Legislative Update: Paid Leave Benefits Law, Postal Unions Urge Senate to Support USPS During Pandemic
On Wednesday, March 18, President Trump signed into law a bill that will give paid leave benefits to millions of Americans affected by the pandemic. The legislation also provides for free coronavirus testing for anyone, boosts healthcare funding, and boosts nutrition programs such as food stamps. Workers at companies with ...
NRLCA and USPS sign MOU on Temporary Expanded Use of Sick Leave for Dependent Care During COVID-19 Crisis
Today, President Stutts signed an MOU expanding the use of sick leave for dependent care for rural carriers. For the 60-day duration of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in addition to the purposes outlined in the Sick Leave for Dependent Care MOU in our National Agreement, sick leave may be ...
NRLCA and USPS sign MOU on Temporary Paid Leave for Rural Carrier Associates
Today, President Stutts signed an MOU temporarily granting paid leave to RCAs during the COVID-19 crisis. The MOU does not apply to Assistant Rural Carriers (ARCs). For the 60-day duration of this Memorandum of Understanding, rural carrier associates (RCAs) will be permitted to use up to eighty (80) hours of ...
Mandatory Stand-up Talk: Staying Vigilant-Customer Interactions for Carriers
Your National Board and NSS employees have been receiving questions about rural carriers being asked for unusual measures prier to delivering such as requesting to take carriers temperature or requiring the carrier to sign a health form. Let’s be clear: You are not required or encouraged to follow these instructions to ...
State RLCA Meeting Cancellations (Updated March 17, 2020)
The National Board of the NRLCA has reached out to the officers of each state association in an effort to compile an ongoing list of state-level, in-person meeting cancellations. This list will be posted and updated on the NRLCA.ORG website and broadcast across the NRLCA’s social media feeds. We will ...
New Scan-Out for Redelivery
We have been notified by USPS HQ that a new scan has been established for parcels that have been attempted and the customer has requested redelivery. At this time, this has been established as a carrier scan. When a customer requests redelivery of a parcel, the clerk is to pull ...
NRLCA: Death of Long-Time Member Robert E. Picklesimer
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of long-time NRLCA and Illinois Rural Letter Carriers' Association member Robert (Bob) E. Picklesimer. Whether serving on a National Committee or as a delegate to the National Convention, Bob was an active member who cared deeply for the rural carrier ...
Important Update: NRLCA Meeting Cancellations
In an effort to comply with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and to protect our rural carrier members and their families, the following NRLCA meetings have been cancelled: Secretary-Treasurer Training Eastern States Conference Legislative Conference Mid-States Conference Western States Conference As more information becomes ...
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Updated Supervisor and Management Guidance
The USPS has issued an updated version of its COVID-19 supervisor and management guide ...
NRLCA officers to limit non-essential travel and meetings due to Coronavirus
Today, the World Health Organization designated the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic. NRLCA National Officers have been closely following the quickly developing news about COVID-19’s spread for several weeks, and we are continuing to gather information from the CDC, WHO, state and local public health departments, and other government and ...
USPS Releases Pandemic Plan
The agency has released a preparedness plan called the "Postal Service Pandemic Influenza Plan" which it describes as "applicable to a potential COVID-19 pandemic." For now, it remains only a plan as no pandemic has been declared. USPS Releases Pandemic Plan ...
Coming Soon: NRLCA On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Stay tuned for an announcement on our upcoming launch of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram pages. On our social media, we’ll share information and stories to help keep our members and the public informed about issues that affect rural carriers and their families. We’ll share news such as USPS issues, postal ...
RRECS mapping Information
Information shared in the Wisconsin State paper. Great info and news we all need to know. https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RRECS-Newsletter.pdf Full newsletter Also: Delivery Point Manager User Guide: https://www.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RSD_DPM_User_Guide_1-1.pdf ...
Meet the latest rural carrier heroes
Meet the Heroes RCA James Wentworth Stickney, SD Rural Carrier Associate James Wentworth was delivering mail in Stickney, SD, in June when he saw an older customer lying beside a gravel road, waving for help. Read more RCA Elizabeth Ridge Harrison, MI Rural Carrier Associate Elizabeth Ridge was recently delivering ...
NRLCA: Please Contact Your Senator Now in Support of S. 2965
With the passage of the USPS Fairness Act in the House on February 5, the next step in our fight is the companion bill in the Senate. S. 2965 would eliminate the requirement that the USPS pre-fund health benefits for retirees, placing the Postal Service on a far better financial ...
Back pay delayed again – Step 4 Grievance Filed
On February 21, 2020, the Postal Service notified the NRLCA that the contractual retro payment would be delayed once again due to programming issues within the system. This delay would cause the retro payment to be processed and paid on May 15, 2020. The National Agreement was ratified on August ...
Rural Carrier killed in car accident on the way to work
WOOD COUNTY (WAOW)- One person is dead after a two car crash in the Village of Auburndale Saturday morning. In a press release from the Wood County Sheriff's Department, 57-year-old Mark Smith was driving a van west bound on USH 10 when he collided with a pick up truck which ...