News & information
May 2017
The Postal Record, Vol. 130, No. 5
Cover story
- Drone delivery: Future or fad?
News and features
- NALC activists continue lobbying efforts to support meaningful postal reform
- Food drive helps letter carriers give back to communities
- The first food drives
- After years on registry, carrier made a match to donate marrow
- TSP delivers on retirement investments
- Carrier remembers Pearl Harbor bombing
- Proud to Serve
- Customer Connect
- Monthly columns by national officers and staff members
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President’s Message
Make our democracy great again…with vote-by-mail
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Drone delivery: Future or fad?
The idea of tiny, pilotless helicopters taking letters or packages to postal customers sounds like a futuristic fantasy. But we live in a world where other previously science-fiction ideas are becoming real. Will drone delivery join them soon?
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NALC activists continue lobbying efforts to support meaningful postal reform
H.Res. 28 has a bipartisan majority of co-sponsors. Also: Trump releases budget summary; A look ahead; Overtime rule in limbo; Retirement savings threatened; In the news media; Bargaining update; Legislative and political organizers; Legislative visits.
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Food drive helps letter carriers give back to communities
Final preparations are underway for the 25th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive on Saturday, May 13. Also: Postcards in place; Picture perfect; CVS Health steps up.
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The first food drives
To help celebrate the Food Drive’s 25th anniversary, The Postal Record takes a look back at how the food drive was created and evolved to be the largest single-day food drive in the world.
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After years on registry, carrier made a match to donate marrow
Minneapolis Branch 9 letter carrier Deb Ochetti responded to an appeal in her local newspaper by volunteering to donate her bone marrow. Four years later, she learned she was a match to someone who needed a donation.
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TSP delivers on retirement investments
Many career letter carriers prepare for retirement by participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). For most of us, the TSP is just another deduction from our paycheck. But what exactly is the TSP and how does it work?
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Carrier remembers Pearl Harbor bombing
Retired Fort Smith, AR Branch 399 member Harold Mainer remembers the details of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. It’s not something the 95-year-old would forget—because he was in the middle of it.
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Proud to Serve: Honoring heroic letter carriers
Jamaica, NY Branch 562 member John Quesnell; Milwaukee Branch 2 member Mark Lyman; Hazelwood, MO Branch 5847 member Bre Anna De Sha; Arvada, CO Branch 4405 city carrier assistant Sean Day
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Customer Connect
Success stories: S. Suburban Mgd., IL Branch 4016’s Keith Polk; Louisville Branch 14’s Duane McMullan; South FL Branch 1071’s Alfredo Bonilla; Austin, TX Branch 181’s Kristina Coll; Houston Branch 283’s JoAnn Brown; Beaumont, TX Branch 842’s Robin Hudson
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Executive Vice President
Legislative and political organizing
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Vice President
Training opportunities revisited
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Secretary-Treasurer
The Reciprocal Agreement; obtaining a branch checking account
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Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Thriving into the future
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Director of City Delivery
Evolving to adapt and better serve
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Director of Safety and Health
Lightning safety
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Director of Retired Members
Snake oil
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Director of Life Insurance
Another NALC benefit
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Director, Health Benefit Plan
Check out these offerings through Optum
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Contract Talk
How mutual exchanges work
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Compensation Department
Writing a good work narrative
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Community Service
This is personal
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Deliver the Cure
NALC fundraising turns $1.2 million into accomplishments for MDA
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Veterans Group
Veterans Group items available for purchase
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CSRS annuity estimates
Monthly CSRS annuity payments for letter carriers who retire on August 1, 2017
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FERS annuity estimates
FERS retirement benefits for letter carriers who retire on August 1, 2017
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Postal Record editor
Getting to the granular: the words