News & information

June 2010

The Postal Record, Vol. 123, No. 6

Cover story

• 18th annual Food Drive: One billion pounds of caring

News and features

• JARAP: New route adjustment agreement reached
• Where does it end? NALC rallies its allies to fight cuts as USPS ponders 4-day service
• Letter carriers challenge do-not-mail initiatives
• Vote by mail legislation introduced in Senate
• Doherty & Donelon Scholarship Awards
• Anaheim Convention news
• A life in the ring: Oklahoma steward fights (literally) to honor his father
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Even smart people can be dead wrong—and dangerous

• One billion pounds of caring

  On Saturday, May 8, the nearly two-decades-old Food Drive effort had reached a pinnacle—more than a billion pounds of non-perishable items had been collected, thanks to letter carriers.

• New route adjustment agreement reached

  JARAP to continue to give carriers a say in route adjustment process. Also: Former NALC national officer Ronald L. Hughes dies.

• Where does it end?

  NALC rallies its allies to fight cuts as USPS ponders 4-day service

• Letter carriers challenge do-not-mail initiatives

  In recent years, legislators who have introduced do-not-mail bills in Maryland, Colorado and Montana have all withdrawn them after they were contacted by NALC members. Also: Vote by mail legislation introduced in Senate.

• Doherty and Donelon Scholarship winners

  Six children of NALC members have been awarded NALC memorial scholarships for excellence in both school work and community involvement.

• A magical land

  The Anaheim Convention Center, where thousands of letter carrier-delegates will gather for the 67th Biennial Convention in August, is just minutes from downtown Anaheim—and Downtown Disney.

• A life in the ring

  Oklahoma steward fights (literally) to honor his father.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Customer Connect

  Carrier’s lead results in cookie shipments to troops. Customer Connect pioneer shares his tips with carriers.

• Executive Vice President

  It's time

• Vice President

  New benefits for armed service employees

• Secretary-Treasurer

  A changing America, a changing labor movement

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  It doesn't add up

• Director of City Delivery

  Joint Alternate Route Adjustment Process

• Director of Safety and Health

  Summertime-got water?

• Director of Retired Members

  Retirement, Part III CSRS disability retirement

• Director of Life Insurance

  Convention 2010

• Director of Health Benefits

  Insurance fraud awareness

• MDA Coordinator

  Letter carriers care

• Compensation Department

  Carrier narratives and causal links