News & information

January 2013

The Postal Record, Vol. 126, No. 1

Cover story

• The postal platform: Letting customers design the service they need

News and features

• The 113th Congress: Starting over on postal reform
• Surviving Sandy
• Michigan goes right-to-work (for less); Interest arbitration update
• For Justin: A mom takes on her son’s bullies, in school and on the school board
• Carrier Corps members make the difference. (Includes list of Gold- and Silver-Level Corps members.)
• Leadership Academy Class 14 challenged to educate others
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Lame duck deja vu and the letter carrier way

• Surviving Sandy

  When millions of postal patrons in New York, New Jersey, and surrounding areas hit by Hurricane Sandy in October saw letter carriers delivering the mail through damaged neighborhoods, sometimes even during the storm, they noticed.

• Michigan goes right-to-work (for less)

  Also: Interest arbitration update.

• The 113th Congress:

  Starting over on postal reform

• The postal platform:

  Letting customers design the service they need

• For Justin:

  A mom takes on her son's bullies, in school and on the school board

• Leadership Academy

  Class 14 challenged to educate others

• Carrier Corps members make the difference

  To recognize their hard work, members who have reached Gold or Silver status in the NALC Carrier Corps, demonstrating a high level of commitment to advancing the letter carrier agenda, receive special recognition.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Executive Vice President

  What will 2013 bring?

• Vice President

  Made in the USA

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Reporting to the Department of Labor

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Dispute Resolution Process

• Director of City Delivery

  New Year's Resolutions

• Contract Talk

  Article 30: Local Implementation

• Director of Safety and Health

  Write it up

• Director of Retired Members

  Another year of struggles?

• Director of Life Insurance

  Begin the new year by planning

• Director of Health Benefits

  Happy New Year

• MDA Coordinator

  The future is ours to shape

• Compensation Department

  Decisions, decisions, decisions, Part 6: Reconsiderations

• Director of Education

  Always go to the scene of the crime

• Letter from the Editor

  NALC's message and the ripple effect