News & information

June 2016

The Postal Record, Vol. 129, No. 6

Cover story

• Delivering food and hope

News and features

• The U.S. Letter Carriers Mutual Benefit Association: NALC's best-kept secret for 125 years
• As USPS announces quarterly operating profit Rolando testifies before House committee
• Contract talks intensified in final week of 2011 National Agreement
• Doherty & Donelon Scholarships awarded
• Convention: L.A. by car: More to do in Los Angeles
• Carrier spreads good word about USPS while helping students learn to read
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• NALC President’s Message

  Here’s how Congress can boost its ratings: postal reform

• The U.S. Letter Carriers Mutual Benefit Association: NALC's best-kept secret for 125 years

  NALC was founded in 1889 for the mutual benefit of letter carriers, and one of those mutual benefits is the insurance and savings plans offered by the U.S. Letter Carriers Mutual Benefit Association (MBA).

• As USPS announces quarterly operating profit Rolando testifies before House committee

  President Rolando called to testify before a House committee hearing on postal reform. 2nd quarter USPS operating profit continues strong trend. Stand in solidarity with striking/boycotting union members. NALC members from NY, NJ and PA lobby Congress.

• 24th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive: Delivering food and hope

  Letter carriers across the U.S. displayed concern, compassion and commitment to their postal customers—and to their communities—by participating on Saturday, May 14, in the Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive, the nation’s largest one-day food collection effort.

• Contract talks intensified in final week of 2011 National Agreement

  Also: NALC preparing for fight in PRC to mandate new way to set postage rates.

• Doherty & Donelon Scholarships awarded

  Six children of NALC members have been awarded NALC memorial scholarships for excellence in both school work and community involvement. Also: Former Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Jim Souza died April 23.

• Convention: L.A. by car: More to do in Los Angeles

  The Getty Center, Griffith Observatory, Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, L.A. County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, The Queen Mary. Key convention deadlines and tours.

• Carrier spreads good word about USPS while helping students learn to read

  Long Island City, NY Branch 357 President David Van Aken learned recently that he is helping to spread the word about the good that letter carriers do in their communities and helping schoolchildren learn to read.

• Proud to Serve

  Featuring letter carriers from Pennsylvania, Illinois, Mississippi, Georgia, California, New York and Ohio

• NALC Executive Vice President

  Customer Connect successes

• NALC Vice President

  Arbitration scheduling procedures pilot tests update

• NALC Secretary-Treasurer

  2016 convention

• NALC Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Make your branch bylaws flawless

• NALC Director of City Delivery

  New features of the mobile delivery device

• NALC Director of Safety and Health

  Recent OSHA citations

• NALC Director of Retired Members

  Retirement law

• NALC Director of Life Insurance

  Insurance products for letter carriers

• NALC Director, Health Benefit Plan

  Coverage committed to quality

• NALC Contract Talk

  What is a grievance?

• Director of Legislative and Political Affairs

  e-Activist and LCPF award categories

• NALC Compensation Department

  OIG finds rampant USPS falsification of OWCP documents

• NALC Director of Education

  The Bread and Roses Strike of 1912, Part 2

• NALC Community and Membership Outreach Coordinator

  2016 Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive—Thank you, and you, and you!

• Muscular Dystrophy Association

  MDA Summer Camp is coming—let the games begin

• Annuity Estimates: CSRS

  Monthly CSRS annuity payments for letter carriers who retire on Sept. 1, 2016

• Annuity Estimates: FERS

  FERS retirement benefits for letter carriers who retire on Sept. 1, 2016

• Letter from the Postal Record editor

  Journalists can’t juggle