News & information
March 2015
The Postal Record, Vol. 128, No. 3
Cover story
- An injury to one is an injury to all: A guide to NALC’s hands-on help for navigating the workers’ compensation labyrinth
News and features
- NALC’s Regional Workers’ Compensation Assistants
- ‘Fantastic’ first quarter helps USPS start 2015 on a positive note; Another disappointing White House budget proposal; Capitol Hill takes on some of USPS’ issues; Building coalitions and alliances; NALC heads to Houston for 2015 rap session
- Strike remembered in oral histories; New RAAs, Headquarters staff appointed; Arbitration training; CDRAAP training
- Local work is key to Food Drive success
- NALC to help commemorate Selma-to-Montgomery 50th anniversary
- Proud to Serve
- Monthly columns by national officers and staff members
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President’s Message
Does the new PMG see the glass as half-full?
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Cover: An injury to one is an injury to all
A guide to NALC’s hands-on help for navigating the workers’ compensation labyrinth; NALC’s Regional Workers’ Compensation Assistants
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News: ‘Fantastic’ first quarter helps USPS start 2015 on a positive note
Also: Another disappointing White House budget proposal; Capitol Hill takes on some of USPS’ issues; Building coalitions and alliances; In the news media; NALC heads to Houston for 2015 rap session
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News: Local work is key to Food Drive success
Some of the hardest work taking place ahead of America’s largest one-day food drive is happening on the ground at branches across the country.
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News: Strike remembered in oral histories
Also: New RAAs, Headquarters staff appointed; Arbitration training; CDRAAP training
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Staff reports
Government Affairs: The importance of resolutions; Research: ‘A deep financial hole’? Not so, says new report; Community and Membership Outreach: Branches step up to ‘Stamp Out Hunger’
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Proud to Serve
Honoring heroic letter carriers
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News: NALC to help commemorate Selma-to-Montgomery 50th anniversary
All eyes will turn to Alabama this month as the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights march of 1965.
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Executive Vice President
Customer Connect winners; Proposed postal rates being considered; Consumer Reports recently compared FedEx, UPS and USPS; Download ‘USPS Mobile’ app
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Vice President
National arbitration—some results: Two of the pending national-level cases that were reported on in January have been resolved in the last few weeks.
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Contract Talk
Reading PS Form 1840 Reverse
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Secretary-Treasurer
Regardless of branch income, including those branches that receive no local dues, a Form 990, 990-EZ or 990-N must be filed annually; Officer information list; CCAs; Reciprocal agreement; Reporting to the Department of Labor
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Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Common issues that pertain to branch meetings: Regular branch meetings; Who presides at meetings; Special meetings; Notice of special meetings; Quorum
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Director of City Delivery
City delivery updates: New scanner functionality update; CDRAAP; New vehicles; City carrier assistant conversions to full-time career status
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Director of Safety and Health
A life and a family’s happiness saved—seatbelts do work
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Director of Retired Members
The big lie—The attacks against Social Security
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Director of Life Insurance
Mutual Benefit Association’s Immediate Annuity: When an individual gives an insurance company a lump sum of money in exchange for a guaranteed income stream starting immediately
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Director, Health Benefit Plan
Fraud, waste and abuse: The NALC Health Benefit Plan is committed to combating health care fraud, waste and abuse through the prevention, detection, investigation and civil/criminal prosecution of fraud, waste and abuse.
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Director of Education
We hit the ground running: NALC education programs were off to a fast start in 2015.
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Compensation
Assaulted on the job?
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MDA
A shared future, a shared vision
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Letter from the Editor
A key period for letter carriers