News & information

December 2011

The Postal Record, Vol. 124, No. 12

Cover story

• The end of door-to-door mail delivery: Senators push a job-killing, USPS-dismantling bill that joins a House bill that would eliminate most door and curbside mail delivery

News and features

• Negotiations near deadline: NALC Executive Council in Washington for round-the-clock contract negotiations
• Victory in Ohio anti-collective-bargaining law referendum
• 3rd annual MDA Bowlathon on a roll
• Couriers of the charitable spirit
• Deadlines set for Minneapolis convention
• The meaning of mail
• NALC remembers Family Circus’ Bil Keane
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Battling on three fronts to save America's Postal Service

• Negotiations near deadline

  The entire NALC Executive Council was in Washington, DC, for round-the-clock contract negotiations. They were to be there until the 2006-2011 contract ended at midnight on Nov. 20.

• Victory in Ohio anti-collective bargaining law referendum

  The referendum vote in Ohio repealing Gov. John Kasich’s anti-collective-bargaining law sent the message far beyond the Buckeye State’s borders that voters will not support laws that tr y to balance state budgets at the expense of workers’ rights.

• Senators push a job-killing, USPS-dismantling bill

  Joins House bill that would eliminate most door and curbside delivery.

• Bowlathon on a roll

  It was lucky no. 3 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, as thousands of letter carriers, their friends and families hit the lanes all across the country for NALC’s third annual bowlathon on Nov. 6.

• Couriers of the charitable spirit

  At this special time of year, we take a few moments to reflect on these and the many other ways letter carriers prove, day in and day out, just how much we value the friendships we form with the customers we serve.

• Deadlines set for Minneapolis convention

  Delegate eligibility lists, amendments and resolutions, branch sales requirements.

• The meaning of mail

  Millions of people are physically apart from their loved ones, but want to stay connected, especially at this time of year. In a world that offers some technological alternatives to mailing letters, many still cherish the mail.

• NALC remembers Family Circus’ Bil Keane

  Artist’s generosity helped promote food drive throughout country.

• Executive Vice President

  Happy holidays

• Vice President

  A letter to postal patrons

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Making our voices heard

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Speak up; speak loud

• Director of City Delivery

  What's in the news

• Contract Talk

  Cross-craft assignments

• Compensation Department

  Temporarily aggravated? Part II

• Director of Safety and Health

  The EHS system

• Director of Retired Members

  Sunshine?

• Director of Life Insurance

  A part of the whole

• Director of Health Benefits

  30th NALC HBP seminar

• MDA Coordinator

  Onward and upward

• Director of Education

  Is it December already?

• Letter from the Editor