News & information

December 2015

The Postal Record, Vol. 128, No. 12

Cover story

• Spreading the warmth of the season to the communities we serve

News and features

• Author makes the case for postal banking
• Legislative, political activism emphasized at network training; Rolando announces first-ever national CCA conference
• USPS reports $1.2B operating profit; Could Canada Post ditch cluster-box conversions?; Bad Brookings paper—still wrong
• Hotels for 2016 Los Angeles convention; Open Season ends on Dec. 14
• Graceful Envelope contest
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• NALC President’s Message

  The other legacy of the PAEA—postage rates

• Cover: Spreading the warmth of the season to the communities we serve

  Featuring letter carriers from Austin, TX Branch 181; Tampa, FL Branch 599; Milwaukee, WI Branch 2; Albuquerque, NM Branch 504; Flushing, NY Branch 294; Salt Lake City Branch 111; Columbia, SC Branch 233

• News: Author makes the case for postal banking

  University of Georgia law professor Mehrsa Baradaran, author of “How the Other Half Banks”

• News: Legislative and political activism emphasized at network training

  Also: Rolando announces first-ever national CCA conference

• News: USPS reports $1.2B operating profit

  Also: Could Canada Post ditch cluster-box conversions?; Bad Brookings paper—still wrong; In the news media

• News: Hotels for 2016 Los Angeles convention

  NALC has made special arrangements with 10 hotels to accommodate letter carrier delegates attending the 2016 convention in Los Angeles.

• News: Open Season ends on Dec. 14

  Still time to check out the NALC Health Benefit Plan.

• Staff reports: The 2016 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

  There’s something for everyone

• Proud to Serve

  Featuring letter carriers from Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, California, Michigan, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Illinois, and North Carolina

• Graceful Envelope contest

  Theme for 2016: Communication

• NALC Executive Vice President

  Happy holidays

• NALC Vice President

  Arbitration scheduling procedures pilot tests update

• NALC Secretary-Treasurer

  National convention registration and housing process

• NALC Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Some NALC Headquarters history

• NALC Director of City Delivery

  Recent USPS technology testing

• NALC Director of Safety and Health

  Keeping safe out there in the cold

• NALC Director of Retired Members

  The war on retirement

• NALC Director of Life Insurance

  The MBA member services team (part 2)

• NALC Director, Health Benefit Plan

  Start 2016 off right

• NALC Contract Talk

  Third bundles

• NALC Compensation Department

  Changes in access to OWCP claim information

• NALC Director of Education

  Who are those guys?

• NALC Muscular Dystrophy Association Coordinator

  Thanks for helping to deliver the cure

• Letter from the Postal Record editor

  Dealing with journalists (and their foibles)