Rural carrier sees accident, saves 3 from burning car
Wallkill, NY, Rural Carrier Austin Heller was recently delivering mail when he witnessed a collision that left a vehicle in flames. While 911 was called, Heller — who is also a volunteer firefighter — stopped and rushed to aid the victims in the car on fire. The Postal Service employee ...
Buyback Legislation Introduced Again
Congressman Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) introduce partisan legislation to allow rural letter carriers the ability to buy back their time spent as an RCA. The legislation, H.R. 4268, is once again named the Federal Retirement Fairness Act. via NRLCA Text: H.R.4268 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)All Information (Except Text) As of 07/08/2021 ...
Customer takes spill, gets lift from a rural carrier
Rural Carrier Associate Kevin King was making deliveries shortly after Christmas in Ararat, VA, when he spotted an older customer waving for help as she lay on the ground outside her residence. King rushed to aid the woman, who had slipped on ice near her car. The Postal Service employee ...
Cases of COVID-19 Reported After Indiana Rural Letter Carriers’ State Convention
The NRLCA National Board was recently advised that at least five members who attended the Indiana State Convention have since tested positive for COVID-19 ...
Rural Carrier responds to customer’s collapse
Rural Carrier Jennifer Nieves was recently making deliveries in an Ocala, FL, neighborhood when she saw a customer fall to the ground as he was walking toward his mailbox. Nieves rushed to check on the man, who has cancer and a history of diabetes and strokes. Finding him unable to ...
Rural carrier catches distraught customer’s wave
Rural Carrier Associate Rhonda Krawetzke was making deliveries one morning in December when she spotted an older customer waving for help on the side of the road near his driveway. Krawetzke immediately pulled into the driveway to aid the man, who had been stranded for a half-hour after slipping on ...
July 4th, 2021 holiday for rural carriers
July 4th is on a Sunday, so Monday, July 5* will be observed by the USPS. If your regular day off is Monday, then Saturday becomes your holiday. The information below comes from the USPS ELM - Employee and Labor Relations Manual. Click here For Regular Carriers 518.2 Holidays on ...
Rural Carrier saves customer from danger near pond
Rural Carrier Steve Phifer was recently delivering mail in Ardmore, TN, when he spotted an older customer in trouble: The man had fallen out of his motorized wheelchair just a few feet away from a pond on his property. Phifer rushed to the customer’s aid, safely got him back into ...
NRLCA and USPS Agree to Extend COVID-19 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) Through August 6, 2021
The National Rural Letter Carriers' Association and United States Postal Service have mutually agreed to extend the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) linked below through August 6, 2021: Temporary Expanded Sick Leave for Dependent Care During COVID-19 Temporary Workplace Changes to Promote Social Distancing - COVID-19 Suspension of Temporary Additional Paid ...
Rural carrier performs CPR on collapsed customer
Rural Carrier Associate Mark Harper II was delivering mail one day last fall in Princeton, WV, when he came upon an older couple experiencing a crisis. During a walk through their neighborhood, the man had collapsed and his wife was sobbing beside him. Harper hurried to their aid and determined ...
Sick customer’s son thanks rural carrier for compassion
Smethport, PA, Rural Carrier Starr Silvis was recently delivering mail to an older customer she checks on regularly when she discovered that he’d fallen inside his home. The man was disoriented, telling Silvis he was in bed, and she immediately called 911 as well as the local Post Office. The ...
USPS and the NRLCA extend negotiations
The Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) have agreed to extend contract negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement. Although the contract with the NRLCA expired at midnight on May 20, USPS and the union have mutually decided to extend the negotiations. The NRLCA represents approximately ...
Rural carrier swoops in to lift up distraught customer
Rural Carrier Angela Creighbaum was making deliveries on a chilly, wet day last spring in Burlington, WI, when she encountered an older customer yelling for help. Creighbaum rushed to check on the woman, who had fallen outside her home two hours earlier and couldn’t get up. The Postal Service employee ...
Bleeding customer gets critical aid from rural carrier
Rural Carrier Anthony Alexander was recently making deliveries in Hayden, AL, when he encountered a customer in distress. The man had sliced an artery in his arm while working on a tractor outside his home, and he was struggling to get inside for help. Alexander rushed to his aid and ...
Rural carrier aids little girl upset after tumble
Rural Carrier Sue Christie was recently delivering mail in Crystal, MI, when she spotted a 5-year-old child walking alone in the roadway. Christie stopped to check on the girl, asking her where her parents were. Afraid she was in trouble, the child ran away and fell, scraping her knee and ...
Customer credits rural carrier with saving her life
Waddington, NY, Rural Carrier Associate Patrick Chapman was delivering mail one day last spring in a nearby hamlet, Chase Mills, when he heard a customer yelling for help inside her residence. Chapman rushed to the woman’s door and she directed him to spare keys. Upon opening it, he found that ...