News & information

August 2016

The Postal Record, Vol. 129, No. 8

Cover story

• Solidarity in Action: NALC President Fredric Rolando’s 2014-2016 biennial report to the 70th NALC Convention

News and features

• 2014-2016 biennial report to the 70th NALC Convention: Presidential rulings
• 2014-2016 biennial report to the 70th NALC Convention: NALC Departments
• Deadline approaching for FEGLI open season
• Decision 2016: Letter carriers can’t afford to ‘sit out’ election
• Financial statements

• NALC President’s Message

  A rare bit of bipartisanship—thanks to you

• 2014-2016 biennial report to the 70th NALC Convention: Solidarity in Action

  NALC President Fredric Rolando’s 2014-2016 biennial report to the 70th NALC Convention.

• 2014-2016 biennial report to the 70th NALC Convention: NALC departments
• 2014-2016 biennial report to the 70th NALC Convention: Presidential rulings
• Decision 2016: Letter carriers can’t afford to ‘sit out’ election

  “Pocketbook issues;” Service and support; Governance; ‘Supreme’ consideration.

• Deadline approaching for FEGLI open season.

  Also: Carrier dies while performing heroic rescue; Corrections to the list of Food Drive collections; Note about next Postal Record issue.

• Two members’ children win Union Plus scholarships

  Awarded scholarships were Samantha Gollmer, whose mother, LeAnne Gollmer, is a member of Erie, PA Branch 284; and Isaiah Oropeza, whose father, Ulysses Oropeza, is a member of Central California Coast Branch 52.

• Annuity Estimates: CSRS

  Annuity Estimates: Monthly CSRS annuity payments for letter carriers who retire on Nov. 1, 2016

• Annuity Estimates: FERS

  Annuity Estimates: FERS retirement benefits for letter carriers who retire on Nov. 1, 2016

• Financial statements

  Financial reports for NALC and Nalcrest for the first half of 2016.

• NALC Veterans Group

  Congress takes up major veterans bills

• Letter from the Postal Record editor

  Dog days opportunity