Petition – Protect the Postal Service and Rural America from Privatization
Privatization of the U.S. Postal Service is no longer a distant threat — it's at our doorstep. Powerful financial interests want to sell off the Postal Service, raise prices, and gut rural service. Tell Congress: Stand with rural America and keep the Postal Service public! Click to sign the petition ...
Special Contract Edition 2025
Tentative Contract Language and Explanations • Revised MOUs Dates and Times for Zoom Ratification Meetings There is also a Contract Q and A on the NRLCA website https://www.nrlca.org/Content/Tentative-Contract-QandA-2025 ...
As DC argues over postal service, this LA town says ‘Junior,’ their lone mailman, is a lifeline
The white Jeep Wrangler sprinting down the gravel road, stirring up dust in the early morning light, bore no markings of the U.S. Postal Service. No lights, no logos. But everyone in this corner of Acadiana knew who was inside: Aleke Kanonu Jr., the only mail carrier in town. Kanonu ...
2025 National Convention Room Block Now Open
2025 National Convention HQ Hotel: Rosen Shingle Creek 9939 Universal Blvd. Orlando, FL 32819 www.rosenshinglecreek.com Phone Reservations: 1-866-996-6338 or 407-996-6338; Use Group Code 69446 Group Rate: $149 Single-Quad, excluding taxes (No resort fee) Guestroom rates are good 3 days pre- and post-convention dates upon availability NOTE: Room Block open Thursday, May ...
Postal unions respond to House Committee Markup That Cuts Postal and Federal Benefits
On April 30, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved a number of significant cuts to the retirement benefits of postal and federal workers ...
Amazon to invest $4 billion to expand rural delivery network in US
April 30 (Reuters) – Amazon.com said on Wednesday it would spend more than $4 billion to expand its U.S. rural delivery network by the end of 2026, doubling down on faster shipments to drive up demand from shoppers in small towns and the countryside. The investment will grow its rural ...
House Republicans advance plan to cut federal worker benefits and undermine civil service protections
As part of the GOP’s effort to pass legislation under budget reconciliation to extend and expand tax cuts for the wealthy first implemented during President Trump’s first term, the panel’s leadership unveiled plans to reduce federal spending by $50 billion, mostly by making federal workers’ contribute more toward the defined ...
2025 NRLCA Contract Ratification Meeting Schedule
Dear NRLCA Active Craft Member: The NRLCA and the USPS have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement: the 2024-2027 National Agreement between the USPS and the NRLCA. Pursuant to Article XI of the NRLCA Constitution, "National Agreements reached between the Association and the USPS shall be ...
Video: April 30th, 2025 – Oversight Hearing – U.S. Postal Service
House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Also see: ...
The story behind PMG Dejoy’s abrupt resignation – Inside Trump’s First 100 days
Louis DeJoy was among the federal officials who learned a hard lesson about power in the new Trump era. The former CEO of a logistics company and a Trump megadonor, DeJoy was tapped to become Postmaster General in 2020. Hired to retool an agency on the brink of insolvency, he ...
Some Hatch Act restrictions loosened under the Trump administration
The Trump administration on Friday relaxed enforcement of certain rules under the Hatch Act, a law that restricts the partisan political activity of federal employees. Specifically, the Office of Special Counsel, which enforces the Hatch Act, rescinded a May 2024 advisory opinion put out under former Special Counsel Hamption Dellinger. After a legal battle, the ...
Dangerous dog regulation bill named after Pam Rock gets unanimous FL Senate support
A bill addressing dangerous dogs, prompted by a tragic local case, passed unanimously on the state senate floor Monday. The Pam Rock Act is named after a mail carrier who died in 2022 in Putnam County after being mauled by a pack of five dogs. State Sen. Jay Collins is one of the co-sponsors ...
NRLCA – USPS Shipping Equity Act, H.R. 3011, Introduced in House
On April 24, 2025, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) introduced H.R. 3011, the USPS Shipping Equity Act. The NRLCA thanks Congressman Newhouse and Congressman Subramanyam for introducing the USPS Shipping Equity Act, legislation that modernizes outdated regulations and allows the Postal Service to deliver products like wine, ...
Louisiana Rural Carriers Release Open Letter Urging Speaker Johnson and Congressional Reps to Oppose USPS Privatization
Informational Demonstration in Baton Rouge Part of Growing Movement to Hold Elected Officials Accountable and Defend Rural Jobs and Communities This isn’t a hypothetical. Privatization is at our doorstep. If it happens, rural families, seniors, and veterans will pay the price. We’re calling on every Louisiana elected official to stand ...
This rural carrier took action after an older customer’s mail wasn’t picked up
Rural Carrier Jeffrey Ballenger was on his route in Belleville, IL, recently when he noticed mail accumulating in a customer’s mailbox. The customer, a 93-year-old veteran, usually picked up his mail every day. Ballenger knocked on the man’s front door but got no response. The Postal Service employee then shared ...
Comer Announces Full Committee Markup on Budget Legislation for April 30
WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup will take place on Wednesday, April 30th at 10:00 a.m. ET to consider budget legislation to advance President Trump’s agenda to provide tax relief for American families and small businesses, rein in wasteful spending, and ...
Remember the Past, Fight for the Future this Workers’ Memorial Day
In 1989, the AFL-CIO declared that April 28 would be celebrated each year as “Workers’ Memorial Day” to remember workers who were injured or died on the job and renew the fight for safety and protections at work. The date is intentional – April 28 is the day that the Williams-Steiger Occupational ...