UPDATE: USPS Payroll Issues During Pay Period 18
Rural Carriers: The USPS is working to remedy the payroll errors that occurred in pay period 18. Eagan is working through the adjustments from PP 18 and they believe they will have them finished by the end of the current PP (PP20). Although there have been sporadic reports of missing ...
EMA to Increase 3 Cents Per Mile Effective October 7, 2023
On September 13, 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the August Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which established the Private Transportation Index at 279.590, an increase from the May 2023 Index of 271.037. Therefore, based on the August 2023 CPI-W release, the Equipment ...
Sunday/Holiday Parcel Delivery Work List Sign Up Period Begins September 16, 2023
Sunday/Holiday Parcel Delivery Work List posting starts on Saturday, September 16, 2023 The RDWL must be posted through Friday, September 29, 2023, and be effective on Saturday, October 7, 2023 Art. 30.2.P (in part)-An office-wide list will be established for substitutes, rural carrier associates, and rural carrier relief employees who ...
Postal workers respond to founding statement of USPS rank-and-file committee
The founding statement of the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee has been read by tens of thousands of postal workers. Dozens of workers have submitted comments to the World Socialist Web Site detailing their work experiences and their thoughts on the state of the USPS in general. We are reproducing a selection of these below ...
RCA leads customer to safety
Rural Carrier Associate George McCabe Jr. was recently delivering mail in Waterford, CA, when he spotted a customer wandering down the middle of a road. McCabe recognized the woman as the mother of Ronda Salas, a retired Postal Service colleague. He approached the customer, confirmed her name and asked if ...
Today marks the 120th birthday of the NRLCA
Today marks the 120th birthday of the NRLCA! On September 12, 1903, approximately 100 rural carriers from 14 states (early records differ on the exact number) met in Chicago, IL and organized the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association during the first National Convention ...
$20K raised for rural carrier shot in carjacking
Ramsay's daughter, Scarlet Ramsay, started a GoFundMe page to help with the medical costs associated with Ramsay's injury. On the page, Scarlet Ramsay also detailed the injuries sustained by her mother. She said her mother underwent surgery Sept. 8 to remove her left eye and perform facial reconstruction, saying "her ...
MINI MAIL SURVEY – IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) Mini Mail Survey (MMS) concluded September 8, 2023. All rural carriers should have received their Mini Mail Survey Summary for review. All carriers are encouraged to review their Mini Mail Survey for accuracy. If there are any missing/incorrect entries, the carrier should work with ...
‘Monumental task’ for USPS employees to recover from payroll glitch, rural carrier union says
Tens of thousands of the Postal Service’s rural carriers saw a rocky start to this month, after a USPS payroll error resulted in missing and incomplete paychecks. The National Rural Letter Carriers Association estimates USPS payroll issues impacted approximately 53,000 rural carrier employees. The vast majority of those impacted — about 45,000 ...
Pre-Career Employees Now Eligible for Dental and Vision Benefits through FEDVIP
USPS pre-career employees (RCAs, ARCs, and RCRs) are now eligible for the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) during a special enrollment period that has been extended through October 10, 2023. After that date, you will only be able to enroll during the annual benefits open season or ...
US Postal Service workers found rank-and-file committee
Fellow USPS workers, Rural letter carriers have seen their wages plummet under the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS), city carriers are working without a contract, and mail handlers, clerks and other crafts see their jobs threatened as US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s “Deliver for America” plan aims to close ...
After Hefty Algorithmic Pay Cut, Rural Mail Carriers Are Getting ‘a Huge Slap In the Face’ From Union
Maston is adamant that the decertification effort reflects a vocal but unrepresentative minority, giving little credence to the idea that any of their grievances are legitimate. “We just came back from our national convention that was in Grand Rapids, Michigan,” Maston said, “and there were well over 1,100 delegates there, ...
Traffic crash claims life of local U. S. Rural Carrier
According to River Falls Police Chief Kyle Adams, on Friday, September 8th, 2023, at approximately 09:57 AM, the River Falls Alabama Police Department responded to a two-vehicle collision along Alabama Highway 55 North, about a mile north of the U. S. Hwy. 84 intersections. Collaborating closely with the Alabama Law ...
Carrier attacked in carjacking was a rural carrier associate
The U.S. Postal Service confirmed Teresa Ramsay was the mail carrier attacked on the job. “We are deeply saddened by the recent attack on our colleague in Mars Hill,” North Carolina District Manager Roselle Murrell said. “[Teresa] has been a dedicated team member since she joined the postal service. Our ...
Rural carrier shot in carjacking in North Carolina
A carjacking left a person severely injured Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred on Spring Drive just off South Main Street in Mars Hill. Shortly before 3:30 p.m., Sheriff Buddy Harwood posted a photo of the vehicle, a Jeep with “U.S. Mail” and “Frequent stops” listed on the back of the ...
“It is beyond toxic. The morale is so low”: Texas rural letter carrier speaks out on terrible working conditions, massive pay cuts
A massive assault on the United States Postal Service is currently underway. Under a new restructuring program, post office management is taking aim at tens of thousands of jobs, and slashing wages for tens of thousands of rural carriers, reducing them to poverty. With a new “evaluation period” beginning last ...
APCU Member Rural Carrier Direct Deposit FAQs
The Atlanta Credit Postal Union (APCU) understands the impact the USPS direct deposit system issues are having on our members and we want to do something about it. We hope the FAQs below will help provide the guidance and assistance you may need as the USPS works to resolve the ...