News & information

April 2014

The Postal Record, Vol. 127, No. 4

Cover story

• Get ready for the NALC’s 69th Biennial Convention

News and features

• During legislative lull, postal issues simmer; Postal unions form alliance
• As Food Drive nears, preparations intensify
• Rolando appoints Drass VP, Renfroe city delivery director; Keller hired as legislative director
• Getting involved in the union starts at your branch meeting
• Inside NALC Headquarters: Small departments
• Carrier dies after fall; NALC honors the fallen
• Labor vote at Tennessee VW plant shows need for organizing strategy
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Solidarity is the cure for what ails us

• During legislative lull, postal issues simmer
• Get ready for NALC's 69th Biennial Convention
• As Food Drive nears, preparations intensify
• Proud to Serve
• Pres. Rolando makes appointments

  Drass VP, Refroe city delivery director, more

• Labor vote at Tennessee VW plant

  shows need for organizing strategy

• Getting invloved in the union

  starts at your branch meeting

• Inside Headquarters

  Small departments

• Executive Vice President

  Organize, organize, organize

• Vice President

  Transition

• Secretary Treasurer

  Important updates

• Assistant Secretary Treasurer

  Branch bylaws: Meetings

• Director of City Delivery

  New scanners on the way, and more

• Contract Talk

  Determining seniority when CCAs are converted to full-time career status

• Director of Safety and Health

  OSHA 300A logs

• Director of Retired Members

  NALC retiree exceptionalism

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Jul. 1, 2014

• FERS retirement benefits

  for letter carriers who retire on Jul. 1, 2014

• Director of Life Insurance

  MBA FACTS

• Director of Health Benefits

  What you need to know about HIPAA

• Compensation

  Getting the COP you're entitled to

• MDA Coordinator

  MDA at the Philadelphia convention

• Director of Education

  Making better decisions

• Letter from the Editor

  Exchanging one uniform for another

• Nalcrest