1. Approach your immediate supervisor with the problem and try to resolve the issue through a discussion. You must discuss the issue. Your local steward may accompany you. 2. If no resolution, ask management for a PS Form 8191 (Joint Grievance Form) ...

Rural Carrier Jennifer Winfrey was recently on duty in Minden, LA, when she heard an older customer yelling for help. Winfrey rushed to aid the woman, who had fallen inside her home and sustained multiple lacerations. The Postal Service employee immediately called the customer’s son, at her request, and rendered ...

The Postal Service is delaying the implementation of a new pay system that would currently lead to many rural carriers seeing significant pay cuts. The National Rural Letter Carriers Association announced last Friday it reached an agreement with USPS to postpone the new pay system, the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System ...

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While of course, I am no longer in the game, I still care what happens to the rural craft and I haven't been out long enough to not know what's happening. I understand there are those who went up that want their money NOW.   I fully understand that.  The problem ...

The Postal Service is reminding employees that all PostalEASE functions previously disabled, have been reactivated in LiteBlue to include changing your elections for net-to-bank and allotments ...

After a new evaluation system is implemented, some workers could lose $8,000 per year or more. Threats to quit have been widespread ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Rural mail carriers in Iowa are voicing concerns at the Capitol about how their compensation is determined ...

On April 21, 2023, the NRLCA and USPS reached an agreement to delay the implementation of the initial rural route evaluations under the revised Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS), until Saturday, May 6, 2023. The parties are agreeing to this delay to allow for further review of the data ...

Two-thirds of rural mail carriers nationwide are scheduled to be hit with a pay cut of thousands of dollars annually and may also be assigned more work days, due to the implementation of a new algorithm that determines their salary and work schedule ...

Rural free delivery, a United States service providing free mail delivery to residents of rural areas, was first introduced as an official offering of the United States Postal Service (USPS) in 1896 ...

INTERLACHEN, Fla. - The family of a 61-year-old woman killed by dogs in Interlachen last August is asking people to sign a petition that calls on the State Attorney and Putnam County officials to continue to investigate her death. Pamela Rock was brutally killed during the incident. Earlier this year, the State Attorney's Office decided ...

USPS and OPM, in consultation with the four Postal Unions, have developed Fact Sheets to provide basic information regarding the Postal Service Health Benefits Program (PSHBP) that will begin January 1, 2025. There are two Fact Sheets, one for USPS Active Employees and one for USPS Annuitants. These Fact Sheets ...

Rural Carrier Associate Joseph Eskew was delivering mail on a frigid December day in Riner, VA, when he spotted a 92-year-old customer who had fallen in her driveway. Eskew rushed to check on the woman, who asked him to help her back to her house. He safely carried her inside ...

Please find attached correspondence from USPS operations with information pertaining to updated 4241As, 4241Ms, implementation of RRECS, and route adjustments. You will note that the USPS intends to implement the RRECS effective April 22, 2023. As you are aware the NRLCA filed a step 4 grievance requesting data and a ...

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Linked below is an op-ed on Fox News by former RCA Gerald Groff who has taken his religious freedom case to the Supreme Court, which will be heard on Tuesday April 18th, 2023 ...