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Labor Day, the holiday celebrating the contributions of workers to the fabric of American life, is Monday, Sept. 1. The holiday was first celebrated in New York City in 1882. As unions expanded throughout the nation, Labor Day events grew in popularity, and in 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed the bill declaring the first Monday … Read more
President Donald Trump has ordered U.S. flags flown at half-staff to honor the victims of this week’s mass shooting in Minneapolis. Flags should be flown at half-staff until Sunday, Aug. 31, at sunset. To fly the flag at half-staff, hoist the flag to the peak for an instant and then lower it to the half-staff position. The … Read more
While delivering mail in Belt, MT, recently, Rural Carrier Associate Joseph Visocan came upon an older customer lying on the ground near her garage. The woman, who lives alone, had fallen the previous afternoon while taking her trash out. With no way to call for help, and not enough strength to stand up, the customer … Read more
Your 2025-2026 NRLCA National Board: President Don Maston Vice President Patrick Pitts Secretary-Treasurer Tommy Turner Director of Labor Relations John Adams Director of Steward Operations Nicky Phillips Executive Committee Chair Michael Merola Executive Committeeman Kirby Ricketts Executive Committeeman Bethany Small Executive Committeeman Natasha Patterson
ORLANDO, Fla.—The Postal Workers and the Rural Letter Carriers (NRLCA) have launched complementary campaigns against the GOP Donald Trump regime’s threat to privatize the Postal Service. The NRLCA, the smaller of the two, went first, with a mass march of its 500 convention delegates, plus supporters, through downtown Orlando, Fla., on August 18. Speakers at … Read more
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (DC News Now) — With a new administration in Washington, many federal programs are being targeted for elimination. Mail carriers in rural communities fear they fall into that category. They met in Shepherdstown as the week closed out in hopes that it would not be the case. Letter carriers have been an institution … Read more
Do you have a package coming your way from overseas? (I do, it’s a gift, and I’m very annoyed.) Hopefully it’s not urgent, because it’s going to be a minute before that thing gets to our shores. Questions surrounding the Trump administration’s ongoing tariff regime, including a policy to end an exemption from taxing small … Read more
A couple hundred postal workers and allies rallied outside of Orlando City Hall Monday to protest ongoing concerns about the privatization of the U.S. Postal Service under the corporate-friendly Trump administration. One of four USPS unions, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, is hosting its annual convention in Orlando this week, and organized the rally. Union members … Read more
EDMOND POST OFFICE MASSACRE. No strangers to large-scale episodes of violence, Oklahomans have endured collective and individual events ranging from the 1868 Battle of the Washita to the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. The event that occurred on August 20, 1986, at the United States Post Office in Edmond was, at that time, the state’s largest … Read more
Cost-of-Living Raises Effective September 6, 2025 Pursuant to the release of the July 2025 Consumer Price Index – Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the third COLA adjustment of the 2024-2027 National Agreement will result in a $811.00 increase for eligible rural carriers. This COLA adjustment will be … Read more