News & information

April 2015

The Postal Record, Vol. 128, No. 4

Cover story

• The evolving uniform: How letter carriers have helped decide what we wear

News and features

• Grocery delivery expands to Southern California
• Right to work (for less) and other attacks on the nation’s workers
• NALC activists prepare lobbying agenda for the 114th Congress. Rap sessions, regional and national; Appropriations season begins; Anatomy of a Lobby Day (guest column by Missouri State President Kevin Boyer); congressional receptions
• It’s ‘crunch time’ for the food drive
• Help when you need it most—confidentially
• Regional rap sessions offer training opportunities
• Crossword carrier: Philadelphia letter has created and published more than a dozen crossword puzzles in The New York Times, elsewhere
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• Make your own letter carrier paper dolls like the ones featured in this month’s cover story.

• President’s Message

  There is no education in the second kick from a mule

• Cover: The evolving uniform

  How letter carriers have helped decide what we wear. Also, grocery delivery expands to Southern California

• —Make your own letter carrier paper dolls

  You can use this template to make your own letter carrier paper dolls like the ones featured in this month’s cover story.

• News: Right to work (for less) and other attacks on the nation’s workers

  According to the AFL-CIO, 15 states have right-to-work legislation, ballot measures or executive action to contend with.

• News: NALC activists prepare a lobbying agenda for the 114th Congress

  Also: Rap sessions, regional and national; Appropriations season begins; Legislation update; In the news media; Anatomy of a Lobby Day—or two (guest column by Missouri State President Kevin Boyer); congressional receptions

• News: It’s ‘crunch time’ for the food drive

  As this Postal Record was prepared, the 23rd annual Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive on Saturday, May 9, was just weeks away.

• EAP: Help when you need it most—confidentially

  Like everyone else, letter carriers must sometimes confront a personal crisis. So it’s great to know that letter carriers have a place like USPS Employee Assistance Program to go for help.

• Regional rap sessions offer training opportunities

  NALC members have many training opportunities on letter carrier issues.

• Crossword carrier

  A Philadelphia letter has created and published more than a dozen crossword puzzles in The New York Times and elsewhere.

• Proud to Serve: Honoring heroic carriers

  Heroism, like the mail, comes in many packages—think of police officers or firefighters. But for some citizens in need of assistance, their heroes come in the form of concerned letter carriers.

• Executive Vice President

  Latest updates from the EVP

• Vice President

  Jurisdictional cases—city/rural disputes

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Branch audits: A guide for trustees

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Bylaws and frequently asked questions

• Director of City Delivery

  Delivery vehicles of the future

• Director of Safety and Health

  Workers Memorial Day

• Director of Retired Members

  Thrift Savings Plan—post-retirement withdrawals

• Director, Health Benefit Plan

  Health Benefit Plan updates

• Director of Education

  Meet Leadership Academy Class 19

• Director of Life Insurance

  The Mutual Benefit Association 2014 financial report

• Compensation

  Injured and insulted

• Contract Talk

  Article 41.3—miscellaneous provisions

• MDA

  Partners in progress: MDA and NALC

• Letter from the Editor

  Continuing to shape public opinion