Pursuant to Article XI, Section 4 of the NRLCA Constitution, the Ratification Committee has completed the tabulation of ballots and reports that the 2015-2018 NRLCA-USPS Tentative National Agreement has been RATIFIED by a vote of 16,739 to 3,368, or 83 percent voting in favor of ratification. A more detailed report from the Ratification Committee will … Read more
TAMARACK, Minn. — For most of us, retirement will come in our 60s. But Aitkin County mail carrier Bill Onstad is anything but your average worker. When asked how many years he’s been a mail carrier, Onstad quickly replies, “Well, that’s what I don’t know. I can’t remember when I started.” At the tender age … Read more
In the flier distributed this week, the postal worker wrote in part: “During the period of March 12- March 26, 2016, I would really appreciate your help. The USPS “counts” every piece of mail, parcels, etc. that I handle. The purpose of this 2- week sampling is to set my pay, paid time off, etc. … Read more
After driving an 84-mile daily route delivering mail for the United States Postal Service (USPS), Soledad resident Elmer Canevascini retired at the age of 85. Monday was officially his last day but his friends and family gathered at the Soledad Post Office on Friday and held a small retirement party. “He will be hard to … Read more
Dell Rapids resident Robbin Baily’s personal odometer rolled past a million miles as a rural carrier for post offices in Colton and Chester. To recognize surpassing the delivery milestone without a preventable incident, Baily was inducted into the United States Postal Service’s One Million Mile Club on Tuesday, March 1, with a plaque and cake. … Read more
CRANBERRY TWP — The U.S. Postal Service in the township is being investigated by the National Labor Relations Board for unfair labor practices. An employee, whose name was withheld by the labor board, is accusing the Postal Service of two types of wrongdoings: changes in terms and conditions of employment and refusal to bargain/bad faith … Read more
BERNARD, Iowa — A rural mail carrier was injured after her SUV entered a ditch and flipped Tuesday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. Tonya Waller, 43, of Bernard, was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital in Dubuque with minor injuries, according to Deputy Russ Long. The deputy said Waller was delivering mail … Read more
An Oglethorpe County mail carrier’s vehicle was swept away by a flooding creek during this week’s torrential rains, but the man was rescued by volunteers and public safety workers after a scary two hours trapped inside as flood waters roared around him. The postal worker’s Jeep Wrangler tumbled about half a mile down Rains Creek … Read more
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. While the U.S. Postal Service does not have an official motto, these words commonly are considered the postal carrier’s creed. For Bonny Blasingame, I would add “nor dusty country roads nor a crazy amount … Read more
It took Merlene Cherrey a while to figure out the tires. “When I first started, I would have flats all the time and I would get tired of changing them,” said Cherrey, a rural mail carrier who works outside this small northeastern Montana town of 840. “Then I figured out you get 10-ply.” There are … Read more
Dublin, NH, Rural Carrier Margaret Schillemat is nothing short of a one-person welcoming committee. When new residents are added to her route, she mails them a handwritten note welcoming them to town and highlighting local attractions. Schillemat, the only carrier in the roughly 1,600-person town, believes the notes help bring the dispersed community together. “I … Read more
Maryland State Police say a head-on collision between a mail truck and a car Thursday morning in Parsonsburg, sent one person to the hospital and knocked out power in the area.Maryland State Police say troopers responded to the area of Old Ocean City Road and Forest Grove Road just before 10:15 a.m. Thursday for a … Read more
No tickets were issued to a woman whose van rolled over northwest of Rantoul last week, resulting in serious injuries to her.A Champaign County sheriff’s deputy’s report said Tamaria L. Lewis, 32, of Urbana, was delivering the U.S. mail in her own vehicle about 1:10 p.m. on Sept. 4 when she left the road for … Read more
MOORHEAD – We see them coming, and wish they would hurry. What they bring is essential, personal, sometimes junk, oftentimes sacred. What they bring is news, obligation, packages of stuff we desire, and if we are lucky, love. They bring the whole of the outside world, a confirmation that our lives are connected—by name—to places … Read more
Junction City, OR, Rural Carrier Sarah Olson has found fast success through slow cooking. In March, Olson released “The Magical Slow Cooker,” a collection of Crock-Pot recipes adapted from her blog of the same name. “I work full-time on my route and I have a daughter,” Olson said. “I got obsessed with the Crock-Pot dinners, … Read more
A U.S. Postal Service worker from Hartley had to be flown by medial helicopter to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, following a two-vechile crash Wednesday morning. The collision took place at about 9:45 a.m. near the intersection of 250th Street and 100th Avenue, which is southwest of Milford. Deputies said 52-year-old Donald Hutzel of Hartley was … Read more
For more than a year, Rural Carrier Darla Kelsey devoted her personal time and expertise to single-handedly making the Belton, TX, Post Office a little more beautiful. She took the initiative to brighten the landscape for the premises, including designing new garden areas and doing the spadework. “I do it because I like it. I … Read more