News & information
March 2024
The Postal Record, Vol. 137, No. 3
Cover story
- Nalcrest celebrates 60
News and features
- AFL-CIO’s MLK conference honors past while fighting for workers
- NALC calls on Biden to accurately value USPS pension assets and liabilities
- Great Postal Strike remembered with videos available online
- Safety rules are a carrier’s best tools
- Deadlines approaching for national convention
- Branches prepare for May food drive
- Carriers and the mail make news online
- Colorado carrier takes on jiu-jitsu
- For Muslim letter carriers, Ramadan means working without food or water
- Proud to Serve: Honoring heroic carriers
- Monthly columns by national officers and staff members
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President’s Message
It is time, Mr. President
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AFL-CIO’s MLK conference honors past while fighting for workers
In January, the AFL-CIO hosted a Civil and Human Rights Conference in Montgomery, AL, to honor King’s “vision for collective action at the voting booth, in the community and in the workplace to safeguard the pillars of our democracy.”
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NALC calls on Biden to accurately value USPS pension assets and liabilities
All four postal unions are urging the Biden administration to act quickly to remedy this unfair misallocation.
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Great Postal Strike remembered with videos available online
The best way to remember this watershed event is through the eyes and voices of those who participated in it.
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Safety rules are a carrier’s best tools
Federal law and the National Agreement mandate that the Postal Service provide safe working conditions for letter carriers and other postal employees.
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Branches prepare for May food drive
The largest single-day food drive in the nation is quickly approaching.
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Carriers and the mail make news online
Mail-centered stories and anecdotes that have appeared on social media and other news sources
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Nalcrest celebrates 60
NALC’s retirement community in central Florida, celebrated six decades of fun for its retired letter carrier residents a few weeks ago.
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Colorado carrier takes on jiu-jitsu
“Once I got on the mat and started learning, I just fell in love with the sport,” he said.
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For Muslim letter carriers, Ramadan means working without food or water
When Muslim letter carriers, or any letter carriers, go on a fast, it can be difficult for them as they are performing a physical job.
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Proud to Serve
Honoring heroic carriers
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Veterans Group
Wounded Warriors Leave rights
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Executive Vice President
National interpretive grievance—LiteBlue
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Vice President
‘Passing the baton’ of leadership
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Secretary-Treasurer
IRS, Labor Department reporting and other important reminders
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Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
It’s not their money
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Director of City Delivery
First Article Test and Welcome to USPS
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Director of Safety and Health
Accident investigation, continued
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Director of Retired Members
The FERS Special Annuity Supplement
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Director of Life Insurance
Group insurance
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Director, Health Benefits
The struggle of joint and back pain for letter carriers
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Contract Talk
Orientation for new career employees
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Workers’ Compensation
Medical evidence and OWCP, Part 6--The CA-2 for occupational disease, continued
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Special Assistant to the President Doug Lape
Labor summit showcases tech that could change letter carrying
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Chief of Staff Kori Blalock Keller
The three-legged stool
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MDA Report
2024 national ambassadors
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Monthly CSRS annuity payments
for letter carriers who retire on May 1, 2024
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Monthly FERS annuity payments
for letter carriers who retire on May 1, 2024
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Letter from the Editor
Whole-of approach, times two