News & information

March 2011

The Postal Record, Vol. 124, No. 3

Cover story

• Who is really working for America? The organized attack on our public employees

News and features

• Obama's mixed bag: Budget supports six-day delivery, falls short on pension relief
• Secrets revealed! Reader's Digest lists 13 (plus 11) things about being a letter carrier
• NALC training sessions for secretary-treasurers and arbitration advocates stretch coast to coast
• Pres. Rolando's MLK Day speech offers "straight talk" on unions
• Collins introduces FECA bill
• Update on injured Iowa carrier
• "The Strike at 40" -- Film celebrates strike anniversary
• Health benefit pre-funding overshadows USPS priorities
• Food Drive preparations heating up; updated 2010 MDA Bowlathon totals
• Customer Connect: San Antonio carriers bring in new business for USPS
• Call for entries for this year's Graceful Envelope contest
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  A one-year, temporary fix is not enough

• MLK Day speech offers "straight talk" on unions

  Also: Collins introduces FECA reform bill; Injured Iowa carrier heads home

• Obama's mixed bag

  Budget supports 6-day delivery, falls short on pension relief. Also: COLCPE contest update; Reader’s Digest shares “13 Things Your Mail Carrier Won’t Tell You.”

• NALC training sessions stretch coast to coast

  Secretary-treasurer training; Arbitration advocate training

• ‘The Strike at 40’

  Film celebrates strike anniversary.

• Health benefit pre-funding overshadows USPS profits

  The bad news about the Postal Service’s latest financial statement is that it cited additional losses—$329 million—for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.

• Food Drive preparations heating up

  Branches throughout the country have their sights set this year on another successful effort on Saturday, May 14—the country’s largest single-day drive to help needy families fight hunger in America.

• Who is really working for America?

  The organized attack on our public employees

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers

• Customer Connect

  San Antonio letter carriers bring in new business for USPS

• Executive Vice President

  Using labor-management meetings effectively

• Vice President

  Issues at the national level

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Don’t lose your branch’s tax-exempt status

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  The blame game

• Director of City Delivery

  Simplified address mail

• Contract Talk

  Filing an employee claim

• Director of Safety and Health

  The voice of the employee

• Director of Retired Members

  And the hits just keep on coming

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on June 1, 2011

• FERS Retirement Benefits

  for letter carriers who retire on June 1, 2011

• Director of Life Insurance

  One payment covers a lifetime—the MBA Independence Plan

• Director of Health Benefits

  Electronic personal health records

• MDA Coordinator

  Who deserves the credit?

• Compensation Department

  Workers’ compensation vs. forced retirement

• Director of Education

  Get your motor runnin’...Head out on the highway...

• The Graceful Envelope:

  Transform an ordinary envelope into a work of art!

• Letter from the Editor