Rural carrier saves three customers from house fire
Denise Dabney, a rural carrier, was recently delivering mail in Crewe, VA, when she spotted smoke billowing from a residence. Dabney, who also serves the community as a volunteer emergency responder, immediately called 911 and assisted neighbors in rescuing three customers from the home. Firefighters soon arrived to battle the ...
Electing the High Option on Form 4241
REMINDER: CARRIERS CAN TAKE HIGH OPTION IF YOU QUALIFY. YOU MUST SIGN THAT YOU WILL STAY UNDER 2080; CARRIERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SIGN THAT THE SURVEY IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, YOU MUST PUT IN WRITING WHY YOU ARE NOT SIGNING. Example form below ...
Rural carrier finds way to save customer’s life
Judith Wilbourn, a rural carrier in Okemah, OK, was recently making deliveries when she grew concerned about a customer whose mail was piling up unusually. Wilbourn alerted the woman’s neighbors, who soon checked on her and found her stranded in her yard, where she’d fallen several days earlier. They ensured ...
Investigators find no wrongdoing after rural carrier Pamela Rock dies in dog attack
Pamela Rock was mauled by five dogs that got out of a fenced-in yard after the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said the postal worker’s mail truck had broken down on a dirt road. The I-TEAM has learned that federal and local investigations didn’t find wrongdoing by Rock’s employer or the ...
Rural mail carrier Olivia Allee awarded Postmaster General Hero award
Rural carrier Olivia Allee was awarded with a Postmaster General Hero award from California Postmaster Krystal Drone on Feb. 21, for her quick work attending to the safety of a local customer. According to a summery of events, while delivering mail, Allee found a note from the customer offering a ...
Mrs. Mamie Thomas, first female rural mail carrier delivered in Vicksburg
Born in 1873 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Mamie Thomas grew up in a time when women’s opportunities were limited. However, she was determined to make a difference and break through the barriers that kept her and other women from achieving their goals. After marrying John Thomas, she moved to the small ...
New MOU Allowing Regular Rural Carriers to Volunteer to Work on Sundays or Provide Assistance on other Rural Routes
Due to continued staffing challenges in rural delivery operations; the parties have agreed to a temporary limited modification to Article 8.1, which prohibits regular rural carriers working on Sunday; and to Article 30.1.P, which prohibits regular rural carriers from serving all or part of any rural route other than his ...
Rural carrier saves hypoglycemic customer’s life
Jerelyn Morton, a rural carrier in Stockbridge, GA, was recently delivering mail when she spotted a customer, James Alexander, unconscious in his garage. Morton sprang into action, enlisting the help of his neighbor Roberta Richardson, calling 911 and performing CPR on him for five minutes until emergency responders arrived and ...
Longtime Martinton rural mail carrier looks back on 60 year career
John Moore has been delivering mail for the past 60 years. Moore, a rural mail carrier for the Martinton area, learned the trade from his father. Moore’s father was a rural carrier around the area from 1921 to 1967. “And then I was born in 1942 and always knew about ...
Standup talk – 2023 FEBRUARY MINI MAIL SURVEY
2023 Mini Mail Survey Period: February 25 through March 10. A Mini Mail Survey is scheduled to begin February 25, and will continue for 12 delivery days, concluding on March 10. The Mini Mail Survey is a required component of the Rural Route Evaluation Compensation System (RRECS) ...
From NRLCA: New DACA Code G: Annual Leave in Lieu of Holiday Pay
Per the 2021-2024 Agreement between the NRLCA and USPS: Effective the Presidents’ Day 2023 holiday, regular rural carriers who work their holiday, at their option, may elect to have their annual leave balance credited with one day of annual leave in lieu of holiday pay. DACA Code G has been ...
NLRB says NRLCA Steward Didn’t Threaten Rural Mail Carrier
A National Rural Letter Carriers Association steward did not threaten an Oregon member by backing a U.S. Postal Service manager who scolded the worker for complaining about added work ...
NRLCA – $208 Cost-of-Living Adjustment Effective March 11, 2023
Pursuant to the release of the January 2023 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the fourth COLA adjustment of the 2021-2024 National Agreement will result in a $208 increase for eligible rural carriers. This COLA adjustment will be effective ...
Rural carrier aids toddler, dog, wandering far from home
Rural Carrier Robert Parnell was recently delivering mail in Sturgeon, MO, when he came upon a 2-year-girl and her dog as they were walking by themselves along a railroad track. Parnell immediately stopped to check on the toddler, who was crying and said she was lost. The Postal Service employee ...
Rural carrier leads police to dead customer, living pet
Rural Carrier Malenia Orr was recently making deliveries in New Springfield, OH, when she grew concerned about a customer whose mail was piling up unusually. She soon saw a police officer and asked him to check on the man. The customer was found deceased, with his dog inside the residence ...
RRECS Safety/Service Talks
The NRLCA has been notified that less than half of the offices have credit for Safety/Service Talks entered into the Rural Management Support System (RMSS). The NRLCA submitted a proposal to cover the shortage and it was not accepted. The USPS has unilaterally decided to have the Safety/Service time built into ...
Kansas rural carrier killed in car-train accident near Burlingame
The Kansas Highway Patrol has reported that Ronald R. Neilson, 62, of Scranton, Kan., was killed Thursday morning when his vehicle was struck by a train at a crossing on 189th Street, south of Burlingame, Kan. KHP reported the accident happened about 10:05 a.m. Feb. 9, 2023, at a location ...