Step 4 Settlement – (Q15R-4Q-C 16846401) Amazon Fresh Test
The issue in this grievance concerns the appropriate compensation for rural carriers required to deliver Amazon Fresh totes. The Postal Service began a market test delivering groceries in the San Francisco, California delivery area on August 8, 2014. The test was expanded to additional delivery locations in California on June ...
Treasury to Stop Payments into Postal Service Retirement Fund, For Now
On March 4, Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress his organization would stop making payments into two government retirement funds to keep from exceeding the national debt limit. A March 2 deadline saw the resumption of a $22 trillion limit on national debt after a year-long suspension under a 2018 ...
Two-vehicle collision, involving rural carrier near Norfolk sends 3 to hospital
NORFOLK, Neb. (KCAU) - Three people were sent to the hospital after an afternoon crash on Highway 275, about three miles east of Norfolk. The Stanton County Sheriff’s Office said the collision happened Friday around 2:10 p.m. They aid that Toni Prince, 46, of Osmond, is a rural mail carrier ...
Rural Carrier heroes at it again
Ashley Deasey,Buffalo Mills, PA Rural Carrier Ashley Deasey was delivering mail in Buffalo Mills, PA, one day last fall when she saw that a customer’s home was on fire. While calling 911, Deasey rushed to the front door and knocked, then opened it to alert anyone who may have been ...
Contract negotiations update
Back in December of 2018, you were notified that NRLCA officers have continued their efforts to reach an agreement on the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The parties have held several meetings, the most recent being this past week. The Union has clearly laid ...
Ruralinfo tips – Did you know -Lunch Breaks – Feb 20th, 2019
Daily breaks - Did you know? Did you know that management cannot require you to take a break? The parties agree that rural carriers at their option may take a lunch break, provided the time does not exceed (30) minutes per Article 30.1.F. The parties further agree this provision prohibits management ...
Tragedy takes local rural mail carrier
Sarah Hartman, 30, worked as a rural mail carrier in Strafford, MO A Seymour woman died last week in a tragic two-vehicle, work-related accident on Evergreen Road, about two miles east of Strafford. Sarah K. Hartman, 30, who lives just east of Seymour, was working her route as a rural ...
Rural Carrier Dies After Suffering Medical Emergency, Crashing Mail Truck Into Porch
IRWIN, Pa. (KDKA) — A mail carrier has died after crashing his mail truck over a hillside, hitting the front porch of a home in Irwin. The crash happened after 10 a.m. on Main Street. The mail carrier apparently suffered some sort of medical emergency behind the wheel, causing him ...
Rural Carrier dies after suffering cardiac arrest on the route
A “strict no unnecessary travel” advisory was put in place by the county sheriff’s office in those areas hit hardest by heavy snowfall. County residents were asked to stay home and off the roads to give emergency services personnel and snowplows the access they needed to clear the roads. In ...
Man convicted in crash that killed rural mail carrier in Texas
https://www.postaltimes.com/postalnews/wichita-falls-man-charged-in-april-2018-crash-that-killed-a-rural-texas-mail-carrier/ Related: Texas Rural Carrier killed after being struck by 18 wheeler ...
Guidelines for Acts of God at the USPS
The Postal Service takes a narrow view on Administrative Leave for Acts of God. They must be general instead of personal, meaning large groups of employees not being able to make it to work. See more information at the links below: 1. Click here for Act of God information from the ...
Submitting your edit book DOES NOT update your pay
The most important form in a rural carrier's work life- The PS Form 4003 The PS Form 4003 contains all the route’s current, active delivery data including an official line of travel, current number of deliveries, miles traveled, authorized dismounts, etc… This form is used to update any changes that occur ...
Guide to rural time and attendance
Great resource submitted to Ruralinfo ...
More Rural Carrier Heroes
Kevin Lippy, Powhatan, VA Rural Carrier Associate Kevin Lippy was delivering mail in Powhatan, VA, in August when he was involved in a two-vehicle accident. Lippy, who sustained minor injuries, quickly grew concerned about a 3-year-old boy, Jojo Seabrook, who was pinned underneath the car that was being driven by ...
Update on Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS)
Since the June 23rd, 2018 final report of the panel for the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) the postal service has had teams developing the software and systems to support RRECS. As we move forward with implementing RRECS, the USPS will conduct an end to end test on 4,205 ...
Rural Carrier delivers mail in a Mystery van
MOSES LAKE — You might have seen it out and about. Bright blue and green, with orange letters all around that say “The Mystery Machine,” rambling down country roads, an arm sticking out occasionally, shoving mail into rural mailboxes. “It started out as a safety thing,” said Andrew Arnold, a ...
Ohio Rural Carrier ejected, killed in crash; collision under investigation
WADSWORTH TOWNSHIP, OH (WOIO) - A mailman died tragically when his truck overturned during a violent two-car crash in Wadsworth on Wednesday. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Randy Irwin, 59, of Macedonia, was pulling into traffic on his mail route along SR 94 when he was struck from ...