Pascual was appointed Executive Vice President in October, 2017.
Pascual began his career with the Postal Service in the Summer of 1997 as a Part Time Flexible Carrier at Morrisania Station. He became a Full Time Regular in 1999. Pascual worked at Morrisania Station his entire career until he was appointed as a Full Time Officer. He became a foot carrier as soon as he became a Full Time Regular and remained until 2017. In 2017 he became a combination wagon carrier and was then appointed to the Branch full time.
Pascual was elected as a shop steward in Morrisania Station in 2003 and remained until he was appointed as a full-time officer in 2017. In 2004 he was appointed as a Formal A Designee, and Hearing Officer in the Bronx which expanded the amount of stations that Pascual was representing at the Formal Step A in the Bronx. He became shop steward of Morris Heights Station during this time as well. In 2006 Pascual was selected to attend the Leadership Academy in Washington D.C. He was then selected to attend arbitration advocacy training in 2008. Pascual began to represent carries at arbitration within Branch 36 and for other branches within the NALC, along with the Caribbean District. In 2007 he was appointed as Trustee for Branch 36 and held that position until he was appointed to Director of City Delivery in 2010. In 2015 he was appointed to Editor of the Outlook and became shop steward of Bronx GPO within that time as well. In 2017 our National Business Agent authorized Pascual to represent carriers in Puerto Rico as an NALC representative addition to his arbitration duties on the island. In the fall of 2018 he was appointed to Executive Vice President of Branch 36.

Retire a Millionaire?

Retire a millionaire, why not? There are nearly 200K TSP millionaires (federal employees just like you and me). The new employees have the best chances. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a strategy for those, who have more than few years in. If I could do it all over, I’d increase my contributions every contractual raise. I’d Amazon every book and Youtube every video to learn about TSP. TSP’s website is informative. The fund is index based, so I would learn about each index and its history, year to date since the TSP began in 1986. There’s also a bond option; but I’ve never looked into it.
The newer employees have more information at their fingertips than I ever did that’s to their advantage. I wish I had Youtube in 1997. I just looked on Amazon, and there were at least three books or more that populated regarding TSP.
There’s a hurdle to being a millionaire though. It’s called – retirement. You have to actually land on that target (date). That means doing your part. We did our part by visiting our elected officials in Washington D.C. recently. Representative Dan Goldman came to visit, thankfully. Other Representatives sent aides to meet with the delegation. The next day, that same New York State Letter Carrier Delegation walked to Capitol Hill visiting each of their local officials. Senators Gillibrand and Schumer always carve out a piece of their day to meet with us, and vehemently made a commitment to our cause.
You can do your part, as well and it isn’t difficult. Let’s do a step by step.

1. The first thing you can do is contribute to LCPF (Letter Carrier Political Fund). $2.00 can go a long way. ($5.00 – even further.)

• If each station donated twenty bucks per pay period, we could bring in more than fifty thousand dollars a year. I’m sending a huge thank you to everyone who already contributes to the fund.

1. Find out who your House Reps. and Senators are.

• You can go to nalc.org; Government Affairs (link atop screen); Legislative Active Center (link in dropdown); Who Are Your Lawmakers? (tab/link) to find that out by simply entering your zip code.

a) Email them and let them know you’re watching their votes of support – or not. Remember to thank them if they already support us.
b) Call those same representatives on the telephone to reinforce your email.
c) Keep calling on a scheduled cycle basis until your representative and or aide understands.
d) Ask your friends and family to rinse and repeat within the State of New York.
e) Ask your friends and family to rinse and repeat in the rest of the 50 states in similar fashion.
The following bills have been drafted to make the lives of letter carriers better.
The Protect Your Letter Carriers Act (H.R. 1065) (S. 463) – self-explan¬atory.
Federal Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 1522)

• This is for all the CCAs and employees whose time does not count toward retirement. This act lets you buy the time back.

Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Work¬ers Act (H.R. 3170) (S. 3296)

• Hope you never need this one. New York City is blessed to have these doc¬tors everywhere. The rest of the country isn’t.

Equal Cola Act (H.R. 491) (S. 624)

• This would make our COLA equal to the retirement system before us (CSRS). They get more of a percentage Start dumping the Tea!

USPS Shipping Equity Act (H.R. 3011)

• This would allow us to deliver alcoholic beverages. Whatever you do, hold on tight! You don’t want to drop this parcel.

Anti-Privatization resolution (H-Res 70) (S. Res. 147)

• This should be at the top of the list with the Protect Your Letter Carriers Act. We have nothing if our Post Office goes private. Fuhgeddaboudit... if this happens! Tell your reps about this bill and the rest. Hit the following QR code for specifics on each bill.

I’m going to end this article on somber note. The hardest times come when you have to say a final goodbye to someone you’ve known for a long time, someone you’ve worked side by side with in some capacity for decades. Twenty plus years, I worked with two special gentlemen: Pat McNally and David Velazquez. They recently met each other in heaven within days of each other. It hurts the center of my chest to process it altogether as I type this article. They were good souls. That always hurts.
I’m lucky to have met and worked with them. I mean this sincerely. I’m grateful to have met, been in their presence, worked, traveled and represented the NALC, Branch 36, Manhattan & the Bronx with them. How about a letter carrier cheer for these two brothers:
Hip, Hip…Hooray. Hip, hip…Hooray. Hip, hip…hooray!
Rest and Represent in Peace Gents.

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