News & information

Sept/Oct 2010

The Postal Record, Vol. 123, No. 9

Cover story

• Day-by-day coverage of NALC's 67th Biennial Convention

News and features

• Details, dates set for 5 NBA elections
• Vote looms for Control of Congress: Will we continue progress? or revive Bush-era policies?
• Streams of Creativity: The 2010 Graceful Envelope Contest winners
• No rest to save Saturday: Activists help push legislation to bolster Postal Service finances
• Installation of officers set for December 4
• Staff comings, goings and recognition
• Adding onto a billion: Updated Food Drive totals and the loss of a drive partner
• Proud to Serve: Heroic letter carriers
• Keep rising health care, college costs in check with Union Plus
• You ought to be in pictures: NALC recognizes winners of the 'Life of a Letter Carrier' photo contest
• Support union workers: Keep your downloads legal
• Making a muscle for MDA
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Election time: No turning back

• Imagining the future together

  Energy, solidarity mark convention: a summary marking the highlights and major themes of the 2010 Anaheim Convention, along with day-by-day accounts of all of the action from Anaheim.

• Details, dates set for 5 NBA elections

  Also: NALC Financial Statement.

• Vote looms for control of Congress

  Will we continue progress? Or revive Bush-era policies?

• No rest to save Saturday

  Activists help push legislation to bolster Postal Service finances

• Installation of officers set for December 4
• Staff comings, goings and recognition

  Retirements: Dir/Public Relations Von Bergen, Dir/Communications McCormally, Dir/I.T. Czechanski. Dine hired as Dir. of Comm. & and Media Relations. More.

• Adding onto a billion

  Updated figures for the annual NALC food drive. Remembering former Feeding America President Bob Forney. Openings at Nalcrest.

• Proud to serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Keep rising health care, college costs in check

  Thanks to our membership in the NALC, letter carriers can get help with some of these expenses through the AFL-CIO’s Union Plus benefits courtesy of the Union Privilege program.

• Making a muscle for MDA

  Carriers collect $1.9 million for official charity. Also: Second annual MDA Bowlathon approaches; Contributions to MDA, PERF encouraged.

• Support union workers

  Keep your downloads legal. Also: Executive Council returns to work.

• You ought to be in pictures

  NALC recognizes winners of the ‘Life of a Letter Carrier’ photo contest.

• Streams of Creativity

  The 2010 Graceful Envelope contest.

• Executive Vice President

  What a convention!

• Vice President

  USPS and OPM updates

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Canceled check issues and the Department of Labor

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Five day, no way!

• Director of City Delivery

  PTFs and withholding

• Contract Talk

  NALC Contract DVD 2010

• Director of Safety and Health

  Suicide awareness

• Director of Retired Members

  Retirement, Part V - part-time service credit

• Director of Life Insurance

  MBA web access

• Director of Health Benefits

  Pre-certification for your hospital stay

• MDA Coordinator

  Success at the national convention and beyond

• Compensation Department

  Which form should I use and where do I get it?

• Director of Education

  If you build it, they will come