NRLCA: Talking Points Against Postal Privatization
On June 21, 2018, the Administration released a wide-ranging proposal to overhaul the federal government. Included in the government overhaul is a proposal to privatize the United States Postal Service. The Administration states their “proposal would restructure the United States Postal System to return it to a sustainable business model ...
NRLCA: Administration Releases Proposal to Privatize USPS
On June 21, 2018, the Administration released a wide-ranging proposal to overhaul the federal government. Included in the government overhaul is a proposal to privatize the United States Postal Service. The Administration states their “proposal would restructure the United States Postal System to return it to a sustainable business model ...
Big Brother is watching you
Hearing news of a new tool corporate is using (supposedly) in every district. It reports (by office) every time a carrier backs up, u-turns, left turns, deviates, accelerates too fast, brakes too fast. They are calling those "Events". They intend it to be a tool for the PM's to get ...
More Rural Carrier Heroes – We are always there
Pamela Parrish, Ashford, AL Rural Carrier Associate Pamela Parrish was recently delivering mail in Ashford, AL, when she noticed smoke coming from a customer’s porch. Parrish immediately called 911 and knocked on the front door, but got no answer. She then knocked on other doors and windows until the customer ...
Important Information Regarding the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS)
The engineering panel chaired by Dr. Louis Martin-Vega has shared with the parties most but not all of its final report on the revised Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS). The parties have agreed not to release any details about RRECS until they receive all of the supporting analysis and ...
Rural carrier, age 80, to hang up mailbag
Frances Higgs, a rural carrier who has delivered mail for the Superior, MT, Post Office for almost 40 years, will soon retire — at age 80. Before joining USPS in 1978, Higgs worked in a pharmacy in Colorado and later owned a used car dealership and tire shop in Superior ...
Rural Carrier Heroes – Saving the day
Danny Turner, Tompkinsville, KY Rural Carrier Associate Danny Turner was recently delivering mail in Tompkinsville, KY, when he discovered a customer collapsed on the ground near a mailbox. The Postal Service employee rushed to the customer’s aid, called 911 and stayed on the scene until emergency responders arrived. The customer, ...
Postal Service, National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association Continue Negotiations
The United States 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 Sunday, May 20, the Postal Service and the NRLCA have mutually decided to extend the ...
Rural Carrier Heroes: Doing it the rural carrier way
Shannon Santos, Charlotte, NC Charlotte, NC, Rural Carrier Shannon Santos was recently delivering a package to a customer’s home when she smelled smoke. Santos got no response when she banged on the front door and windows. She soon spotted the customer inside, apparently sound asleep on a sofa. Santos called ...
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 ...