News & information

March 2012

The Postal Record, Vol. 125, No. 3

Cover story

• Inside Congress: Postal reform is on the agenda. Who are the power brokers?

News and features

• Bargaining heads to mediation as USPS declines to extend negotiations
• NALC comings and goings
• Openings available at Nalcrest; AFL-CIO launches campaign to re-energize labor
• American workers’ collective-bargaining rights at risk
• Time flies: Food Drive celebrates 20 years of feeding the hungry
• NALC Convention: Deadline reminders, Information for disabled attendees
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  NALC needs partners to save the postal service

• Bargaining heads to mediation

  USPS declines to extend negotiations

• American workers collective bargaining rights are at risk

  While union activists can claim successes in repealing the Ohio anti-bargaining law and in ousting two state senators in Wisconsin, anti-union radicals are attempting to further their cause in other states.

• Postal reform is on the agenda:

  Who are the power brokers inside Congress

• NALC comings and goings

  Nancy Quick retires as Region 9 RAA; Paul Barner appointed Quick’s replacement. Orlando Gonzalez appointed Region 15 RAA. Bob Williams, Al Apfelbaum retire from CAU. Also: Scholarships; COLCPE list corrections.

• Food drive celebrates 20 years of feeding the hungry

  May 12 will mark an important milestone for the NALC’s Stamp Out Hunger national food drive.

• Leadership academy:

  Developing tomorrow's NALC leaders

• Openings available at Nalcrest

  Also: AFL-CIO launches campaign to re-energize labor

• NALC Convention deadline reminders

  Deadline reminders; Information for disabled attendees

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Executive Vice President

  Thanks to those who represent us

• Vice President

  Help support our troops at the convention

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Membership issues, OWCP and dues proper Form 1187 and 1188

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Branch bylaws meetings

• Director of City Delivery

  Update on a few interpretive disputes

• Contract Talk

  NTFT clerk excessed into letter carrier craft

• Director of Safety and Heath

  NALC safety task force

• Director of Retired Members

  Retirement delays continue

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  Monthly CSRS annuity payments for letter carriers who retire on June 1, 2012

• FERS retirement benefits

  FERS retirement benefits for letter carriers who retire June 1, 2012

• Director of LIfe Insurance

  Federal Employees Group Life Insurance premium changes

• Director of Heath Benefits

  Identify "Gaps in Care"

• MDA Coordinator

  Reflecting on change

• Director of Education

  Ya gotta knock on the door

• Compensation Department

  SECOPs and IMEs, Part 2

• MDA Coordinator

  Reflecting on change

• Letter from the Editor