RCA passes away after accident on the route
A Richmond postal carrier was critically injured last week when her United States Postal Service truck crashed on County Line Road.
According to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, the single-vehicle crash took place on the afternoon of Sept. 16 in Casco Township. It caused County Line Road between 28...
Postal Service not affected by a government shutdown
U.S. Postal Service operations will not be interrupted in the event of a government shutdown, and all Post Offices will remain open for business as usual. Because we are an independent entity that is generally funded through the sale of our products and services, and not by tax dollars,...
USPS covers a lot of ground
In the 250 years since its inception, the Postal Service has expanded from a handful of routes crisscrossing the Colonies into a 234,000-route network encompassing 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five major U.S. territories in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
To help mark the organization’s anniversary this...
Census Bureau to Test Using Postal Workers as Census Takers in 2030 Field Trials Next Year
The Census Bureau plans to use U.S. postal workers as census takers in at least two locations during field tests next year for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding.
The statistical agency said Friday in a notice to be published next week that it will test and assess the...
This rural carrier found a 96-year-old man who had fallen on the ice
Rural Carrier Patricia “Patti” Durrell was delivering mail last winter in Pomfret Center, CT, when she spotted an older man lying on the ground.
The 96-year-old customer had slipped on ice while taking his garbage out to the road to be picked up. Unable to lift himself, he was stranded...
Updated Salary Charts Reflecting Past Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) and General Wage Increase (GWI)
Below find links to Rural Carrier salary charts reflecting
$957 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective September 7, 2024
1.3% general wage increase effective (GWI) November 16, 2024
$416 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective March 8, 2025
As Delivering for America proceeds, bipartisan lawmakers create caucus focused on improving postal operations
While the bulk of House Democrats were speaking on the Capitol steps on Friday to express their opposition to the GOP-backed measure to avoid a government shutdown, a bipartisan quintet of lawmakers gathered a couple yards away to launch a new caucus dedicated to stopping certain U.S. Postal Service reforms,...
SALARY AND EMA
EMA Charts (06/2025)
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RCA wage (11/18/23)
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