News & information

July 2015

The Postal Record, Vol. 128, No. 7

Cover story

• Food Drive: During challenging times, letter carriers shoulder the load

News and features

• NALC to conduct special election; APWU and NRLCA contract negotiations with USPS head toward mediation
• At House hearing, NALC defends injured letter carriers’ benefits; Future plant closures on hold for now; House roundtable discusses pre-funding; ‘Fast Track:’ Down but not out
• Leadership Academy graduates its first CCA
• Silent no more: Employee Assistance Program urges help for postal employees with substance abuse problems, suicidal thoughts
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• NALC President’s Message

  A Fast Track to solidarity

• Cover: During challenging times, letter carriers shoulder the load

  Carriers collect 70.6 million pounds of food during 2015 Food Drive; Top 110 branches by size category; list of branch totals (14 pages with photos)

• News: NALC to conduct special election; APWU and NRLCA contract negotiations with USPS head toward mediation

  Union will conduct special election for director of retired members; APWU & NRLCA reach impasses in negotiations with USPS on new collective-bargaining agreements.

• News: At House hearing, NALC defends injured letter carriers’ benefits

  Possible changes to injury compensation the focus of a hearing; Future plant closures on hold for now; House roundtable discusses pre-funding; ‘Fast Track:’ Down but not out; In the news media; Vision for a rebranded PAC; PA, NJ congressional delegations

• News: Leadership Academy graduates its first CCA; Fall class announced

  Commencement caps several months of intensive training on the skills necessary for union members to become effective leaders.

• Feature: Silent no more

  Postal workers who need help for substance abuse or suicidal thoughts often suffer in silence. The Postal Service’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is urging them all to be “silent no more.”

• Doherty and Donelon scholarships

  The Doherty Scholarship will again award five $4,000 scholarships to children of members in good standing. The Donelon Scholarship will award one scholarship. Applicants must be high school seniors and must meet all eligibility criteria to be considered.

• NALC Director of Education

  Another lesson learned the hard way

• NALC Compensation Department

  The NALC OWCP toolkit

• NALC Contract Talk

  Investigatory interviews—rights and warnings

• NALC Muscular Dystrophy Association Coordinator

  Making a difference

• NALC Director, Health Benefit Plan

  Medicare enrollees (High Option Plan)

• NALC Director of Life Insurance

  NALC’s accidental death benefits and supplemental branch group benefits

• NALC Director of Retired Members

  Obtaining retirement credit for non-career federal service

• FERS estimates

  Annuity Estimates: FERS retirement benefits for letter carriers who retire on October 1, 2015

• CSRS estimates

  Annuity Estimates: Monthly CSRS annuity payments for letter carriers who retire on October 1, 2015

• NALC Director of Safety and Health

  Are we abating hazards or blaming behavior?

• NALC Director of City Delivery

  Carrier Academy

• NALC Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Taking a look at the NALC Constitution

• NALC Secretary-Treasurer

  Frequently asked IRS questions

• NALC Vice President

  Arbitration—current status and plans for 2015 (continued)

• NALC Executive Vice President

  Organizing our members and Customer Connect updates

• Letter from the Postal Record editor

  Effort—and impact