News & information

March 2013

The Postal Record, Vol. 126, No. 3

Cover story

• Rolando to PMG: NALC will fight for Saturday delivery

News and features

• Timely rap session provides answers; raises questions
• PERF: Carriers step up to help Sandy victims
• Food Drive preparations kick into high gear
• Starting from scratch: Legislative lessons help shape our approach with the 113th Congress. Your legislative operation. NALC's Field Plan in action. Feeling déjà vu? A special message from NALC’s director of legislative and political affairs.
• Executive Council meets to discuss arbitration decision
• Carrier appears in Super Bowl ad; Late member’s son thanks NALC
• NALC remembers Sombrotto, strike
• Branches’ MDA efforts start on a roll
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Taking it to the streets - March 24 day of action

• PMG announces unlawful end to Saturdays

  NALC, many in Congress wonder about Donahoe’s legal authority to end Saturday delivery and vowed to fight the language’s removal in the continuing resolution.

• Timely rap session provides answers; raises questions

  A crowd of 1,400 NALC members attended the national conference in Las Vegas on Feb. 9

• Carriers step up to help Sandy victims

  The Postal Employees’ Relief Fund (PERF) provides assistance to postal employees who are victims of natural disasters or fires.

• Food Drive preparations kick into high gear

  Preparations continue to pick up speed for the 21st annual NALC National Food Drive on Saturday, May 11.

• Starting from scratch

  Legislative lessons help shape our approach with the 113th Congress

• Your legislative operation

  President Rolando represents NALC in meetings on Capitol Hill. Behind him are the staff members in the Legislative and Political Affairs Department who work to form a bridge between letter carriers and their government.

• NALC's Field Plan in action

  Things change fast in Washington. NALC’s legislative and political program changes just as fast to meet these challenges.

• Feeling deja vu?

  A special message from NALC's director of legislative and political affairs

• Carrier appears in Super Bowl ad

  Also: Late member’s son thanks NALC.

• Executive Council meets

  Members of the NALC Executive Council traveled to NALC Headquarters in Washington, DC, on Jan. 22 for discussions on the national arbitration award issued on Jan. 10 that sets the terms for the 2011-2016 National Agreement.

• NALC remembers Sombrotto, strike

  The 1970 Great Postal Strike was back in the news recently, as the union and the nation mourned the death of NALC President Emeritus Vincent R. Sombrotto.

• Branches' MDA efforts start on a roll

  NALC branches throughout the country kicked off their year-long efforts to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association by holding bowlathons.

• Proud to Serve
• Executive Vice President

  Article 15 and time limits

• Vice President

  Quantify our activities

• Secretary-Treasurer

  A better job, a better union - Thanks, Vince

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Seize the moment

• Director of City Delivery

  Implementation of the Das award begins

• Contract Talk

  Article 8 and city delivery task forces

• Director of Safety and Health

  Thank you, President Sombrotto

• Director of Retired Members

  Can you afford some change?

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on June 1, 2013

• FERS retirement benefits

  for letter carriers who retire on June 1, 2013

• Letter from the Editor

  Together in the foxhole

• Director of Life Insurance

  Maturity Income - still paying 4.5 percent

• Director of Health Benefits

  The ACA and you

• MDA Coordinator

  Transitions: The freedom to choose their path in life

• Compensation Department

  Decisions, decisions, decisions, Part 7: Reconsiderations

• Education Department

  Always go to the scene of the crime, continued