North Carolina Rural Carrier killed in accident
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National Arbitrator Das Confirms Postal Service Must Provide NRLCA with “Final Worksheets” Comparing Rural and CDS Costs Prior to CDS Contract Renewal
On June 25, 2018, National Arbitrator Shyam Das issued his award in the long-awaited renewal of contract delivery service case. The Union’s grievance, filed in 2014, concerns the process the parties negotiated related to renewing CDS contracts pursuant to the 2012 Clarke interest arbitration award. The relevant contract language in ...
NRLCA: H. Res. 993 Introduced Opposing the Privatization of the Postal Service
On July 16, a bipartisan House Resolution, H. Res. 993, was introduced “expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization.” Ten ...
More rural carrier being heroes
Loraine Hayward, Wysox, PA Rural Carrier Loraine Hayward has been keeping a close eye on a newly widowed older customer in Wysox, PA, and her attentiveness recently made a crucial difference. Hayward was delivering mail to the customer’s garage — which she’d started doing to help the woman avoid navigating ...
More Engineer study information
UNOFFICIAL.. THIS IS JUST CARRIERS SHARING THE INFO THEY LEARNED AT A CONVENTION. RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL WE HAVE.. KEEP IN MIND THIS CAME FROM CONVENTIONS IN DIFFERENT STATES WHERE DIFFERENT NATIONAL OFFICERS WERE GIVING THE INFORMATION SO TAKE IT AS YOU WILL This from Delphi: We were told there ...
Rural Carrier State Convention highlights
Skags///Freeloaders///Shame on you for helping rural carriers online/// you are the problem/// if you don't go to meetings, you don't deserve the information/// Can anyone guess what all the words and phrases above have in common? They were words and statements made by some of our National officers at state ...
NRLCA Statement on Supreme Court’s Ruling in Janus
On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its decision, 5-4, in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, which involves a challenge to public sector union “fair share” fees. As expected, the majority ruled that public sector unions may not require individuals to pay union dues, even ...
Rural Carrier Heroes doing it again
Benjamin Garcia, Arvada, CO Rural Carrier Associate Benjamin Garcia was recently delivering packages on a secluded street in Arvada, CO, when he spotted a customer in trouble. The woman had gotten stranded underneath a boat parked in her driveway after she’d slipped on ice and fractured her pelvis. As soon ...
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 ...