Tentative Scheduled Dates for Salary Adjustments Agreed to in the 2024-2027 National Agreement

The Postal Service has affirmed the tentative scheduled dates provided to the NRLCA for salary adjustments agreed to in the 2024-2027 National Agreement. All dates listed below are according to Postal Service programming projections. Salary Increases The stop gap or general wage increases of 1.3% for regular carriers and 2.3% for leave replacements will reflect … Read more

The deadline to order semipostal stamp shirts is Aug. 15

The deadline for Postal Service employees to order T-shirts to promote semipostal stamps is Friday, Aug. 15. Employees can order special T-shirts, at their own expense, from Tee Luv, a provider of USPS-licensed apparel, using the password USPS2025. Uniformed employees can wear the licensed semipostal stamp T-shirts during promotional activities, with the head of the facility’s … Read more

U.S. Postal Service Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Results

Controllable loss increased $522 million, compared to same quarter last year USPS Ground Advantage continues to grow, providing customers with reliable low-cost service David Steiner becomes 76th Postmaster General on July 15th WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 (Apr. 1, 2025 – Jun. … Read more

Hawley Urges New Postmaster General to Course Correct USPS, Protect Rural Mail Delivery

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the newly-appointed Postmaster General, David Steiner, urging him to course correct the unreliability and delays Missourians have experienced from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) under his predecessor. “USPS failed to meet its own nationwide performance targets in nearly every category, and the problem was even worse in my … Read more

Postal Insiders Say Rural Delivery Has Storied Past, Checkered Future In W.Va.

Today, a 78-cent postage stamp can send a letter to any address nationwide. But in the early days of the United States Postal Service (USPS), ensuring equal access to mail — even among residents in hard-to-reach places — was more complicated. This year marks the 250th anniversary of the postal service. Historians, postal workers and … Read more

Amazon is building a shadow postal service in rural America

The retailer is investing $4 billion into its rural “last mile” network. Set to triple in size by the end of 2026, the network will deliver one billion additional packages annually, Amazon said in April. It added that an additional 4,000 small towns, cities, and rural communities will get same-day and next-day deliveries by the end of … Read more

In Memoriam: Past NRLCA National Officer Leo Root 1943-2025

Past National Officer Leo Root passed away on July 22, 2025. He was born on July 23, 1943 and lived in Atkinson, NH. Leo began his career as a rural carrier in New Hampshire in 1975, and was appointed a local steward the very same year. The following year he became an area steward, was elected … Read more

‘It is our mission’: USPS has delivered where troops are for 250 years

For 250 years, wherever the U.S. military has gone, the United States Postal Service has followed — serving as a vital link between the front lines and the home front. As the Navy, Army and Marine Corps celebrate their 250th anniversaries this year, the USPS marked the same milestone last month — reflecting a shared … Read more

USPS has a new machine that can handle 7,000 packages an hour

The Postal Service has successfully completed testing a prototype package sorter that will enable the organization to increase its processing capacity and retire some of its older machines. The parallel induction linear sorter, or PILS, has been used for 10 months at the Dulles, VA, Processing and Distribution Center, where it has processed 12 million … Read more