News & information

November 2016

The Postal Record, Vol. 129, No. 10

Cover story

• The 2016 NALC Heroes of the Year Awards

News and features

• NALC Health Benefit Plan is best fit for letter carriers and their families
• Matthew slams Southeast, Baton Rouge still recovering from summer flooding
• NALC launches members-only portal
• The flight of his life
• Carrier’s book recalls Watsonville Canning Strike
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President’s Message

  No rest for the weary after a difficult election

• The 2016 NALC Heroes of the Year Awards

  Coverage of the Sept. 21 event in Washington, DC, plus individual stories about this year’s honorees.

• NALC Health Benefit Plan is best fit for letter carriers and their families

  Open Season for choosing a health plan through the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program is Nov. 14-Dec. 12. NALC’s Health Benefit Plan keeps your health at the top of its list of priorities. Also: Advanced Formal A and Beyond Training.

• Matthew slams Southeast, Baton Rouge still recovering from summer flooding

  As the November 2016 issue of The Postal Record was being prepared, more than two dozen Americans had died as a result of Hurricane Matthew. Catastrophic flooding in August devastated south Louisiana, killing 13 people and causing $8.7 billion in damage.

• Technology advances

  NALC launches members-only portal. Also, five-star rating for NALC App.

• The flight of his life

  Retired letter carrier John Adams Jr. still remembers nearly every detail of his mail route—and of his training during World War II as a Tuskegee Airman, the first U.S. military unit to allow African-American pilots to fly airplanes in combat.

• Carrier’s book recalls Watsonville Canning Strike

  Portland, OR Branch 82 member Peter Shapiro’s book, Song of the Stubborn One Thousand, focuses on the pivotal Watsonville, CA, canning strike.

• Vice President

  Advanced Formal A and Beyond training sessions

• Secretary-Treasurer

  Important updates from the secretary-treasurer

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Make your bylaws error-proof

• Director of City Delivery

  Download the NALC Member App to connect to workplace resources

• Director of Safety and Health

  Update on the CARE program

• Director of Retired Members

  Retiree COLA

• Director of Life Insurance

  The importance of planning: Will you be ready?

• Director, Health Benefit Plan

  How to enroll in the NALC HBP this Open Season

• Contract Talk

  Understanding settlements about USPS’ time-projection tools

• Annuity Estimates: CSRS

  Estimated monthly CSRS annuity payments for letter carriers who retire on Feb. 1, 2017

• Annuity Estimates: FERS

  Estimated FERS retirement benefits for letter carriers who retire on Feb. 1, 2017

• LMRDA

  Union member rights and officer responsibilities under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.

• Doherty and Donelon Scholarships

  The Doherty Scholarship Fund will again award five $4,000 scholarships to children of NALC members in good standing. The Donelon Scholarship Fund will award one scholarship.

• Veterans Group

  Retirement: More from OPM’s Vet Guide

• Compensation Department

  Health benefit refunds: The check is in the mail

• Director of Education

  The day everything stopped—The Seattle General Strike

• Muscular Dystrophy Association

  MDA news and updates

• Postal Record editor

  Heroes and the labor beat

• Director of Legislative and Political Affairs

  Preparing for the post-election lame duck session