Earlier this year, the NRLCA and NALC filed a series of unfair labor practice ("ULP") charges against the Postal Service in response to anti-union conduct committed by managers in a number of Houston District post offices, including Katy and Humble, Texas. Supervisors in those offices attempted to discourage rural carriers ...

A recent hot day in Rehoboth, MA, caused an elderly customer to feel ill. He was in distress when Rural Carrier Kathryn Bennett encountered him while delivering mail, so she gave him a cold bottle of water and called for emergency assistance. She also phoned his daughter, who later stopped ...

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A Ruralinfo.net editorial A couple of years ago, Amazon had an epiphany.  They decided they could start their own delivery service to cut out the middle man. (i.e. UPS, Fedex, USPS)  So they went full steam ahead and started hiring people off the street to deliver their parcels.  It started first ...

The 2016 National Convention Proceedings issue of the National Rural Letter Carrier magazine has been posted in the "Magazine" section of the website under "Current Issue". CLICK HERE to be directed to the magazine ...

Maineville, OH, Rural Carrier Kimberly Mitchell was delivering mail recently at a condominium when she heard a faint cry for help coming from an elderly customer’s unit. She called out to the woman, who told her that a neighbor had a key. Mitchell located the neighbor and they both checked ...

Brenda Miller recently had a certified letter for a customer who was routinely at home at delivery time, so the rural carrier was concerned when she knocked on the door and got no answer. She heard noises, though, so she looked through a window and saw the customer on the ...

A customer was recently terrified that he’d been stung on his back by a bee, having been to the emergency room after a previous sting, but he wasn’t sure. That’s when Montague, MI, Rural Carrier Saleena Millet arrived with his mail. She verified that it was a sting and stayed ...

Rural Carrier Debra Holdsworth’s route in Sherrard, IL, recently brought her to the scene of a one-car accident that left the driver seriously injured after hitting a fence. She called 911 and stayed with the young man until emergency responders arrived. He was cut out of the car, flown to ...

A recent stroll near his house turned dangerous when a man recovering from back surgery lost his balance in a wooded area. He yelled for help as Highgate Center, VT, Rural Carrier Associate Steven Lumbra arrived to deliver mail. Lumbra found the man, helped him get inside his house, got ...

A case of heat stroke recently left a customer in York, PA, unconscious and unnoticed in her yard until Rural Carrier Jeffrey Deisinger delivered her mail. He called 911 and stayed with the woman until emergency responders arrived. Several days after she was treated at a hospital, the customer contacted ...

A woman who had been stranded for four days after falling in her basement was rescued recently after Willmar, MN, Rural Carrier Rebecca Knuteson heard her cries for help. Knuteson was delivering mail when she detected the customer’s plea and called 911. Emergency responders and a neighbor broke into the ...

This was a rural carrier from Cleburne TX A Sunday head-on collision near the intersection of Texas 174 and Highland Road near Rio Vista resulted in the death of one driver. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and Rio Vista firefighters responded to the scene at about 8:06 a.m. The ...

On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, U.S. Representative Kevin Brady honored rural letter carrier, Eddie Marie Youngblood on the floor of the U.S. House. The House passed Brady's bill to name the Coldspring Post Office for her ...

Another sad day. We have lost another rural carrier on the job. Dawn Marie Price died in an accident on her route on September 19th, 2016.  She left behind a husband and 5 children. Please consider donating to help with funeral expenses if you can.  Sending thoughts of love and peace ...

Rural Carrier Michael Muhm’s actions “will never be forgotten,” a customer recently wrote in a note to the Box Elder, SD, Postmaster. The woman’s husband suffered a fatal heart attack while trimming a tree near their mailbox. Muhm found him, called 911 and went to their door to let her ...

This case involves proper procedures for counting mail at the facility where the carrier cases mail. The creation of Remotely Managed Post Offices (RMPO’s) has created issues where mail is being counted at the main office and transported to the RMPO. The parties agree that when mail is counted at ...