News & information

July 2010

The Postal Record, Vol. 123, No. 7

Cover story

• 2010 NALC Food Drive: Record-breaking haul arrives just in time

News and features

• NALC launches campaign to ‘Save Saturday Delivery’
• 2010 Convention news
• Settlement reached with OIG on medical records
• Separate tragedies claim two carriers' lives; post office to be named for killed carrier
• Members' children win Union Plus scholarships
• California carrier 'expresses' herself in Pony Express reenactment
• Our 'American Idol'
• Customer Connect: Illinois post office achieves 100 percent participation
• Leadership Academy: Leading by example
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Serious business in a 'happy place'

• NALC launches campaign to 'Save Saturday Delivery'

  Also: H. Res. 173 co-sponsors add up; Postal Commission gets earful; Economy looks up

• 67th Biennial Convention

  Salute to retiring officers; Blood drive; Housing reminders; Proposed amendments to the NALC Constitution; Tour information

• Separate tragedies claim two letter carriers' lives

  Hao Yun “Eddie” Lin, a member of Garden Grove, CA Branch 1100, died June 3. Christine Jones, a member of St. Louis Branch 343, was killed June 15. Post office to be named for New Orleans Branch 124 member Roy Rondeno.

• 2010 NALC Food Drive: What a year!

  With determination, hard work and help from a lot of friends, the NALC National Food Drive not only set a new record of 77.1 million pounds this year, but boosted the overall total for the drive’s 18-year history to more than 1 billion pounds.

• Settlement reached on medical records

  Agreement follows NALC lawsuit; tougher restrictions now in place.

• Members' children win scholarships

  Again this year, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded financial aid to NALC members’ children for their college education.

• Leading by example

  Latest Leadership Academy graduates challenged to help save their Service.

• California carrier 'expresses' herself in reenactment

  Valerie Burt sampled just a taste of the difficulties dozens of brave letter carriers experienced a century and a half ago riding for the Pony Express.

• Our American Idol

  Arlington Heights, IL Branch 2810 member Lee DeWyze Sr. joined a live studio audience and millions of TV viewers nationwide to proudly watch as his son, Lee Jr., was crowned the latest winner of the popular television talent show “American Idol.”

• Executive Vice President

  The Anaheim showdown

• Vice President

  Have you no sense of decency, sir?

• Secretary-Treasurer

  How to avoid common record-keeping and reporting violations

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  From A to B

• Director of City Delivery

  It makes me wonder

• Contract Talk

  Steward certification, Part II

• Director of Safety and Health

  Protect yourself from the sun

• Director of Retired Members

  Retirement, Part IV- FERS disability retirement

• Director of Life Insurance

  Paid Up at Age 90

• Director of Health Benefits

  OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions-boosting brain health

• MDA Coordinator

  A letter carrier tells hers story

• Compensation Department

  The premises rules

• Education Department

  Greetings!

• Customer Connect

  Illinois post office achieves 100 percent participation.