News & information

May 2018

The Postal Record, Vol. 131, No. 5

Cover story

• Behind the scenes at the National Postal Museum

News and features

• News from Washington: An executive order follows the president's postal tweets
• Food Drive Day is nigh
• NALC Convention: Things to do near Detroit and Notice of nominations for NALC national officers
• CCA: The bridge to a postal career
• A Boise back yard buzzing with bees and a special post office tour
• Proud to Serve
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Time to consider other alternatives for postal reform

• Behind the scenes at the National Postal Museum

  Since 1993, the National Postal Museum has surprised millions of visitors by explaining how the Post Office helped to build, and bind together, a growing country.

• News from Washington

  An executive order follows the president’s postal tweets

• Food Drive Day is nigh

  This one-day food drive, the nation’s largest, provides letter carriers, other postal employees and thousands of volunteers across the nation the opportunity to help feed the many hungry residents in their local communities.

• NALC Convention

  Things to do near Detroit and Notice of nominations for NALC national officers

• CCA: The bridge to a postal career

  Non-career city letter carriers have existed within the Postal Service since 1970, but city carrier assistants (CCA) are the first non-career employees with a direct path to career status.

• A Boise back yard buzzing with bees

  Boise, ID Branch 331 member Tony Doser is "a backyard beekeeper." Also: A special post office tour

• Proud to Serve

  Letter carriers make heroic rescues in North Carolina, Connecticut, Florida, Washington, Texas, New Jersey, Alabama, New York, Colorado, Louisiana, California, Georgia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Massachusetts and Michigan.

• Executive Vice President

  Embracing modern communication

• Vice President

  New route-inspection books and more training opportunities

• Secretary-Treasurer

  The Reciprocal Agreement/obtaining a branch checking account

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  How to get that stamp of approval

• Director of City Delivery

  Intentional delaying of mail

• Director of Safety and Health

  Distractions, distractions, distractions

• Director of Retired Members

  Are your designations of beneficiary current?

• Director of Life Insurance

  The Mutual Benefit Association 2017 financial report

• Director, Health Benefits

  Medicare enrollees (High Option Plan)

• Contract Talk

  Heat-related safety

• Education

  Selection process underway for Leadership Academy 2018

• Deliver the Cure

  MDA national ambassadors named

• Community Service

  Food Drive Day is here

• Chief of staff

  NALC participates in ‘I AM 2018’ events in Memphis

• Workers' Compensation

  EEOC: NRP discriminated against, harassed disabled workers

• Media relations

  A tale of sailors and letter carriers