“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.” ― Mark Twain Follow Ruralinfo.net's board Postal/Delivery person Dog Shaming on Pinterest ...

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 ...

RAFT (Recruit A Friend Today) National Recruitment Initiative Recruitment Period: December 1, 2013 -June 30, 2014 The National Board has endorsed and adopted a national recruitment initiative called    RAFT (Recruit A Friend Today). This special initiative commenced December 1, 2013, and will run through the end of the Association year June ...

This is a Ruralinfo.net Editorial. Click here to see all Ruralinfo.net editiorials It never ceases to amaze me when a carrier happens upon Ruralinfo.net and then proceeds to tell us how much they love their job and they wonder why everyone complains so much on my website. They wonder why ...

The NRLCA expresses its sincere condolences to the family, friends and coworkers of our fellow Postal employee, Tyson Barnette, who was killed this past weekend.  Mr. Barnette, a City Letter Carrier was gunned down while delivering mail in Landover, MD, a suburb of Washington D.C., on the evening of November ...

By John Amtsfield Former State Steward, New Jersey Some of these are a little bit dated, but still a great list. 1. Creation of PTF rural employees so that some relief personnel are career employees with benefits. 2. No Layoff clause. 3. RCAs earn leave while serving on auxiliary route ...

Explanation. This is a revision of Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities. Revisions are made to part 535, Mail Count Forms. Click here to download the Updated PO 603 ...

Please be advised that the final contract edition of The National Rural Letter Carrier has been posted and can be viewed in its entirety by CLICKING HERE. via News Info ...

October means choices for rural carriers. Two very important choices to be made this month are whether to sign the Relief Day Work List and whether to select the High Option if available to you. Please take the time to review the information below. Some changes have been made since ...

If your office has implemented the RED LINE Policy, where you are not allowed, after returning from your route to the office, to take anything across the RED LINE or back to your case. If management is requiring you to do additional duties, that you were not given credit for during ...

If you have any questions or concerns pertaining to a Worker's Compensation issue, please contact Devin Cassidy, Director of Worker's Compensation. To receive assistance, you will first need to submit a NRLCA Form 30. This Form 30 must be received in the National Office before Devin can assist you with your issues. The ...

The issue in this grievance concerns the proper credit during a mail count for DPS flats when a rural route delivers mail to more than one zone. The additional credit is based on a route that crosses between zones more than once. When this occurs the route is credited in ...

You may have noticed teams that include a rural carrier and manager coming to local offices. This is part of a newly created joint initiative between the NRLCA and USPS dealing with rural carrier safety. These teams go to offices to evaluate the safety of the office and talk with ...

My previous editorial "The Union Membership" raised some hackles.  Good, that is exactly what I wanted it to do.  Sometimes we have to instigate people to think about things from a different perspective.  If we are only surrounded by those with the exact same opinion, then we might not ever ...

Not sure if most of you know this, but I usually stay on the union "bad" list for the information I share.  I am accused of letting non members have information only meant for union members.  I have heard this accusation since the beginning of this website.  Yes, I do ...

As the provider of the RLC Vehicle Insurance Plan, GMAC Insurance is pleased to announce that we are now National General Insurance.  We are the same world-class company – powered by the same great people – just with a brand new look and name!    As National General Insurance, we ...

A quick update- (Thank you Mike) The 3 time-study engineers are out and about in the field now. They visited several offices in the Greensboro district and even rode with one carrier. All 3 are very impressed with the work that we do and the many tasks we have to ...