RRECS mapping Information
Information shared in the Wisconsin State paper. Great info and news we all need to know. https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RRECS-Newsletter.pdf Full newsletter Also: Delivery Point Manager User Guide: https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RSD_DPM_User_Guide_1-1.pdf ...
Meet the latest rural carrier heroes
Meet the Heroes RCA James Wentworth Stickney, SD Rural Carrier Associate James Wentworth was delivering mail in Stickney, SD, in June when he saw an older customer lying beside a gravel road, waving for help. Read more RCA Elizabeth Ridge Harrison, MI Rural Carrier Associate Elizabeth Ridge was recently delivering ...
NRLCA: Please Contact Your Senator Now in Support of S. 2965
With the passage of the USPS Fairness Act in the House on February 5, the next step in our fight is the companion bill in the Senate. S. 2965 would eliminate the requirement that the USPS pre-fund health benefits for retirees, placing the Postal Service on a far better financial ...
Back pay delayed again – Step 4 Grievance Filed
On February 21, 2020, the Postal Service notified the NRLCA that the contractual retro payment would be delayed once again due to programming issues within the system. This delay would cause the retro payment to be processed and paid on May 15, 2020. The National Agreement was ratified on August ...
Rural Carrier killed in car accident on the way to work
WOOD COUNTY (WAOW)- One person is dead after a two car crash in the Village of Auburndale Saturday morning. In a press release from the Wood County Sheriff's Department, 57-year-old Mark Smith was driving a van west bound on USH 10 when he collided with a pick up truck which ...
Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) Update
February 10, 2020 The NRLCA and the USPS have agreed to move forward with the new mapping program that has been developed and tested. Pilot offices in eight different districts are being mapped now and the process will expand shortly with a goal of getting all rural routes mapped in ...
Rural Carrier dies due to injuries from accident on route
UPDATE: Rural Carrier Shelly Andress died due to injuries Two people were seriously injured in a crash that shut down Route 42 for nearly 51/2 hours Saturday afternoon, police say. Mail carrier Shelly Andress, 58, Millville, was crossing the intersection of Perry Avenue and Route 42 from Sunken Heights when ...
Your help is needed! Please contact your representative and ask them to support HR 2382
Your help is needed! Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 5, the House will vote on the USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382). The first votes are scheduled to begin at 4:45PM, and we anticipate the vote on H.R. 2382 to be shortly after that. Please contact your representative and ask them to support ...
NRLCA – Contact Congress Now!
Your help is needed! Next Wednesday, February 5, the House will vote on the USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382). We urge you to contact your representative and ask them to vote in favor of this landmark bill that will end the mandate to prefund USPS retiree healthcare and erase nearly ...
This is rural relief carrier appreciation week.
The delegates at the 114th National Convention in Grand Rapids, MI passed a binding resolution stating, “That a week during the year be designated as Relief Carrier Appreciation Week.” The NRLCA National Board has designated the first full week in February as “Relief Carrier Appreciation Week.” We ask that you ...
In memoriam – SC Rural Carrier loses his life on the route
Obituary | Ryan Mark Powell of Johnsonville, South Carolina | Morris Funeral Home Coroner identifies victim killed in Pamplico crash | WBTW ...
Rural Carrier dies a week after Attala County shooting
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (WTVA) - A postal worker died more than a week after being shot in the head. Sherry Ingold died Friday night, Postal Inspector Tony Robinson confirmed. Mugshot of Roland Dampeer released on January 17, 2020. The man charged with shooting her, Roland Dampeer, remains in federal custody. The ...
Step Four Grievance Settlement – DPS Rebuild After Review and Reclassification
The issue in this grievance is whether there is a requirement to rebuild a rural route following the reclassification of the route as a result of a DPS letter mail formal review. The parties mutually agree that the following will constitute a full and complete settlement in this grievance. When ...
Mississippi rural carrier shot on the route
UPDATE: Sadly Sherry has passed. My thoughts are with her family at this time.Kristy Ingold Rural postal worker shot in Attala County JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Attala County’s sheriff said a man shot a rural postal worker in the head Thursday. Sheriff Tim Nail said the man first tried to ...
Rural Reach Day – Postal districts to celebrate program Jan. 24
The Postal Service will celebrate its lead-sharing program for rural carriers by designating Friday, Jan. 24, as Rural Reach Day. Across the nation, USPS districts will hold events to thank rural carriers for contributing to the program, which has generated more than $640 million in estimated annualized revenue since it ...
In memoriam – Sheila G. Rackley – Rural Carrier
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities have identified a postal worker who died Monday after her vehicle was hit while delivering mail Monday. Sheila Gay Rackley, 55, was delivering mail to a home when her Postal Service vehicle was hit by a truck going south on 10th Street. The crash ...