New NRLCA Online Store is Now Live: Get Your Merchandise Today!

First launched at the 2024 National Convention, official NRLCA gear is now available to all members! Whether you’re getting ready for this year’s National Convention or want to show your union pride year-round, now’s the time to grab your merch. Offerings include t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, bumper stickers, cooling towels, magnets, yard signs, and more! Order online … Read more

USPS to mark its 250th anniversary

The Postal Service will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding on July 26. To celebrate the organization’s rich history of connecting people, communities and businesses, USPS will hold a series of special events this week and highlight other offerings, including licensed merchandise, digital media, a stamp contest and special signage at Post Offices. “On … Read more

Postal worker hospitalized after stabbing in Florida

BISCAYNE PARK, FLA. (WSVN) – Paramedics rushed a postal worker to the hospital after they were stabbed in Biscayne Park. Biscayne Park Police officers responded to the residential area located on the 11700 Northeast 10th Avenue, Monday afternoon. 7News cameras captured a heavy police presence in the area with crime scene tape surrounding the neighborhood. … Read more

Starbucks called out by USPS worker after allegedly being denied water despite working under extreme heat

@Starbucks during COVID everyone & they momma was calling our farm workers and our delivery drivers @USPS @UPS + Hero’s. fast forward and this is how y’all treating them in 2025! Excuse me? OVER WATER. #boycottstarbucks not buying anything until you apologize and make it right pic.twitter.com/CeLIsEuiCN — Maritza (@maritzarosas25) July 15, 2025 A US … Read more

NRLCA – National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) Award

The National Agency Check with Inquiries, better known as the “NACI,” is the test that the Postal Service uses to complete background checks for newly hired employees through the Postal Inspection Service. Recently, the Postal Service took the position that all postal employees are “conditional” employees until after the NACI is completed and a favorable … Read more

NEW VIDEO: From the NRLCA President’s Desk: July 2025 Update

  In this message to NRLCA members, NRLCA President Don Maston highlights a challenging year marked by multiple threats to the future of rural mail delivery and the well-being of postal workers. These challenges include efforts to privatize the Postal Service, attempts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to impose harsh measures, leadership changes … Read more

Statement from NRLCA President Don Maston on House Majority Support for Preserving the Postal Service as an Independent, Public Institution

July 17, 2025 For Immediate Release Today, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association celebrates a critical milestone in our campaign to protect the United States Postal Service: a bipartisan majority of members in the U.S. House of Representatives have now signed on to House Resolution 70, which affirms the Postal Service must remain an independent, … Read more

Steiner begins tenure as postmaster general and issues a letter to employees

  David Steiner began his tenure as the nation’s 76th postmaster general this week, expressing pride in the Postal Service, its employees and the organization’s public service mission. “I believe strongly in the role of the Postal Service as a pillar of America’s democracy and economic infrastructure, in the important support and services we provide … Read more

Postal worker killed, several injured in Northport, AL crash

NORTHPORT, Ala. (WBRC) – The United State Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that the woman killed in a four-vehicle crash in Northport Wednesday was an employee. Police identified the woman as 36-year-old Vonchelle Renee Gamble, of Tuscaloosa. Police say the crash happened at approximately 12:39 p.m. in the Southbound lanes of Highway 43 just south … Read more