The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 signed into law on March 11, 2021, provides an important new leave benefit for letter carriers affected by COVID-19. Effective March 12, it establishes a new category of leave called Emergency Federal Employee Leave (EFEL). EFEL is available to all federal employees if they experience a Covid-19 related … Read more
President’s Opening Statement for 2021 USPS/NRLCA Contract Negotiations Your National Board will continue to work… Posted by National Rural Letter Carriers' Association on Thursday, March 11, 2021
From NRLCA State Convention cancellations and postponements will be posted as each state board reports its decision to the NRLCA National Board. Below is the current list of states that are canceling or postponing their State Conventions for 2021: Alabama: Canceled Connecticut: Canceled Kentucky: Postponed until October 2021 Minnesota: Canceled (may be rescheduled later … Read more
State Boards Have the Sole Discretion to Hold or Cancel Their 2021 Conferences or Meetings States are not required to… Posted by National Rural Letter Carriers' Association on Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Question Box: Acts of God An Act of God involves community disasters such as fires, floods, or storms. The disaster… Posted by National Rural Letter Carriers' Association on Thursday, February 18, 2021
NRLCA President Stutts' State of the Union Address The pandemic has, in so many ways, forced us to do our work… Posted by National Rural Letter Carriers' Association on Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Rural Carriers Who Develop COVID-19 in the Performance of Their Duties Are Entitled to OWCP Coverage The Federal… Posted by National Rural Letter Carriers' Association on Wednesday, February 10, 2021
I am president of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, which represents over 130,000 rural letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) who deliver the mail in rural and suburban communities in your state and throughout the nation. I write to express my concern that rural letter carriers and their fellow USPS … Read more
(The) USPS is implementing a new DACA Code (Code F) which will be used instead of “L” when a carrier takes a full-day of LWOP for Union business. DACA Code F is used for Full Day Rural Union LWOP. This new process begins pay period 04/2021, (January 30th, 2021). The new code F is applicable … Read more
The delegates at the 2018 National Convention passed a binding resolution stating, “That a week during the year be designated as Relief Carrier Appreciation Week.” The NRLCA National Board has designated the first full week in February (February 6-12, 2021) as “Relief Carrier Appreciation Week.” We ask that you join us in showing our hard-working … Read more
From NRLCAAfter speaking with the California President and talking with the other WSC State Presidents, we have decided to cancel the 2021 Western States Conference in California and will look forward to the 2022 WSC in Idaho if and when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Thank you, Trudy Ewing President, Western States Conference
From NRLCA The NRLCA National Board has decided to make the National Recap Reports available to the membership via the NRLCA web site. Please understand that this National Recap includes every rural route on which a regular carrier worked that pay period. If no regular carrier worked the route, the route is not included in … Read more
USPS will be informed of a rural carrier testing positive either by a public health authority or by the carrier themselves. A carrier who tests positive is not required to provide that information to their supervisor but should provide it to the health unit or District OHNA (Occupational Health Nurse Administrator). https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/COVID-19-Decision-Tree-January-21_2021-v2.pdf https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Decision-Tree-1-21-21-Explanation-and-Q-and-A.pdf
Dear President Biden, As president of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, which represents over 130,000 rural letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) who deliver the mail in rural and suburban communities throughout the United States, I write to express my concern that rural letter carriers, and other employees of the … Read more
From NRLCA.orgRural letter carriers come from various walks of life, diverse backgrounds, and different places. We are a union of working men and women with different politics and beliefs. But we also share many things in common—among them a pride in serving the people of the United States every day and a love of our … Read more
The March 23, 2020 MOU which temporarily expanded the use of Sick Leave for Dependent Care and implemented a liberal leave policy has been extended to March 26, 2021. The MOU expanded the use of Sick Leave for Dependent Care to allow employees to use their sick leave for unexpected childcare needs as a result … Read more
UPDATE: December 22, 2020 Click the following link to view/download the signed MOU confirming the extension of the MOUs listed below: Agreement to Extend COVID-19 MOUs ———————————————————— The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and United States Postal Service have mutually agreed to extend the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) linked below through March 26, 2021: Temporary … Read more