National Association of Letter Carriers

NALC's 2016 National Heroes of the Year awards ceremony was held in Washington, DC, on Sept. 21. NALC President Fredric Rolando served as master of ceremonies, introducing letter carriers from Syracuse, NY Branch 134 (Branch Service Award); Patrick Byrne of Lynn, MA Branch 7 (Education Award); Evangeline Johnson of Detroit Branch 1 (Carrier Alert Award); David Crestik of San Diego Branch 70 (Western Region Hero); Michael Murphy of Hazelwood, MO Branch 5847 (Central Region Hero); Lars Edleblute of York, PA Branch 509 (Eastern Region Hero); Brad Gentz of Mason City, IA Branch 471 (Humanitarian of the Year); and Mark Pizzo of Rock Hill, SC Branch 1003 (National Hero of the Year). Learn more: https://www.nalc.org/heroes

UNITE HERE Vice President Maria Elena Durazo addressed NALC's 70th Biennial Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016.

Letter carriers who saved a girl from a vicious dog attack, stopped and assault and robbery, rescued patrons from house fires, formed special bonds with their customers and used their personal story to help educate others about mental illness and addiction are the National Association of Letter Carriers' 2016 Letter Carrier Heroes of the Year.

United Food and Commercial Worker International Union's Christyne Neff addressed NALC's 70th Biennial National Convention in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.

American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein addressed NALC's 70th Biennial National Convention in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Video available at https://youtu.be/4tEYphoO4dY .

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addressed NALC's 70th Biennial National Convention in Los Angeles on Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts addressed NALC's 70th Biennial National Convention in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.

NALC President Fredric Rolando's keynote address to the union's 70th Biennial National Convention in Los Angeles, Aug, 15, 2016

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).

NALC President Fredric Rolando was among those called to testify on May 11 before a House committee hearing on postal reform.

The leaders of NALC and USPS formally opened negotiations for a new collective-bargaining agreement on Feb. 19.

On Jan. 21, NALC President Fredric Rolando was among those called to testify before a Senate committee hearing on the financial state of the U.S. Postal Service. This podcast contains audio pulled from a video of President Rolando's statement. Following the statement are excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing. In the first clip, Rolando speaks with Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE); in the second, with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND); and in the third, with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI).

NALC's political action committee is now called the Letter Carrier Political Fund, and with the name change comes a commitment to expand the political influence of letter carriers.

Understanding the relationship that makes Washington work.

Featuring stories about Chicago Branch 11 member Gary Reategui; Matamoras, PA Branch 5931 member Joseph Biss; South Jersey Branch 908 member Vance Shepherd; and Lima, OH Branch 105 member Scott Eversole. Find these stories and more in the January 2016 Postal Record, available online at nalc.org.

Mason City, IA Branch 471 carrier (and avid runner) Brad Gentz runs races while pushing a specially outfitted wheelchair used by a patron who has spina bifida.

NALC President Emeritus James H. Rademacher, a member of Detroit Branch 1, served as NALC president from 1968 to 1977. He died on Dec. 15, 2015. This podcast uses the soundtrack pulled from a video created for and shown at the 2014 NALC Convention in Philadelphia. Visit nalc.org to watch the video.

From the January 2016 Postal Record: USPS ‘most favorable’ federal agency; overwhelming majority favor relaxing pre-funding; Board of Governors now down to just one member; letter carriers in the news media

NALC President Emeritus James H. Rademacher: 1921-2015; Survey: USPS is 'most favorable' agency; OPM, USPS cyber attack update; Joint summary overview of FMLA released; FEMA looking to hire retired carriers

The concept of postal banking has emerged as a way to ease financial burdens faced by America’s poorest. Time was, the Post Office was the safest bank in the country; the idea of postal workers running a bank convinced millions to do any banking at all.

Retired NALC Executive Vice President Jim Williams, who founded the NALC Leadership Academy in 2005, performed his last official act on Dec. 11: overseeing the graduation of the 28 members of Class 20.

The audio version of the NALC Bulletin dated Nov. 9, 2015. Print version is available for download at nalc.org