Ruralinfo.net 
The U.S. Postal Service has almost 80,000 rural delivery routes serviced by some 133,000 rural letter carriers. For some of those routes, USPS provides the vehicle; for others, the carrier uses a private vehicle and receives a maintenance allowance from the Postal Service for wear and tear. In fiscal year (FY) 2020, the Postal Service … Read more
A two-vehicle accident shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday has claimed the life of 39-year-old Mindi House. Captain James Gresham with the Stephenville Police Department told Beneath the Surface News that House was traveling east on Washington Street and attempting to make a left-hand turn onto Wolfe Nursery Road when her vehicle was struck by a … Read more
Background In fiscal year (FY) 2020, the U.S. Postal Service had about 133,000 rural letter carriers and associates delivering mail on over 79,500 rural routes. A rural route can be a government owned vehicle (GOV) route where the Postal Service provides the delivery vehicle, or an equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) route where the carrier provides … Read more
I somehow missed getting this in my “in Memoriam” page in December. May he and his family find peace Randal Mosby Jr. passed away following a vehicle accident while on the route. Randal was a new RCA in Collinsville, IL and was 19 years old. He will truly be missed by his family, friends, … Read more
A mail carriers union steward violated federal labor law by threatening a U.S. Postal Service worker who raised complaints about poor working conditions at an Oregon postal facility, an NLRB judge ruled, saying the union acted in bad faith. National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge Gerald M. Etchingham said in a decision Friday that the National Rural … Read more
QUINCY (WGEM) – Adams County Sheriff’s deputies have identified the victim of a fatal mail truck rollover crash Saturday night. Deputies said they responded to a single vehicle rollover accident on Herleman Road, south of Deer Road in Quincy around at 6:34 p.m.. They said the driver, 59-year-old USPS employee and Quincy resident Brian Vahlkamp, … Read more
The NRLCA has recently received correspondence from USPS announcing their “Plan B” for peak season parcels. We have had some discussions with Labor Relations at HQ and clarified the intent of the Plan B. Please read the article from Director of Labor Relations David Heather here.
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A mail carrier in Greene County was hit by a vehicle and killed on Monday afternoon, the coroner confirmed. Greene County Coroner Gene Rush said the mail carrier, 49-year-old Chad E. Varner of Spraggs, was hit after exiting his vehicle to deliver a package. The coroner said this happened at 180 … Read more