News & information

May 2013

The Postal Record, Vol. 126, No. 5

Cover story

• USPS backs away from 5-day delivery—but for how long?

News and features

• Countdown to NALC Food Drive is on
• Q&A with Rep. Gerry Connolly
• PERF: Sandy’s wreckage reminds of need
• Carrier’s K-9 Academy
• A legacy of ‘Diplomacy’
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Standing strong for our vision of the USPS against any blowback

• USPS backs away from 5-day delivery

  Nine weeks after PMG Donahoe told a press conference that USPS planned to unilaterally eliminate Saturday mail delivery beginning in August, the USPS Board of Governors announced that it was backing away from that plan. But for how long?

• Countdown to NALC Food Drive is on

  All of the hard work, the planning, the meetings, the checklists—all of that is about to pay off.

• Carriers K-9 Academy

  Bryan Colletti of Hartford, CT Branch 86 trains police dogs and donates them to police departments.

• Q&A with Rep. Gerry Connolly

  Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), who represents suburban Washington, DC, serves on the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. The panel oversees the U.S. Postal Service.

• A legacy of Diplomacy

  To describe Allan B. Calhamer’s journey to his career as a letter carrier in suburban Chicago as unusual would understate the matter.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Sandy's wreckage reminds of need

  As the letter carriers of New York, New Jersey and surrounding states affected by Hurricane Sandy can attest, full recovery is a slow process.

• Executive Vice President

  Moving forward

• Vice President

  Customer connect updates

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Needed: A postmaster general with vision and guts

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  My casual transition to career

• Director of City Delivery

  Carrier Academy

• Director of Safety and Health

  Accident investigation

• Director of Retired Members

  NRP-related retirements

• Director of Life Insurance

  Insurance solicitations

• Director of Health Benefits

  Accidental injury and emergency services

• MDA Coordinator

  2012 Honor Roll

• Director of Education

  Get your chicken strings out of my ditch box

• Compensation Department

  Decisions, decisions, decisions, Part 9: Merit vs. non-merit decisions

• Letter from the Editor

  Heroes always give their best