Rural postal worker shot in Attala County JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Attala County’s sheriff said a man shot a rural postal worker in the head Thursday. Sheriff Tim Nail said the man first tried to kidnap a woman from the…
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The Postal Service will celebrate its lead-sharing program for rural carriers by designating Friday, Jan. 24, as Rural Reach Day. Across the nation, USPS districts will hold events to thank rural carriers for contributing to the program, which has generated…
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities have identified a postal worker who died Monday after her vehicle was hit while delivering mail Monday. Sheila Gay Rackley, 55, was delivering mail to a home when her Postal Service vehicle was…
On December 11, 2019, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the November 2019 Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which established the Private Transportation Index at 205.481, a decrease from the August 2019 Index of…
Tammy Berry Obituary – Chatsworth, Georgia
In January, rural carriers will start doing all of the RRECS scans and all information will start to be recorded with the scanners for 12 months. All routes will also be mapped in 2020. This will involve the new Zebra…
Just wanted to put out a few important points for the Christmas OT period which will begin on Saturday December 7th, 2019 and ends on Friday, December 27th, 2019. Below are a few things you need to know. REGULAR RURAL…
The issue in this grievance concerns Friday/Saturday rotating relief days in formula offices. During our discussion, we mutually agreed the following will constitute full and complete settlement of the grievance: Article 9.2.C.5.c. states, “The Employer will not require a single…
The Postal Service lost $8.8 billion in fiscal year 2019 according to the fourth quarter financial report released on November 14. While there were some positive signs as operating revenue increased by $514 million over 2018 for a total of…
In accordance with Article 9, Section 1.A of the 2018-2021 National Agreement, the basic annual salary schedules (Tables One and Two) in effect on May 20, 2018, with proportional application to hourly rate employees, for those employees covered under the…
The U.S. Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association have signed the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to allow regular rural carriers to volunteer to work on the following three (3) Sundays: December 8, December 15, and December…
2020 Rate Information RCBP members in Self Plus One are highly recommended to change to Family enrollment. This is totally permissible in the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program and can be done through the following: Retirees Call Retirement Information Office at 1-888-767-6738,…
The NRLCA has been notified by USPS that all of the retroactive salary increases included in the 2018-2021 National Agreement will be delayed and are now to be included in the paychecks for PP06-2020 (March 20, 2020). This adjustment will…
Tammy Covietz, Jordan, MN Rural Carrier Tammy Covietz was recently delivering mail to an older customer’s home in Jordan, MN, when the man fell while walking to the front door. Covietz promptly administered first aid to the customer, whose head…
The 2019 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 7, 2019 (Week 1, Pay Period 26-2019), and ends Friday, December 27, 2019, (week 1 Pay Period 01-2020). During this period, Article 9.2.K., Christmas Allowances and Procedures, of the 2018-2021…
The USPS HQ Learning and Development has notified the field that the revised Rural Academy curriculum and associated materials are available for use and are to be implemented no later than November 1, 2019. Standard Training for Rural Carriers has…