News & information

August 2025

The Postal Record, Vol. 138, No. 8

Cover story

• Budget reconciliation package signed into law, NALC activism removes threats to letter carriers from the bill

News and features

• Stay engaged as members of Congress head home for August recess
• Understanding branch elections
• One carrier’s interest in postal history reveals neighborhood’s shared past
• Grievance arbitration procedure
• Pay it forward: For the 20th anniversary, we look at how the NALC Leadership Academy was created and how it continues to evolve
• Proud to Serve: Honoring heroic letter carriers
• César Chávez: Fighting for the rights of farm workers
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

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Audiobook

• President’s Message

  You are our strongest asset

• News from Washington

  Budget reconciliation package signed into law; NALC activism removes threats to letter carriers from the bill

• Stay engaged as members of Congress head home for August recess

  To fend off more such attacks, letter carriers should contact their members of Congress this month

• Understanding branch elections

  Brush up on some of the basic rules and regulations of how a branch must run an election

• One carrier’s interest in postal history reveals neighborhood’s shared past

  An Illinois carrier tells us about his exploration of the history of the neighborhood post office that he works at

• Grievance arbitration procedure

  To best enforce your rights, all letter carriers, including city carrier assistants and part-time ­flexibles, should understand the grievance procedure and how it works.

• Pay it forward

  For the 20th anniversary, we look at how the NALC Leadership Academy was created and how it continues to evolve

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers

• César Chávez: Fighting for the rights of farm workers

  César Chávez inspired millions of farm workers to stand up for their rights when it seemed everyone else had forgotten these laborers.

• Veterans Group

  Veterans Affairs benefits and OWCP and Veteran profile: Mark Swan

• Executive Vice President

  Article 8 Q&A’s

• Vice President

  Disabled veteran absences for medical treatment

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Even more important reminders

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  What if

• Director of City Delivery

  Vehicle news and updates

• Director of Safety and Health

  Retaliation by management

• Director for Retired Members

  Budgeting for retirement

• Director of Life Insurance

  Individual Disability Insurance frequently asked questions

• Director, Health Benefits

  More frequently asked questions

• Contract Talk

  Administrative separations

• MDA Report

  MDA Summer Camp

• Workers’ Compensation

  OWCP suspends, resumes oral hearings

• Letter from the Editor

  Light notes from the postal beat

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Oct. 1, 2025

• Monthly FERS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Oct. 1, 2025