News & information
February 2018
The Postal Record, Vol. 131, No. 2
Cover story
- Why Congress matters:
Help deliver letter carriers' message to Washington with the Letter Carrier Political Fund
News and features
- LCPF: Each donation matters (list)
- NALC presses for sensible pricing as PRC weighs rate changes
- California wildfires take toll on carriers
- Carriers donate kidney and bone marrow to help others
- Steve Lassan appointed as Region 8 National Business Agent
- Food Drive task No. 1: Register
- First food drive coordinator, Drew Von Bergen, dies
- Hotels for 2018 Detroit convention
- Proud to Serve
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President's Message
Spread the message and build our voice in Washington
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Cover story: Why Congress matters
Help deliver letter carriers' message to Washington by contributing to the Letter Carriers Political Fund
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LCPF: Each donation matters
Contributing to the Letter Carrier Political Fund in 2017, sorted by state and branch. States shown with percentage of donating members, average donation; each branch with same information and each donor with total recorded as given last year.
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LCPF forms
Forms for signing up to give to the Letter Carrier Political Fund: Online enrollment through PostalEASE; PostalEASE enroll by phone; Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT); directly from an annuity
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NALC presses for sensible pricing as PRC weighs rate changes
The Postal Regulatory Commission's review found that the system used to set postal rates was not working as intended, but the replacement system falls far short of what USPS needs.
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California wildfires take toll on carriers
Carriers dealing with the risks of heat and smoke, as well as the disruption of closed roads and delivery to addresses of residents who have left the area or who have homes that have burned to the ground.
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Carrier donates kidney to family member
A Colorado letter carrier who donated a kidney tells about her experience and the importance of living-donor organ donation; A Hawaii carrier donates bone marrow; Lassan appointed as Region 8 National Business Agent
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Food Drive task No. 1: Register
Scores of NALC branches around the country already have registered for the 26th annual Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger”® Food Drive, but more need to register before deadline; First food drive coordinator, Drew Von Bergen, dies
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Hotels for 2018 Detroit convention
NALC has made special arrangements with 18 hotels to accommodate letter carriers attending the 2018 convention in Detroit July 16-20.
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Proud to serve
Honoring heroic letter carriers from Utah, New York, Michigan, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, California, Arkansas, New Jersey, New York and Ohio.
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Customer Connect
Letter carriers contribute sales leads that succeed for the Postal Service in Alabama and Texas.
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Director of Communications & Media Relations
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