Revillo rural carrier gets a big stamp of approval
Brian Sime of Revillo spent his birthday Monday doing what he loves: Driving around the countryside delivering the mail to his friends and neighbors. Sime is the reigning South Dakota's Rural Letter Carrier of the Year. He has driven his mail route around Revillo for more than 35 years. Before ...
Amazon working on quicker deliveries in rural U.S. to rely less on postal service
Amazon.com appears to be expanding its one- to two-day delivery capabilities throughout the U.S. in a move to boost sales in the remote regions of the country and eliminate its reliance on the postal service for parcel delivery in rural areas, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. To reach ...
This rural carrier’s call to 911 saved a pet caught in a home blaze
Rural Carrier Richard Bremini was delivering mail in Gainesville, VA, recently when he spotted smoke coming from a residence. Bremini called 911 and waited. Firefighters found no one inside except a dog, which was rescued. The blaze had started in the attic, causing major damage. According to Gainesville Postmaster Laura ...
2024 NRLCA National Convention Parking Update
Guests who are staying at the Peppermill Resort during National Convention may have received an email concerning parking for Burning Man, a camping and arts event that takes place an hour outside of Reno. Please note that Burning Man event parking will have zero impact on parking for NRLCA convention attendees. The ...
PS Form 3227-R Revision: Rural or Highway Contract Route Carrier Stamp Purchase Order Form
Effective July 2024, the Postal Service™ revised PS Form 3227-R, Rural or Highway Contract Route Carrier Stamp Purchase Order Form, to update the information based on the recent rate increase. The revised edition is dated July 2024. All previous editions of PS Form 3227-R are obsolete and must be recycled. The July ...
There’s a catch in USPS insurance program for Medicare-eligible retirees
Since eligible PSHB participants aren’t required to be enrolled in Medicare Part D — the section of Medicare that provides coverage of prescription drugs — OPM has planned for an option to opt out of the coverage, if a PSHB participant desires. But there is a crucial catch: Medicare-eligible USPS ...
Virtual Seminar on New Postal Service Health Benefits Program to be held Tuesday, July 30
USPS employees may participate in an upcoming virtual seminar on the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program. The session will be held Tuesday, July 30, from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern. PSHB — which takes effect in 2025 — is a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health ...
A new video looks at USPS sorting and delivery centers
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s latest video message focuses on the Postal Service’s new sorting and delivery centers. The centers, also known as S&DCs, combine several delivery units into a single large facility that serves multiple ZIP Codes in a geographic area. S&DCs support the new USPS operational model and are ...
What’s at stake in the contract for US rural letter carriers
At midnight on May 20, the contract between the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) and United States Postal Service (USPS) expired. The three-year span of that agreement saw historic sellouts by the union bureaucracy to USPS administrators and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. As part of the sweeping Delivering for America ...
Walnutport, PA rural carrier reflects on 45 years
David Redline had only been out of high school for a year when he learned that the Walnutport Post Office was secking a letter carrier. Redline took the Civil Service exam, a requirement at the time, and soon received a job offer. He accepted. That was more than 45 years ...
FSAFEDS Online Enrollment Functions Temporarily Disabled
The Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS) has temporarily disabled the enrollment function on its platform because of recent fraudulent activity. FSAFEDS identified a limited number of unauthorized enrollments in health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, leading to unauthorized and unexpected deductions from affected employees’ pay. Current participants ...
An rural carrier came to the aid of a woman who pulled her car over, got out and collapsed
Rural Carrier Associate Richard “Rich” Retig Jr. was delivering mail recently in Umatilla, OR, when he saw a customer pull over on the side of a road. The woman got out of her car to spread grass clippings in a nearby field and then collapsed. Retig ran to check on ...
On this day in 1971 the first union contracts were signed with USPS
On this day in 1971, the NRLCA and other postal unions entered into our first-ever contract with the US Postal Service, just days after the USPS formed as a result of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. Check out these historic pages from the National Rural Letter Carrier magazine that ...
NRLCA releases 2080/2240 tracking tool
The NRLCA has posted an easy-to-use 2080/2240 tracking tool for rural carriers to keep track of their work hours. It can be updated each year by simply updating the date in yellow to the first day of the guarantee year ...
A rural carrier celebrates Independence Day
Rural Carrier Associate Lucas Wight really got into the spirit of Independence Day. Wight arrived for a shadow day with Maple Falls, WA, Postmaster Michael Hinkle dressed as George Washington, complete with powdered wig. “He surprised us,” Hinkle said of the unexpected uniform. “None of us knew.” Luckily for Wight, the weather cooperated, topping out ...