News & information

January 2018

The Postal Record, Vol. 131, No. 1

Cover story

• The game of life insurance

News and features

• PRC rate-setting review complete
• Leadership Academy graduates urged to use training to help fellow NALC members
• Reports from the AFL-CIO convention delegates
• Carrier recovers from lower-body paralysis
• Faster than a speeding LLV
• Carrier wounded during Las Vegas shooting
• More Americans now at risk for hypertension
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President’s Message

  The PRC gets a second chance

• The game of life insurance

  As a typical letter carrier progresses through their career, and through the life changes that come with it, financial needs also will change, including life insurance needs.

• PRC rate-setting review complete

  Also: 6-day mail moves ahead in Senate appropriations process. ‘Grossly unfair’ tax bill proceeds through Congress. DNC leaders boost vote-by-mail. House legislation would double feds’ probationary period. In the news media.

• Leadership Academy graduates urged to use training to help fellow NALC members

  NALC Leadership Academy Class 22 graduates. Also: Training opportunities available for members.

• Reports from the AFL-CIO convention delegates

  Charlie Heege, New York Branch 36; Elise Foster, Chicago Branch 11; Anita Guzik, Los Angeles Branch 24; Denise Brooks, Medford, OR Branch 1433; Ingrid Armada, Providence, RI Branch 15; Lloyd Doucet, New Orleans Branch 124.

• Carrier recovers from lower-body paralysis

  Brick Town, NJ Branch 5420 member Gary Nodes came home from carrying the mail. The next morning, he awoke with a bad backache.

• Branch publication competition call for entries

  Editors of branch and state association newsletters and websites are invited to enter NALC’s biennial competition for outstanding periodical publications.

• Faster than a speeding LLV

  If it has wheels and goes fast, Nashville Branch 4’s Justin Ray has probably raced in it.

• Carrier wounded during Las Vegas shooting

  Los Angeles Branch 24 letter carrier sustained a gunshot wound while helping others.

• More Americans now at risk for hypertension

  Updated blood pressure guidelines mean lower rates at which Americans are considered at risk for high blood pressure.

• Mail delivered early gift for child with cancer

  Opening holiday cards provided a pleasant diversion from a Maine youngster’s medical procedures and hospital stays.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

• Executive Vice President

  Reporting requirements and PS Form 3996

• Vice President

  Training opportunities in 2018

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Reporting to DOL—change requires LM-3/LM-4 to be filed electronically

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Your branch’s New Year’s resolution

• Director of City Delivery

  City delivery updates

• Director of Safety and Health

  A New Year’s resolution to change our working relationships

• Director of Retired Members

  The strength and solvency of the CSRS/FERS trust fund, revisited

• Director of Life Insurance

  Affordable life insurance for everyone

• Director, Health Benefit Plan

  New year, new start

• Contract Talk

  Grieving Postal Service FECA violations

• Postal Record editor

  Staying with it

• Compensation Department

  Vocational rehabilitation

• Deliver the Cure

  A tribute to Jerry Lewis—What happened to ‘Jerry’s Kids’?

• Director of Education

  The Lowell Girls go on strike, Part 2