NRLCA – RRECS Mini Mail Survey 2022
The RRECS Mini Mail Survey is to be conducted from September 10-23, 2022. Only Random Letters and Flats, Walking Distances, PARS Labels and recurring Miscellaneous Activity not captured by the automated standards, will be measured or counted. Click here for more information and links to useful resources. Mini Mail Survey ...
Rural Carrier takes charge of customer’s crisis
Rural Carrier Timothy Beckham was delivering mail last year in tiny Quitman, LA, when he spotted a customer who’d fallen on her porch. Beckham rushed to aid the woman, who had been stranded for two hours. He safely helped her up, then called police to request further assistance. “The customer ...
New Rural Carrier Salary Charts Released Effective August 27, 2022
Updated salary schedules reflecting the $2,454 COLA increase for eligible rural carriers are available for download here. The salary increases are effective August 27, 2022 and should appear in paychecks dated September 16, 2022 ...
Texas RCA, Robin Detrick Morrison dies on the route in an accident
ALBANY - An Albany resident died in a one-vehicle crash early Saturday afternoon 11 miles north of here in Shackelford County. Robin Detrick Morrison, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene by Shackleford County Judge Robert Skelton. According to a Department of Public Safety report issued late Monday afternoon, Morrison ...
MOU to hire exclusively annuitants for the HARC position during peak season
This temporary, seasonal position will be filled by reemploying annuitant postal employees from Nov. 5, 2022 through Jan. 27, 2023 ...
NRLCA files Step 4 Grievance Over Postal Service’s Delay in Paying Retroactive Salary Adjustments
Today, the NRLCA National Board filed a National Step 4 Grievance over the Postal Service’s continued delays in paying the retroactive salary adjustments due to rural carriers under the 2021-2024 National Agreement ...
UPDATE: MOU Allowing Regular Rural Carriers to Volunteer to Work on Sundays or Provide Assistance on other Rural Routes Extended
The MOU was sent to USPS Labor Relations and HQ Delivery and Field Performance this afternoon with the following instructions: The Postal Service and the NRLCA have signed the attached MOU regarding two temporary modifications to the USPS-NRLCA National Agreement. Beginning Sunday, August 7, 2022, and continuing through February 24, 2023, ...
Rural Carrier saves customer hanging on after fall
Rural Carrier Amy Fitch was recently delivering mail in Spotsylvania, VA, when she grew concerned about an older customer. The woman had not retrieved packages left on the porch several days earlier, so Fitch stopped to check on her. When the Postal Service employee knocked on the front door, the ...
Rural Carrier keeps vulnerable woman safe from water
Rural Carrier Theresa Rankin was delivering mail on a frigid February day in Ridgely, MD, when she spotted an older woman walking out of a creek. Rankin immediately stopped to check on the woman, who was disoriented and said she wanted to return to the creek “to meet my friend.” ...
MOU Signed on Rural Route Territorial Adjustments
On August 1, 2022, the USPS and NRLCA signed an MOU on Rural Route Territorial Adjustments. The parties recognize that there is potential impact to rural route evaluations resulting from the implementation of the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RRECS). To limit this impact and ensure that routes are evaluated ...
USPS Headquarters delays rural route adjustments until after RRECS implementation
As of today, we have successfully mapped over 97% of our rural routes in the new RRECS system. As we are working to implement RRECS with a mini mail survey in September, we are now at a point where we need to pause work on rural route adjustments and overburdened ...
Rural carrier saves senior citizens in path of fire
Rural Carrier Sarah Shaw was recently delivering mail in Tuolumne, CA, when she spotted an unattended brush fire spreading up a tree. Concerned that the blaze was perilously close to a residence with many cars in the driveway, Shaw immediately called 911 and rushed to notify the homeowners, who were ...
REQUIRING REGULAR CARRIERS TO WORK OTHER ROUTES AND REQUIRING RCAS TO WORK MORE THAN 12 HOURS IN A DAY
The following is a statement of NRLCA’s position on three very important issues: The safety of rural carriers and the public. Requiring or allowing regular carriers to work on other routes and/or on Sundays. Requiring Leave Replacements to work more than 12 hours in one day ...
Updated Salary Schedules to be Effective July 16, 2022
The USPS have brought all salary schedules up to date, as required under the 2021-2024 National Agreement. The salary schedules linked below reflect a retroactive $1,935 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective August 28, 2021, a retroactive 1.3% General Wage Increase (GWI) effective November 20, 2021, and a $1,311 COLA effective February ...
RRECS Activity Scans: Update/Clarification on 2nd Trips/Loading Scans
Effective immediately, when carriers are performing 2nd trips, they must also utilize the Hotkey 6 STARTLOADVEH and Hotkey 7 ENDLOADVEH to capture the load time associated with the 2nd trip. This will ensure proper compensation when RRECS is implemented. In addition, 2nd trips are to continue to be compensated per Handbook F-21 563 ...