The Postal Service has affirmed the tentative scheduled dates provided to the NRLCA for salary adjustments agreed to in the 2024-2027 National Agreement. All dates listed below are according to Postal Service programming projections. Salary Increases The stop gap or general wage increases of 1.3% for regular carriers and 2.3% ...

The deadline for Postal Service employees to order T-shirts to promote semipostal stamps is Friday, Aug. 15. Employees can order special T-shirts, at their own expense, from Tee Luv, a provider of USPS-licensed apparel, using the password USPS2025. Uniformed employees can wear the licensed semipostal stamp T-shirts during promotional activities, with ...

Controllable loss increased $522 million, compared to same quarter last year USPS Ground Advantage continues to grow, providing customers with reliable low-cost service David Steiner becomes 76th Postmaster General on July 15th WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 ...

Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the newly-appointed Postmaster General, David Steiner, urging him to course correct the unreliability and delays Missourians have experienced from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) under his predecessor. “USPS failed to meet its own nationwide performance targets in nearly every category, and the problem ...

Today, a 78-cent postage stamp can send a letter to any address nationwide. But in the early days of the United States Postal Service (USPS), ensuring equal access to mail — even among residents in hard-to-reach places — was more complicated. This year marks the 250th anniversary of the postal ...

The retailer is investing $4 billion into its rural “last mile” network. Set to triple in size by the end of 2026, the network will deliver one billion additional packages annually, Amazon said in April. It added that an additional 4,000 small towns, cities, and rural communities will get same-day and next-day ...

Past National Officer Leo Root passed away on July 22, 2025. He was born on July 23, 1943 and lived in Atkinson, NH. Leo began his career as a rural carrier in New Hampshire in 1975, and was appointed a local steward the very same year. The following year he became ...

For 250 years, wherever the U.S. military has gone, the United States Postal Service has followed — serving as a vital link between the front lines and the home front. As the Navy, Army and Marine Corps celebrate their 250th anniversaries this year, the USPS marked the same milestone last ...

The Postal Service has successfully completed testing a prototype package sorter that will enable the organization to increase its processing capacity and retire some of its older machines. The parallel induction linear sorter, or PILS, has been used for 10 months at the Dulles, VA, Processing and Distribution Center, where ...

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Below please find the updated RHD vehicle incentive instructions and forms in accordance with MOU 8: Right Hand Drive Vehicles ...

Staffing vacancies and funding losses at the Office of Personnel Management are putting the near-new Postal Service Health Benefits program at risk of an “operational failure,” according to OPM’s inspector general office. A “flash” OIG audit report published earlier this month warned that OPM’s new health insurance program covering about ...

President Donald Trump’s latest economic move is to halt the de minimis exemption, a provision that made international shipments of low-value items cheaper. When the exemption ends on August 29, shipments valued at or under $800 will be subject to duty fees when sent by any carrier other than the ...

SHEPHERDSTOWN — The National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) held a number of events over the past week, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The Shepherdstown Opera House served as the location for the NRLCA’s July 24 event on “Delivering America: The History and Impact ...

The service, which used to rely on the USPS before a breakup this year, posed challenges for UPS in Q2 due to higher-than-expected costs. UPS has “reengaged” with the U.S. Postal Service on a potential delivery arrangement for UPS Ground Saver, a service that once relied on the agency, CEO ...

OPM has told federal agencies that they are to “robustly” protect and enforce “each federal employee’s right to engage in religious expression in the federal workplace,” including through displays of religious items and, during work breaks, activities such as prayer and evangelizing—so long as it is not “harassing in nature.” ...

The next RRECS Mini Mail Survey (MMS) will be held August 22 to September 5, 2025. Route Evaluations will go into effect on Saturday, October 4, 2025. Mini Mail Survey Resources will be updated here as they are available: www.nrlca.org/Content/MiniMailSurvey2025 ...