make news online
• Heroic letter carriers
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

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• President’s Message

  Collective bargaining, enforcement and compliance

• News from Washington

  Senate introduces Protect Our Letter Carriers Act companion legislation (S. 4356); Carriers rally in Florida, Maryland; Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act introduced

• Food Drive: Carriers of the community

  Early reports about this year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive are positive as letter carriers continue to help the hungry

• Leadership Academy graduates urged to help carriers and spread unionism

  The graduation ceremony of the 29 members of NALC Leadership Academy Class 28 was held on May 3 at the Maritime Conference Center in Linthicum Heights, MD

• Carriers and the mail make news online

  Mail-centered stories frequently appear on social media and online news sites. Here are a few that have come to NALC’s attention recently.

• Two victories for labor

  Unions see progress as employees at a VW plant in the South vote to join the UAW and Starbucks announces it will negotiate with employee unions

• Convention news and deadlines

  Plan your stay at the NALC Biennial National Convention this August, and figure out what to see and do in Beantown

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic carriers

• Making a lasting impression

  A Michigan carrier tells us about his art and how he developed his style of painting

• Charges against NALC president voted on by Executive Council

  A compilation of reports from the NALC website

• Executive Vice President

  NALC Building Corporation—Property acquisitions

• Vice President

  Got union?

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Important reminders

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  The supreme body

• Director of City Delivery

  Updates to the MDD and COTS vehicle pilot

• Director of Safety and Health

  Assault victims deserve the best care available

• Director of Retired Members

  Enhanced annuity for FERS employees receiving compensation from OWCP

• Director of Life Insurance

  Whole life insurance without payments for your entire life

• Director, Health Benefits

  Take charge of your mental health

• Contract Talk

  Heat safety

• Staff Report - Kori Blalock Keller

  NALC, we have a problem

• Workers' Compensation

  Medical evidence and OWCP, Part 8: What the attending physician should understand in responding to medical reports from OWCP-directed exams (continued)

• Staff Report - Doug Lape

  Next Generation Delivery Vehicle

• MDA Report

  July Branch Challenge and MDA Summer Camp

• Veterans Group

  Preference-eligible veterans—Discipline process and MSPB

• Letter from the Editor

  Prose and paint