News & information

January 2010

The Postal Record, Vol. 123, No. 1

Cover story

• Finding a brighter future -- the mail in 2010 and beyond

News and features

• NALC takes on health care excise tax
• Eyes on the prize(s): COLCPE contest count is underway
• Solid benefits: Union Plus provides the real deal(s) for letter carriers
• Revisiting history: Sombrotto slated to mark strike's milestone
• Life of a Letter Carrier: Photo contest off to a good start
• NALC Leadership Academy: Beginning the next phase
• Strike, strike, strike: Members roll up $300,000 for MDA
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  In this new year, one battle on two fronts

• NALC takes on health care excise tax

  With the Senate tangled up in a fight over health insurance reform, NALC stepped up efforts to derail a proposed excise tax that would penalize middle-income workers, including active and retired letter carriers, and other proposals.

• Eyes on the prize(s)

  COLCPE contest count is underway

• Finding a brighter future

  The mail in 2010 and beyond

• Revisiting history

  Sombrotto slated to mark strike's milestone

• Life of a Letter Carrier

  Photo contest off to a good start.

• Beginning the next phase

  Latest Leadership Academy graduation marks milestone on path to union leadership

• Strike, strike, strike

  Members roll up $300,000 for MDA

• Branch Publication Competition

  Editors of branch and state association newsletters and newspapers are invited to enter NALC’s biennial competition for outstanding periodical publications. Winners will be announced at the national convention in Anaheim.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Executive Vice President

  A different Post Office

• Vice President

  New year's resolutions

• Secretary-Treasurer

  New housing process; OWCP and membership

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Building on our success

• Director of City Delivery

  Mind reading

• Contract Talk

  Workplace solicitations

• Director of Safety and Health

  Safety and health committees

• Director of Retired Members

  Public Law 111-84: Being fair with FERS?

• Director of Life Insurance

  Disability income claim FAQ

• Director of Health Benefits

  Happy new year!

• MDA Coordinator

  A sincere thanks

• Compensation Department

  Withdrawal of limited duty based on claim closure