News & information

June 2018

The Postal Record, Vol. 131, No. 6

Cover story

• Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive: Carriers deliver again—for the 26th time

News and features

• News from Washington: OPM proposes retirement cuts, NALC statement on USPS Q2 finaancial report for FY 2018,  a roundup of postal legislation, vote-by-mail updates, UNI Americas Post & Logistics regional conference, and $1.50 package subsidy and the flawed Citigroup analysis
• NALC Convention: Detroit is a city on the rise, getting around Detroit, accommodations for disabled attendees, Veterans group project, convention workshop schedule, and proposed amendments to the NALC Constitution
• Dog bites decrease, but dangers persist
• Doherty & Donelon Scholarships awarded
• ‘So many things beg to be painted’
• Proud to Serve
• Customer Connect
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  White House Task Force is an opportunity and a threat

• News from Washington

  OPM proposes retirement cuts, NALC statement on USPS Q2 finaancial report for FY 2018, a roundup of postal legislation, vote-by-mail updates, UNI Americas Post & Logistics regional conference, and $1.50 package subsidy and the flawed Citigroup analysis

• NALC Convention

  Detroit is a city on the rise, getting around Detroit, accommodations for disabled attendees, Veterans group project, convention workshop schedule, and proposed amendments to the NALC Constitution.

• Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

  Carriers deliver again—for the 26th time

• Dog bites decrease, but dangers persist

  The possibility of dog attacks is one of the hazards that letter carriers face daily. The number of postal employees attacked by dogs nationwide was 6,244 in 2017, compared to 6,755 the prior year.

• Doherty & Donelon Scholarships awarded

  Six children of NALC members to receive funding for college

• ‘So many things beg to be painted’

  Cincinnati, OH Branch 43 member Cindy Crofoot is an accomplished painter in her spare time.

• Proud to Serve

  Letter carriers make heroic rescues in New York, Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, Minnesota, Texas, Connecticut, Missouri, Nevada and Colorado.

• Customer Connect

  Letter carriers contribute sales leads that succeed for the Postal Service in Connecticut, Texas, Kentucky and Iowa.

• Executive Vice President

  Contract implementation and collective-bargaining update

• Vice President

  Step B update

• Secretary-Treasurer

  On the road again to Motor City

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Dot your i’s and cross your t’s to get a change in bylaws approved

• Director of City Delivery

  More services, more revenue

• Director of Safety and Health

  Management breaks its promise on the CARE program

• Director of Retired Members

  New Medicare cards on the way

• Director of Life Insurance

  These whole-life insurance plans don’t take a lifetime to pay off

• Director, Health Benefits

  The High Option Plan: Keeping medical costs low and quality high

• Contract Talk

  Retirement processing issues

• MDA

  A win-win raffle for MDA

• Community Service

  Another food drive is in the bag

• Special Executive Assistant to the President

  Union proud and labor friendly

• Workers’ Compensation

  EEOC to monitor USPS job offers

• Education

  Stuff you missed in history class: The Flint Sit-Down Strike, Part 1

• Letter from the Editor

  Protecting our flanks