Rural Iowa mail carriers express concern over how compensation is determined
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) – Rural mail carriers in Iowa are voicing concerns at the Capitol about how their compensation is determined.
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Letter of Understanding Signed to Delay RRECS Implementation Until May 6
On April 21, 2023, the NRLCA and USPS reached an agreement to delay the implementation of the initial rural route evaluations under the revised Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS), until Saturday, May 6, 2023. The parties are agreeing to this delay to allow for further review of the data underlying these new rural route … Read more
RRECS article on Vice.com
Two-thirds of rural mail carriers nationwide are scheduled to be hit with a pay cut of thousands of dollars annually and may also be assigned more work days, due to the implementation of a new algorithm that determines their salary and work schedule.
Few People Know West Virginia Was Home To The First Rural Free Delivery Service In America
Rural free delivery, a United States service providing free mail delivery to residents of rural areas, was first introduced as an official offering of the United States Postal Service (USPS) in 1896.
‘Justice for Pam’ petition calls for continued investigation into fatal Interlachen dog attack
INTERLACHEN, Fla. – The family of a 61-year-old woman killed by dogs in Interlachen last August is asking people to sign a petition that calls on the State Attorney and Putnam County officials to continue to investigate her death. Pamela Rock was brutally killed during the incident. Earlier this year, the State Attorney’s Office decided not to press charges against … Read more
Further Update on The Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) from NRLCA
Please find attached correspondence from USPS operations with information pertaining to updated 4241As, 4241Ms, implementation of RRECS, and route adjustments. You will note that the USPS intends to implement the RRECS effective April 22, 2023. As you are aware the NRLCA filed a step 4 grievance requesting data and a 60-day time- period from the … Read more
The Post Office fired me for honoring the Lord’s Day. Supreme Court must make this right
Linked below is an op-ed on Fox News by former RCA Gerald Groff who has taken his religious freedom case to the Supreme Court, which will be heard on Tuesday April 18th, 2023
USPS workers claim they are seeing pay cuts in the tens of thousands, reduced hours
Shelon Williams, a carrier for USPS, said she is going from 46 hours over a five-day week to 37 hours over six days, meaning fewer hours, days off and less pay. CEDAR PARK, Texas — Some U.S. Postal Service (USPS) carriers nationwide are seeing major pay cuts, losing anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000 a year in some … Read more
NRLCA Files Amicus Brief With Supreme Court On Religious Accommodation Case Involving RCA
U.S. Supreme Court, petitioner Gerald Groff, who worked as a rural mail carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS), challenges USPS’s denial of his requested religious accommodation to not work Sundays. In 2013, the USPS contracted with an online retailer to perform Sunday package deliveries. Groff informed USPS that his religious beliefs prohibited him … Read more