News & information
June 2017
The Postal Record, Vol. 130, No. 6
Cover story
- NALC/USPS reach tentative agreement; Members to vote on ratification of deal
News and features
- Positive early reports for 25th food drive
- Engaging new letter carriers
- USPS shows operating profit for Q2
- Postal reform’s road map through Congress
- Proud to Serve
- Customer Connect
- Doherty & Donelon Scholarships awarded
- No stopping for Parkinson’s disease
- The map maker
- CPR can be the difference between life and death
- Monthly columns by national officers and staff members
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President’s Message
A new contract and a fresh appreciation for collective bargaining
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Tentative National Agreement is signed
Accord features upgrade, wage hikes and CCA advances. Ratification and a national rap session. NALC Ballot Committee 2017. Summary of the wage and salary provisions. City carrier assistant provisions. Further details and charts.
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Positive early reports for 25th food drive
On Sat., May 13, NALC members representing more than 1,400 branches worked alongside thousands of family members, friends, volunteers and employees in the other postal craft unions and in management to pick up bags of food left by customers’ mailboxes.
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Engaging new letter carriers
Innovative ways branches are reaching out to new hires: Special CCA-only meetings; CCA e-mail networks; CCA-directed training; Video conferencing; CCA and recently converted carrier leaders; Go to them; Do something. Also: 2017 new member training.
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USPS shows operating profit for Q2
USPS financial report for the second quarter of FY2017 showed an operating profit of $12 million. Also: Resolution support growing; In the news media; Congressional visits by NY and NY activists.
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Postal reform’s road map through Congress
To understand the process of passing laws through Congress, The Postal Record looks at the road ahead on postal reform efforts. The House’s structure; Keeping “score;” Referral; The floor; The Senate.
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Proud to Serve
Honoring heroic letter carriers from AR, CA, CO, FL, HI, IA, IL, MA, MD, MN, MO, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TX, WA and WI.
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Customer Connect
Success stories featuring letter carriers from Ohio, Maryland, Rhode Island and New York
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Doherty & Donelon Scholarships awarded
Six children of NALC members to receive funding for college.
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No stopping for Parkinson’s disease
In 2007 at age 49, the Albany, NY Branch 29 member Mark Burek was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Instead of giving up, Burek made the best of the situation.
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The map maker
In his spare time, Binghamton, NY Branch 333 member Mark Avery makes geographic information systems maps to help organizations in a number of important ways.
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CPR can be the difference between life and death
Letter carriers fan out into communities every day, and sometimes this puts them in the right place at the right time to save a life. One way they often save lives is by having been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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Executive Vice President
New member training
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Vice President
Local negotiations are coming, Part 1
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Secretary-Treasurer
Important reminders and tasks for your to-do list
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Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
FAQs about bylaws and the NALC Constitution
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Director of City Delivery
Performance Engagement Tool (PET)
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Director of Safety and Health
Really?
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Director of Retired Members
The FERS Special Annuity Supplement
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CSRS annuity estimates
Monthly CSRS annuity payments for letter carriers who retire on Sept. 1, 2017
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FERS annuity estimates
FERS retirement benefits for letter carriers who retire on Sept. 1, 2017
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Director of Life Insurance
Supplemental group coverage
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Director, Health Benefit Plan
Protect yourself this summer
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Contract Talk
Review and evaluation of route adjustments
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Compensation Department
The CA-17: Describing your work duties and restrictions
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Deliver the Cure
A few changes and a new handbook for the NALC/MDA partnership
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Community Service
Strong through the finish, our 25th anniversary drive has many heroes
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Director of Education
I will stand my ground, and I won’t back down
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Veterans Group
Making deposits for military service
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Postal Record editor
Having a conversation