News & information

January 2015

The Postal Record, Vol. 128, No. 1

Cover story

• Rolando: Challenges ahead for NALC, USPS require ‘Unity and a strong sense of hope for the future’ (includes officer profiles)

News and features

• Leadership Academy grads encouraged to mentor others
• Dog bites man—USPS ranks the worst cities in the U.S. for dog attacks
• Empty House: Frustration as 113th Congress closes
• The healing power of music—NALC retiree helps vets through guitar program
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• Empty House: Frustration as 113th Congress closes

  Frustration as 113th Congress closes; Help from our friends in Congress; New leaders, new opportunities; Board of Governors struggles; A temporary emergency?; In the news media; Contacting Rademacher; Anniversary belt buckles and pins now on sale

• NALC Officers Installation

  NALC President Fredric V. Rolando and the 27 other newly installed members of the union’s Executive Council took the oath of office on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in northwest Washington, DC.

• Dog bites man—USPS ranks the worst cities in the U.S. for dog attacks

  Some things in life are certain, like death and taxes. Another near certainty is that dogs will bite letter carriers.

• Leadership Academy grads encouraged to mentor others

  NALC Director of City Delivery Brian Renfroe presided over the graduation ceremony for the 18th Leadership Academy class on Dec. 12 at the Maritime Center a few miles south of Baltimore.

• Proud to Serve

  Quick-thinking carrier saves choking baby; Heroic carrier makes Saturday save; Eye on the elderly; Neighborhood watch

• The healing power of music

  Retired Garden Grove, CA Branch 1100 letter carrier James Robledo often wakes up in the middle of the night, one of the lingering effects of his service in Vietnam. When he picks up his guitar and softly plays, and the stress melts away.

• New tools for building local Food Drive sponsorships

  In December, President Rolando sent a letter to all branch presidents encouraging them to support the NALC’s 2015 Letter Carrier Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. This letter kicks off the official season of food drive planning.

• President’s Message

  Hidden progress as a ‘Do-Nothing Congress’ adjourns

• Executive Vice President

  Wishing you a happy new year

• Vice President

  Arbitration—current status and plans for 2015

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Reporting to the Department of Labor

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Together we are strong

• Director of City Delivery

  The morning routine

• Director of Safety and Health

  Remembering Leo

• Director of Retired Members

  Medicare

• Director, Health Benefit Plan

  Schedule your well woman exam today

• Director of Life Insurance

  Maturity Income plan is now the Retirement Savings plan

• Contract Talk

  Article 17/31: Requests for information related to OWCP claims

• Compensation

  Reporting outside income

• Director of Education

  Planning for success

• Letter from the Editor

  Postal politics is local

• MDA

  Planning an MDA event