GoFundMe set up for RCA killed in Bloomington crash
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A online fundraising site for the family of a postal worker killed in a traffic crash Monday morning has been set up, says a family member. The GoFundMe page is for Ronald W. Bethard, Jr., of Pontiac, who died Monday after his U.S. Postal Service delivery truck was ...
SUV driver charged with meth possession after crash that killed postal carrier Ronald Bethard JR
MCLEAN COUNTY (25News Now) - The driver of a sport utility vehicle involved in a crash that killed a postal carrier in southwest Bloomington earlier this week was allegedly in possession of methamphetamine, but it’s not known yet if he was under the influence of the drug when the crash ...
Cost-of-Living Raises Effective August 26, 2023
Pursuant to the release of the July 2023 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the fifth COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $999.00 increase for eligible rural carriers. This COLA adjustment will be effective ...
MOU Signed on Hiring Rural Carrier Annuitants as Holiday Assistant Rural Carriers (HARCs)
The US Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association have signed an MOU to rehire rural carrier annuitants as holiday assistant rural carriers (HARCs). These individuals will be used to deliver packages up to seven (7) days per week between November 4, 2023, through January 26, 2024. In ...
Rural carrier seriously injured in rollover accident yesterday morning in rural Meade County
The Meade County Sheriff’s Office says a rural mail carrier was seriously hurt in a rollover on Monday (Aug. 7, 2023). The Sheriff’s office says they responded to the crash on Alkali Road Monday morning where a contract mail carrier drove off the roadway and flipped his vehicle several times ...
RCA dies in accident in Bloomington, IL
Ronald Bethard Obituary, Death Cause – In a tragic incident that unfolded on a Monday morning in Bloomington, a 36-year-old U.S. Postal Service worker’s life was abruptly cut short in a two-vehicle collision. The McLean County Coroner, Kathy Yoder, has officially identified the victim as Ronald Bethard, Jr., hailing from Pontiac, ...
RRECS carrier impacts – Submissions so far
Click below to see what has been submitted from our RRECS Impact post so far. It will be updated with new entries as they come in ...
Tell us how RRECS has affected you and your route
It's been a couple of months since RRECS evaluations took effect. Everyone knows how I feel about RRECS. It never should have been implemented until every single carrier was able to see every little thing that goes into their route evaluation. I wrote about that back in April. I would ...
The next RRECS Mini Mail Survey will be held August 25-September 8, 2023
The next RRECS Mini Mail Survey will be held August 25-September 8, 2023. Please check out the RRECS Resources and Training tabs on our website (www.nrlca.org). We have added a revised searchable Q&A and will be adding additional information in the coming weeks ...
Carriers Working Over the Evaluated Hours on Overburdened 48K Routes
If you are assigned to a 48K (57:00 to 57:36 hours), and your actual hours exceed 48 actual work hours, you may be entitled to auxiliary assistance. Temporary relief is covered in the EL-902-The USPS- NRLCA National Agreement, the M-38, and the F-21. USPS Operations is developing a plan to ...
Rural carrier performs CPR on co-worker
Rural Carrier Ronda Layson was at the Coco River Post Office in Naples, FL, when she spotted a colleague in distress. Layson found the employee unconscious and not breathing. As she began CPR, another employee held the hand of their ailing colleague until paramedics arrived. “Ronda went above and beyond ...
Rural mail carrier speaks on Post Office cuts, deteriorating conditions in West Virginia
Some 50,000 rural carriers for the United States Postal Service are facing layoffs and thousands more confront wage cuts of up to $20,000 under a new compensation scheme. Local post offices around the country are targeted for closure as USPS is dismantled as a public service. The effective privatization of ...
Rural letter carrier in the US discusses management attack on workers
The cuts to rural carriers’ wages are part of a vast restructuring of the Post Office under Postmaster Louis DeJoy, who intends to close thousands of local post offices and lay off 50,000 employees to transform the public corporation into a profitable Amazon-style delivery system ...
LiteBlue Net-to-Bank, Direct Deposit Restored
Late last week the Postal Service shared with the APWU that LiteBlue was experiencing issues and that direct deposit and net to bank functionalities had been deactivated once again. The APWU was notified that these functions were reactivated on Monday July 17 ...
Rural carrier whose wages were cut by $20,000 speaks out on slashed pay, harsh working conditions
The WSWS recently spoke with a rural letter carrier for the United States Postal Service about working conditions following the implementation of the new Rural Routes Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) method of calculating wages. Since its deployment roughly two-thirds of rural letter carriers have reported steep cuts in pay. The RRECS system ...
Alert: More fraudulent activity occurring on Liteblue
USPS officials have informed NALC of additional fraudulent activity against the LiteBlue application. The Postal Service is reporting that this new activity appears to be more sophisticated than the previous infiltration of USPS systems. This breach is compromising the Multifactor Authentication (MFA) one-time passcode feature that was added earlier this ...