On December 4th, the Task Force on the United States Postal Service released their report on increasing the financial stability of the Postal Service. While the report is non-binding, it did make recommendations the Postal Service can take to reduce labor costs. These steps include eliminating collective bargaining over pay ...

After discussion with USPS HQ, the attached Memorandum of Agreement from May 2000 will be applied to the National Day of Observance tomorrow (December 5, 2018). Regular carriers who are normally scheduled and are directed to work tomorrow are limited to working ONLY on their assigned route. They will be ...

President Donald J. Trump has proclaimed Dec. 5 as a national day of mourning throughout the United States and has called on the American people to pay homage to the memory of former President George H.W. Bush on that day. Out of respect for President Bush, the nation’s 41st commander in chief, ...

George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94 HOUSTON — George Herbert Walker Bush, the president who managed the end of the Cold War and forged a global coalition to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait, has died at age 94. In a political career that spanned three decades, he lost his bid for ...

Douglas Daly, Groton, SD Groton, SD, Rural Carrier Douglas Daly was recently delivering mail in an isolated area when he came upon the scene of an ATV accident. Daly stopped to assist the driver, a 15-year-old who had sustained serious head and chest injuries and was in distress as he ...

A 54-year-old employee of the U.S. Postal Service died Sunday following a crash Friday night involving her mail truck on Salisbury Road in Midlothian. Chesterfield County police said Beverly L. Sublett, of the 19000 block of Poachers Run, was transported to a local hospital after a crash at 5:40 p.m ...

The issue in this grievance is the scheduling of PTF Rural Carriers on their “String” routes. Local management took the position that they could schedule a PTF on any route and bypass the PTF for work on one of their string routes provided the PTF was provided with work equal ...

The issue in this case involved management adjusting a route that was not overburdened for the stated reason of "leveling out the evaluations of the routes." The parties agreed that no national interpretive issue is fairly presented in this case. The parties further agree that, though management may provide relief ...

The issue in this grievance is whether additional compensation is warranted when local management requires rural carriers to verify parcels are properly sorted to the assigned routes immediately upon completion of parcel distribution. The parties agree that management may require rural carriers to make an additional trip to the parcel ...

The issue in the grievance is management refusing to issue an emergency salary advance, claiming that the grievant had been “terminated” when, in fact, the grievant was not. The parties agree that: "Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, Section 23-3, Employee Emergency Salary, outlines the authorized and unauthorized conditions for issuance of an ...

Veterans are near and dear to the heart of the NRLCA. More than one in five rural carriers are veterans, and many of us have friends and loved ones serving their country at home and abroad. It is on this day in particular that we pause to recognize those brave ...

Joshua McGlone, Wheelersburg, OH Rural Carrier Joshua McGlone was delivering mail on a July day in Wheelersburg, OH, when he spotted the wooden front porch of a customer’s home engulfed in flames. While the homeowner’s sister-in-law — who was there by herself — called 911, McGlone quickly located a cooler ...

In mid-October, I spoke with a mail carrier who works at a midsize hub of the U.S. Postal Service in rural New England. As a rural carrier associate, they make just under $18/hour in a continuous, part-time position. During the week, the carrier says that between 75 and 80 percent ...

Brandy Pleasants, Ashland, VA Rural Carrier Brandy Pleasants was delivering mail on a spring day in Ashland, VA, when she stopped at a convenience store. Pleasants discovered that the clerk was in medical distress and urgently needed care as he turned blue. The Postal Service employee immediately called 911 and ...

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Michele Williams, Ocklawaha, FL Rural Carrier Michele Williams was on her way to work recently in Ocklawaha, FL, when she spotted a disabled customer being attacked by a dog. Williams stopped to assist the man, using dog repellent spray to safely end the attack. After the customer retrieved a lost ...

The NRLCA National Board has designated the week of October 21-27. 2018 as “National Steward Recognition Week”. We hope you will join us in showing our stewards at every level, that their dedication and commitment do not go unnoticed. Let us praise our stewards at least as often as we ...