In Rural America, the Postal Service Is Already Collapsing
As a late-season snow began to fall, Jessica, a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service, sped down a country road in upstate New York toward the next mailbox along her route. Her left hand steadied the wheel of her nearly 10-year-old Jeep Compass as she slowed in front ...
Texas Rural Carrier killed after being struck by 18 wheeler
MAJOR WRECK -- Dorothy Truelock, a USPS mail courier, was stopped on the improved shoulder of US Hwy 79 just north of CR 329 in a white 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited on Friday afternoon, April 20th, when she was struck by a red 2004 18-wheeler driven by Kevin Banks, age ...
Everyday Rural Carrier Heroes
Patricia Dorr, Westport, NY Five dogs and a cat were given a new lease on life recently when an alert Postal Service employee saw them suffering inside an upstate New York home. Westport, NY, Rural Carrier Patricia Dorr was delivering mail at the residence when she spotted the animals through ...
NRLCA Statement on Trump’s postal task force
On April 12th, President Trump signed an Executive Order creating a Task Force on the United States Postal Service. The formation of the Task Force is the first official action signaling the White House is going to engage in postal operations. The Executive Order cites the fact that the Postal ...
Step 4 Settlement on Bypassing RCAs to Avoid Overtime
This case involves management bypassing an RCA to work on a route that is not the primary assignment when scheduling day-to-day to avoid paying overtime. The parties agree Pre-arbitration settlement, G00R-4Q-C 02139495 (M-84 in the Quick Reference Guide) from Willis, TX, addresses the entitlements of overtime when scheduled to your ...
More Rural Carrier heroes
Suzanne Mates, Ithaca, MI Rural Carrier Suzanne Mates was recently delivering mail on a harsh winter day in Ithaca, MI, when she heard distressed moans coming from inside an older customer’s home. Mates investigated and found the woman on the floor, where she had apparently been collapsed for a long ...
NRLCA: EEOC Reaches Final Decision in National Reassessment Program Class Action Lawsuit
Affected Carriers May File Claims for Relief On March 9, 2018, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final decision in the class action case challenging the Postal Service's National Reassessment Program (NRP). Click here to download/view the decision. Affected rural letter carriers and other Postal employees may be entitled to ...
President Dwyer’s Opening Statement for 2018 USPS/NRLCA Contract Negotiations
While today is not the time for specifics, we want you to know that any new contract should have appropriate general wage increases along with a continuation, if not improvement, of the COLA formula. And it should come as no surprise to you, and especially not to Doug, who has ...
NRLCA: Senate Introduces S. 2629 – Postal Service Reform Act of 2018
On March 22, Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Heide Heitkamp (D-ND), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act of 2018, titled “Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency.” The legislation is a comprehensive reform bill that would put the Postal Service on firm financial footing ...
In memoriam – Sheila Coffman, RCA, Hot Springs Arkansas
Sheila Coffman was a RCA in Hot Springs, AR 71901 and her mother is a Rural Carrier at 71901 - Her Aunts are retired rural carriers from 71901 and 71913. Her cousin is a rural carrier at 71901. She carried her route Saturday and had a medical emergency at home ...
RCA dies after being pinned by own vehicle near Ann Arbor
LYNDON TOWNSHIP, MI – A woman was pinned by a U.S. Postal Service vehicle against a handrail and died in Lyndon Township Wednesday, March 21, according to authorities. Authorities believe she may have been a postal worker delivering packages, but couldn’t confirm her identity Wednesday. The incident took place in ...
March Rural Carrier Heroes
James Hunter, Prosper, TX Rural Carrier James Hunter was recently delivering a package to a customer’s home in Prosper, TX, when the man’s housekeeper asked for help. Her boss had fallen in the garage, she said, and she couldn’t get him up on her own. Hunter, who had assisted the ...
Step 4 Settlement on Carriers Right to Take Parcels and Odd-Size Pieces to Your Case to Sort and Mark Your Case
These cases involve management not allowing carriers to sequence or mark parcels in the office if they will not make their leaving time for the route or if they would work over 10 hours for the day on their route. The parties agree that section 223.23 of the PO-603 allows ...
Engineering Panel Update: Comments Have Now Been Submitted by the Parties
Pursuant to the July 3, 2012 MOU on the Evaluated Compensation System Time Standards Project, the NRLCA and the Postal Service have an opportunity to evaluate and comment on the Industrial Engineering Panel’s Final Report on the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (“RRECS”), which it issued on October 31, 2017 ...
Husband of southern Indiana postal worker who drowned delivering mail says her death was preventable
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ind. (WDRB) -- Officials in southern Indiana now confirm an accidental drowning killed a postal worker delivering mail in Madison. Teelah Kappeler, 31 died Saturday. Her husband, Mark Kappeler, said her car was found upside down, flipped on its top in a creek off Little Brushy Fork Road ...
Rural Carrier celebrated for 55 years of post office service in Martinton, IL
John Moore, of Martinton, hasn't stopped working in 55 years at the Martinton Post Office on West Main Street — not even during the surprise gathering to celebrate his years of service, this past Friday morning. Moore, 75, started his Friday morning, unsuspecting as always, by arriving to work at ...