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Rural carrier dies in Fresno after getting into altercation during work

FRESNO, California - The Fresno County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a mail carrier. Officials tell us 63-year-old Fernando Santoya was delivering mail in the 700 block of South Polk Avenue Tuesday afternoon when he got into an altercation with a group of men who were working on ...

Rural Carrier Contract Negotiations Update

Over the past several months, 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 a lengthy meeting this morning between President Stutts and USPS Vice President ...

NRLCA: New Leadership for USPS Oversight Committees in the 116th Congress

With the new session of Congress to begin on January 3, 2019, leadership of the Congressional committees charged with oversight of the USPS is set for a shakeup. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will take the ranking member position for Republicans in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, while Rep ...

Body found on Eau Claire’s northside now identified as missing rural carrier

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (RELEASE) -- On Thursday, December 6, 2018 at approximately 4:15 p.m. investigators with the Buffalo and Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Offices went to a residence on the 2600 block of Seymour Road related to the Toby A. Cleasby missing person investigation. This residence is in the City of ...

NRLCA : Death in the Byrum Family

It is with great sadness that we share with you the passing of Linda Byrum, wife of former National Chaplain Doug Byrum. Linda passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018. She was a former Auxiliary President for the state of North Carolina. Arrangements are pending due to the expected inclement ...

NRLCA: Task Force on the Postal Service Releases Their Report

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 ...

NRLCA: UPDATE: National Day of Observance – December 5, 2018

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 ...

NRLCA: National Day of Observance for Former President George H.W. Bush

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, ...

National Day of Observance for rural carriers

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 ...

Rural Carrier Heroes – Doing it the rural carrier way

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 rural carrier died Sunday following a crash involving her mail truck

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 ...

Step 4 on Scheduling PTF Rural Carriers on Their String Routes

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 ...

Step 4 on Adjusting Routes to Level Out the Evaluations

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 ...

NRLCA: Step 4 Settlement on Carriers Required to Verify Parcels Outside of Normal Parcel Handling

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 ...

NRLCA: Step 4 Settlement on Salary Advances

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 ...

NRLCA Veteran’s Day Tribute

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 ...

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary

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 ...