News & information

December 2019

The Postal Record, Vol. 132, No. 12

Cover story

• 2019 Heroes of the Year Awards

News and features

• House Committee on Oversight and Reform leadership shake-up
• Stay safe from winter weather
• Letter carriers pitching in to help NALC Disaster Relief Foundation
• Keeping the past present
• Hotels for Honolulu convention
• Proud to Serve: Honoring heroic letter carriers
• Customer Connect adds up for USPS
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  A change at the top of the USPS

• News from Washington

  House Committee on Oversight and Reform leadership shake up

• Case consolidation lawsuit dismissed

  Also: Decision in pay consolidation case and Penalty Overtime Exclusion

• Stay safe from winter weather

  As the weather begins to chill, read a refresher on how to protect yourself from hypothermia, frostbite and other winter woes

• Letter carriers pitching in to help NALC Disaster Relief Foundation

  Includes the list of NDRF donors

• Keeping the past present

  A retired Georgia member tells us about his black history museum and the process of restoring a Green Book hotel

• MDA's 'Giving Tuesday' good beyond Dec. 3

  Also: Still time to contribute through CFC

• The Postal Record scores at ILCA awards

  The monthly magazine collected five awards

• Hotels for 2020 Honolulu convention

  NALC has made special arrangements with 14 hotels to accommodate letter carrier delegates to the 2020 convention

• 2019 Heroes of the Year Awards

  NALC recognizes heroic letter carriers for their bravery and for going above and beyond on their routes and in their communities

• Customer Connect

  Recent stories about Customer Connect leads submitted by letter carriers in Texas and California

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers in Michigan, Iowa, New York, California, North Carolina, Ohio, Massachusetts and Wisconsin

• Executive Vice President

  Letter carrier rights and warnings when questioned

• Vice President

  Season's greetings to one and all

• Secretary-Treasurer

  National convention registration and housing process

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  For NALC, the season of giving becomes a year of giving back

• Director of City Delivery

  New initiatives for City Delivery

• Director of Safety and Health

  My supervisor distracted me!

• Director of Retired Members

  Military deposit after 41 years and 11 months of CSRS service

• Director of Life Insurance

  Receiving monthly benefits from the MBA

• Director, Health Benefits

  Q-and-A: Medication changes in 2020

• Contract Talk

  Out-of-schedule premium pay

• MDA Report

  MDA end-of-year wrap-up

• Community Services

  Seasons of giving

• Workers's Compensation

  Reaching out to our injured workers

• Education

  The day the middle class died, Part 3

• Veterans Group

  Veterans' legislation roundup

• Letter from the Editor

  Heroes deliver