Rural letter carrier in the US discusses management attack on workers
The cuts to rural carriers’ wages are part of a vast restructuring of the Post Office under Postmaster Louis DeJoy, who intends to close thousands of local post offices and lay off 50,000 employees to transform the public corporation into a profitable Amazon-style delivery system ...
LiteBlue Net-to-Bank, Direct Deposit Restored
Late last week the Postal Service shared with the APWU that LiteBlue was experiencing issues and that direct deposit and net to bank functionalities had been deactivated once again. The APWU was notified that these functions were reactivated on Monday July 17 ...
Rural carrier whose wages were cut by $20,000 speaks out on slashed pay, harsh working conditions
The WSWS recently spoke with a rural letter carrier for the United States Postal Service about working conditions following the implementation of the new Rural Routes Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS) method of calculating wages. Since its deployment roughly two-thirds of rural letter carriers have reported steep cuts in pay. The RRECS system ...
Alert: More fraudulent activity occurring on Liteblue
USPS officials have informed NALC of additional fraudulent activity against the LiteBlue application. The Postal Service is reporting that this new activity appears to be more sophisticated than the previous infiltration of USPS systems. This breach is compromising the Multifactor Authentication (MFA) one-time passcode feature that was added earlier this ...
PS Form 3227-R Revision: Rural or Highway Contract Route Carrier Stamp Purchase Order Form
Effective July 2023, the Postal Service™ revised PS Form 3227-R, Rural or Highway Contract Route Carrier Stamp Purchase Order Form, to update the information based on the recent rate increase. The revised edition is dated July 2023. All previous editions of PS Form 3227-R are obsolete and must be recycled. The July ...
Pennsylvania RCA dies on the route
In Felton, PA, a small rural town south of Red Lion in southern York County, Dale Andy Fantom, a 25-year veteran RCA, who went by Andy to those that knew him, passed away while on the job. A customer found him unresponsive inside his POV in their driveway. As he ...
USPS Sending Out Mailer To Employees On The Postal Service Health Benefits Plan
These trifold brochures will be mailed to all USPS employees and retirees on July 1, 2023. These provide information on Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) for employees and annuitants ...
Rural Carrier worried about mail piling up alerts authorities
Shelley Ponton, a rural carrier in Ashkum, IL, was recently making deliveries when she grew concerned about an older customer whose mail was piling up unusually. Ponton asked Postmaster Julia Holohan to alert authorities about the woman, who lived alone and had no family members except a brother 75 miles ...
Attacks on rural letter carriers the beginning of devastating restructuring of the US Postal Service
Work at USPS? Tell us what you think about the impact of RRECS and the proposed cuts under “Delivering for America.” All submissions will be kept anonymous. More than 90,000 rural letter carriers for the United States Postal Service (USPS) are battling changes to their compensation which have led to massive pay cuts and ...
Man Gets Life Sentence for Killing Rural Carrier Who Refused to Deliver Marijuana Package
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being convicted of killing a mail carrier who instead of delivering a large package of marijuana to his home left a note in the mailbox requiring him to come to a South Carolina post office to ...
Updated EMA Charts released
Equipment Maintenance Allowance Schedule for Rural Routes Rural Carriers In accordance with the provisions of Article 9, Section 2.J.3, of Handbook EL-902, Agreement Between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, effective July 1, 2023 (pay period 15-23), the equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) will increase to 95.0 ...
RCA at the center of the Supreme Court religious case reacts
(29 Jun 2023) The Supreme Court is using the case of a Christian mailman who didn’t want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who are religious. The mailman at the center of the case spoke to The Associated Press shortly after the ruling. (June 29) ...
Supreme Court sides with Christian ex-mailman who sought to avoid Sunday shifts
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Christian former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who sued after he was denied accommodations to avoid work on the Sabbath. The high court held that "Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting ...
COVID-19 Parcels Arbitration Award – No compensation for increased parcels during Covid-19 pandemic
National Arbitrator Rules that the National Agreement Does Not Require the Postal Service to Provide Additional Compensation to Rural Letter Carriers for Increase in Parcels During COVID-19 Pandemic via NRLCA.org On June 27, 2023, the parties’ National Arbitrator issued a decision in the “COVID-19 Parcels” case. While the Arbitrator appeared ...
Atlanta Postal Credit Union Files Notice of Recent Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack
On June 22, 2023, Atlanta Postal Credit Union (“APCU”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Montana after learning that a recent ransomware attack compromised the confidential information of some bank customers. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining ...
FSA update – Postal employees should check their paychecks for erroneous deductions
Postal Service employees enrolled in the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS) should review their pay stub for erroneous deductions. A recent cyber incident caused a deduction increase that affected some USPS employees. FSAFEDS is aware of the issue and has taken steps to resolve it. Employees who have an ...
Rural carrier rescues toddler from roadway
Neal Sisbarro, a rural carrier in Hutto, TX, was recently delivering mail when he spotted an unattended toddler running down the middle of a street. Sisbarro guided the girl out of harm’s way and started looking for her residence. He noticed a front door ajar a block away and knocked ...