News & information

April 2011

The Postal Record, Vol. 124, No. 4

Cover story

• Call to action: NALC joins labor's struggle in Wisconsin and nationwide

News and features

• New Congress, new opportunities: Rolando testifies on Capitol Hill
• APWU and USPS reach tentative contract agreement
• The 'Lost Decade:' America's missing jobs
• Food Drive: Reminding us that many Americans still struggle with hunger
• Unsigned, unsealed… DELIVERED: Experimenter tests USPS’ sense of humor
• Customer Connect: West Coast carriers increase revenue for Postal Service
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Wisconsin: A story of freedom and democracy

• New Congress, new opportunities

  Also: Rolando testifies on Capitol Hill; A friend in Texas?

• APWU and USPS reach tentative contract agreement

  The new, four-and-a-half-year collective-bargaining agreement, which will expire on May 20, 2015, retains protection against layoffs for all career employees who were on the rolls as of Nov. 20, 2010.

• Many Americans still struggle with hunger

  The numbers of citizens facing hunger here at home continues to rise and shouldn’t be overlooked while this nation struggles to rebound from a lingering economic recession. Also: The economics of hunger in America; Michigan carrier dies on route.

• Call to action

  Focus shifts to recalls in Wisconsin; NALC joins nationwide mobilization.

• Customer Connect

  West Coast carriers increase revenue for Postal Service.

• The Lost Decade

  The period from 2000 to 2009 was the first decade since the Great Depression in which the number of jobs in America didn’t grow.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers

• Unsigned, unsealed...delivered

  Experimenter tests USPS' sense of humor

• Executive Vice President

  Grievance time limits

• Vice President

  Get involved with Customer Connect

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Fighting for America’s soul

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Read ’em and rise up

• Director of City Delivery

  Flats Sequencing System (FSS) implementation

• Director of City Delivery

  MOUs on FSS implementation

• Contract Talk

  Remedies

• Director of Safety and Health

  Remembering our friends and co-workers

• Director of Retired Members

  We need a brake

• Director of Life Insurance

  Maturity Income—now paying 5 percent

• Director of Health Benefits

  The benefits of having a family doctor

• Compensation Department

  OWCP nurse intervention

• MDA Coordinator

  ‘Fill the Satchel’ coming in August

• Director of Education

  If at first you don’t succeed...

• Letter from the Editor