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Postal Service employees enrolled in the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS) should review their pay stub for erroneous deductions. A recent cyber incident caused a deduction increase that affected some USPS employees. FSAFEDS is aware of the issue and has taken steps to resolve it. Employees who have an erroneous deduction should call FSAFEDS … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court adjourned mid-morning with several highly-anticipated rulings left on the table. Among those rulings, the high court will decide whether the U.S. Postal Service had the right to require a Lancaster County mail carrier to work Sundays despite his religious conviction that Sunday should be a day of rest. Gerald Groff, of … Read more
DURANT, Okla. (KXII) – A Kingston woman is dead after her vehicle got struck by a train Saturday afternoon in Bryan County. Oklahoma Highway Patrol said it happened on S Loan Oak Road and Caddo Highway intersection, about 3 miles north of Durant. Troopers said 35-year-old Eva Backenstoes was attempting to cross an unguarded set … Read more
Small cities could soon see their mail delivered from Everett, workers say. The Postal Service declined to comment directly.
On May 31, the WSWS published an initial article on the new Rural Route Evaluation Compensation System for rural letter carriers in the US Post Office. This new pay system, based not on hours worked but on an “evaluation” based on the amount of mail delivered and difficulty in delivering it, is completely opaque and has resulted in … Read more
On June 2, 2023, the USPS and NRLCA agreed to modify two pre-arbitration settlements, specifically case #C95R-4C-C 98023318, which involves compensation for rural carriers when required to perform an additional trip to the street due to mail that could not be accommodated on the first trip, either due to the volume of mail or the … Read more
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Some rural mail carriers in the Lowcountry are concerned about a dramatic pay cut that recently went into effect. They believe the cut in pay means issues with mail not being delivered for days due to a lack of available employees could get even worse. “A lot of carriers have lost … Read more
The Postal Service is telling lawmakers that rural carriers have the resources they need to ensure fair compensation under a new pay system that’s been in the works for more than a decade. But Senate Democrats and rural carriers facing pay cuts say USPS and its union have given them insufficient training on the Rural Route … Read more
Here are a couple of articles I came across today about RRECS and rural carriers
During a House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing, Rep. Stansbury asked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on lack of communication and consultation with rank and file postal workers.