Rural carrier saves customer’s life on freezing day
Olivia Allee, a rural carrier associate, was making deliveries in December in California, MO, when she spotted an older customer who’d fallen outside. The man asked Allee for help, but she couldn’t safely lift him, so she immediately called 911. The Postal Service employee then located a blanket to warm ...
PRELIMINARY RRECS EVALUATION RESULTS via NRLCA
The National Board has been given preliminary results for the first RRECS evaluation. As you can see based on the graph that we were given, approximately 66% of all routes lost in evaluation and 6% stayed the same, and 28% gained in evaluation. As you can see the USPS has ...
Rural carrier honored for service
SOMERSET — Somerset Post Office recently honored David M. Dittoe for 30 years of service, plus 10 years as a sub, making total 40 years in the Postal Service. He received the Million Mile Award for driving a million miles with no accidents. He received a million-mile award plaque, a ...
RRECS updated timeline
The message to our HQ: This message was sent to the District Managers this afternoon at 6:46 PM. The NRLCA had no input other than to receive it. Subject: RRECs District Managers, As we work towards our first National RRECS implementation, based on recommendations from our CIO group, we will ...
Rural carrier saves customer injured inside home
Shawn Jones, a rural carrier, was recently delivering mail in Moodus, CT, when she heard an older customer yelling for help. Jones saw the woman lying on the kitchen floor, found the door locked and immediately called 911. The Postal Service employee remained on the scene until emergency responders arrived ...
Martinton, IL Rural Carrier Celebrates 60 Years of Service
What: Rural Carrier John Moore, Martinton IL, Post Office, reached 60 years of service on February 12. Working for the Postal Service runs in the family, as Moore’s father worked for 46 years as a carrier for the Postal Service. Between them they have 106 years of service. When: Thursday, ...
NRLCA – Letters of Demand Being Issued for Exceeding 2240
Carriers, please be aware that the Postal Service is sending out invoices for carriers that exceeded 2240. Do NOT pay these invoices. Per the Step 4, E95R-4E-C 01267089, if the carriers exceeded 2240 through no fault of their own, the Letters of Demand would be waived. These invoices say that they are for ...
DELAY IN RRECS IMPLEMENTATION
At approximately 5:00 P.M. today, Monday, March 20, the NRLCA was notified that because of system issues, the PS Forms 4241-A could not be generated. This will cause a delay in RRECS implementation until at least April 8, 2023 ...
Family of mail carrier killed in dog attack speaks out, demands accountability
Pamela Rock fatally attacked by dogs in Putnam County Pamela Rock was airlifted to a trauma center, where her brother Tom Rock rushed to her side. “She had lost one arm and part of another leg,” he said. “Her face was mauled. Her face was mauled, ear was torn up, ...
New EMA Rate Effective April 8, 2023 for rural carriers (Pay Period 09-23)
On March 14, 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the February Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which established the Private Transportation Index at 261.223, a decrease from the November 2022 Index of 266.492. Therefore, based on the February 2023 CPI-W release, the Equipment ...
Rural carrier honored for saving dogs from fire
DOYLESTOWN TWP., Pa. — A Bucks County postal carrier was honored for saving two dogs from a burning home in Buckingham Township. Eugene Petrucci was given the Postmaster General Hero Award at the Furlong Post Office on Tuesday morning. Petrucci said he was doing his usual route when he noticed ...
Rural carrier saves three customers from house fire
Denise Dabney, a rural carrier, was recently delivering mail in Crewe, VA, when she spotted smoke billowing from a residence. Dabney, who also serves the community as a volunteer emergency responder, immediately called 911 and assisted neighbors in rescuing three customers from the home. Firefighters soon arrived to battle the ...
Electing the High Option on Form 4241
REMINDER: CARRIERS CAN TAKE HIGH OPTION IF YOU QUALIFY. YOU MUST SIGN THAT YOU WILL STAY UNDER 2080; CARRIERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SIGN THAT THE SURVEY IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, YOU MUST PUT IN WRITING WHY YOU ARE NOT SIGNING. Example form below ...
Rural carrier finds way to save customer’s life
Judith Wilbourn, a rural carrier in Okemah, OK, was recently making deliveries when she grew concerned about a customer whose mail was piling up unusually. Wilbourn alerted the woman’s neighbors, who soon checked on her and found her stranded in her yard, where she’d fallen several days earlier. They ensured ...
Investigators find no wrongdoing after rural carrier Pamela Rock dies in dog attack
Pamela Rock was mauled by five dogs that got out of a fenced-in yard after the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said the postal worker’s mail truck had broken down on a dirt road. The I-TEAM has learned that federal and local investigations didn’t find wrongdoing by Rock’s employer or the ...
Rural mail carrier Olivia Allee awarded Postmaster General Hero award
Rural carrier Olivia Allee was awarded with a Postmaster General Hero award from California Postmaster Krystal Drone on Feb. 21, for her quick work attending to the safety of a local customer. According to a summery of events, while delivering mail, Allee found a note from the customer offering a ...
Mrs. Mamie Thomas, first female rural mail carrier delivered in Vicksburg
Born in 1873 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Mamie Thomas grew up in a time when women’s opportunities were limited. However, she was determined to make a difference and break through the barriers that kept her and other women from achieving their goals. After marrying John Thomas, she moved to the small ...