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Your 2024-2025 NRLCA National Board
Your 2024-2025 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 Jeanette Dwyer Executive Committeeman Michael Merola Executive Committeeman Kirby Ricketts Executive Committeeman Bethany Small
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U.S. Postal Service employees rally in Reno, Nev. for better protections
Since 2020, there have been over 2,000 reported cases of assaults, robberies and even murders against mail carriers across the country. On Monday, mail carriers from across the country gathered in downtown Reno to raise awareness about the harms that these essential workers face daily. Around 150 people rallied at the Believe sign in support … Read more
Rural mail carriers inform WSWS of mail volume drop during RRECS route evaluation
The fourth two-week route evaluation, or “mini mail survey,” under the detested Rural Route Evaluation and Compensation System (RRECS), began August 23 and extends until September 6. Despite intrusive monitoring year-round under RRECS, routes and compensation are only adjusted twice a year based on these mail surveys, and rural carriers are once again writing to … Read more
USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to speak in Reno at NRLCA convention
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is slated to speak at the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association’s convention in Reno this week. The annual convention is happening at the Peppermill Resort Hotel starting August 27 and running through August 30. Melissa Ray with the National … Read more
Postal Service considers rural mail slowdown after election
Top U.S. Postal Service officials are considering plans to allow slower mail delivery in the coming months for long-distance and rural service to cut costs at the financially troubled agency — but not until after the election. The changes would give customers within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing facilities faster delivery service, … Read more
Use Email to Access LiteBlue? You’ll Need to Make a Change
Postal Service™ employees who use the email multifactor security option to access LiteBlue® will have to choose a different method soon. The verify-by-email option is being retired on Thursday, August 29, 2024. To ensure continued secure access to LiteBlue (liteblue.usps.gov), USPS® recommends affected employees choose either Google Authenticator or Okta Verify as a replacement. One-time codes sent … Read more
Virginia RCA dies in crash on the route
AMELIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia State Police is investigating a crash that killed a U.S. Postal Service carrier in Amelia County. Saturday, Aug. 17, at approximately 3:17 p.m., state police responded to a single-car crash that took place on Westbound on Patrick Henry Highway .25 miles east of Greenfield Lane. According to state … Read more
The Melrose, FL Post Office to be Dedicated to Pamela Jane Rock
NORTH FLORIDA — The Post Office in Melrose, FL will soon bear the name of one of its own. In a 10 a.m. ceremony to be held Aug. 26, 2024, at the office at 859 North State Road 21, the building will be dedicated as the Pamela Jane Rock Post Office. Rock was a letter … Read more